Real Madrid’s hefty offer for Alvarez, currently with the Argentina football team on FIFA World Cup duty, was part of the campaign promises made by Real Madrid President Florentino Pérez.
Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who was set to become the first Somali official to referee at a FIFA World Cup, was stopped at Miami International Airport and subjected to an 11-hour immigration interview.
Italy's 2006 World Cup winner says his squad was the only team put through a search with sniffer dogs and metal wands on arrival. Senegal received similar treatment on the tarmac.
The captain returned from injury to score within a minute of coming on against Iceland. Room 202 adds up to four. The country has already decided what that means
Argentina's successful title defence at the 2026 World Cup could hinge on whether an ageing core that conquered the world in Qatar can summon one more deep run.
Gukesh speaks about managing expectations of the rest of the world; his objectivity in games getting clouded by him wanting the result too much; being serious about the process, but relaxed about the results; losing motivation for some months after becoming world champion and lot more.
Argentina vs Iceland Live Score, ARG vs ISL FIFA World Cup 2026 Warm-up Match highlights: Messi only came on for the final 20 minutes. But scored Argentina's second goal within seconds from the penalty spot and then played a role in their third.
After a frenetic second round that saw all five games produce decisive results, the third round brought back normalcy with four games ending in draws while only a solitary game threw up a result.
Ireland coach Jack Charlton was livid when he was stopped from throwing bottles on the field; in contrast, there will be designated hydration breaks to counter testing conditions
India A seemed like heading towards a loss, but the bowlers clawed their way back to bowl Sri Lanka A out for 269. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi fell for a 12-ball 14
Diogo Jota would have been at the World Cup had he not died in an accident last year, and Diogo Dalot believes he will be a constant presence with the squad this summer
England captain Ben Stokes had said after the match that Test cricket, a format under massive threat from the Twenty20 game, needed better pitches than the one served up at Lord's.
As the biggest World Cup in history opens, fans are banned, a referee was turned away at the airport, and a host city built a jail. The White House says it was all the right calls.
Lionel Messi was an unused substitute during Argentina's victory over Honduras on June 6, though he took part in the pre-match warmup activities in College Station, Texas.
The Iranian team is currently in Mexico’s Tijuana after a long journey from Turkey’s Antalya. While the Iranian team and the coach have received US visas there are 13 members of the staff who are yet to get theirs
In a letter released by FIFA, Diogo Jota's widow, Rute Cardoso, addressed Andy Robertson directly and spoke about the close relationship shared by the two former Liverpool teammates.
Gukesh interview: ‘Lately my strengths have been controlling me’
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Sooryavanshi falters; Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshad Khan take India A past Sri Lanka A
