The World Cup knockout picture is beginning to sharpen as the final round of group fixtures gets under way on 24 June, with BBC Sport mapping out how the last-32 bracket could develop. For supporters,...
The annual fixture release is one of the most important dates in the lower-league football calendar. For Championship, League One and League Two clubs, the publication of the schedule does more than c...
Dustin Poirier’s arrest for alleged public drunkenness has shifted attention away from the cage and back onto the personal pressures that can follow a long career in elite combat sports. According to ...
Two weeks into the tournament, the World Cup is no longer in its opening rhythm. The early noise has given way to a clearer picture of which matches have mattered, which players have shaped the conver...
Scotland’s route through a major tournament is no longer defined only by finishing first or second in the group. Under the expanded World Cup format, third place can still be enough to move on, which ...
Scotland’s meeting with Brazil is being framed as more than a routine international fixture. For Steve Clarke’s side, it is the kind of match that can sharpen standards, expose gaps and, if the perfor...
Colombia are through to the last 32 of the 2026 World Cup after a narrow win over DR Congo, with Daniel Munoz’s deflected effort proving enough to settle the contest. It was the kind of result that un...
Carlo Ancelotti’s move into the Brazil job is one of the most significant coaching appointments in international football, not simply because of his reputation, but because of the scale of the task in...
BBC Sport has used Lionel Messi’s 39th birthday as the hook for a World Cup quiz, a small but telling reminder of how deeply the Argentina captain remains tied to the tournament’s modern identity. Eve...
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has moved to clarify the purpose of hydration breaks at the World Cup, insisting the pauses are introduced for football reasons rather than commercial ones. In a short ...