The 2026 men’s World Cup begins in 15 months and yet, as it flickers onto the horizon, only three countries have qualified.

How did Newcastle see off Liverpool with surprising ease in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley? Bruno Guimaraes and Joelinton ...

Preview - Could Yusef Abdurusag kick-start the new generation of Qatari talent ahead of the Maroons World Cup bow?

The 35-year-old has played a staggering 29 World Cup qualifiers, as well as six further play-off matches. Ukraine suffered heartbreak at the final stage of South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014 and Qatar ...

Remarkably, however, he is yet to take his considerable talent to the FIFA World Cup, following back-to-back play-off defeats. The first loss came ahead of Russia 2018 as the Azzurri fell 1-0 to ...