The largest and most complex World Cup in history will kick off in a little more than six months. The 48-team tournament, the first to be played in three countries, will open in Mexico on June 11 and ...

With just six months before the big kick-off, qualified teams will finally get to find out who they'll be playing in next summer's 2026 men's FIFA World Cup, with the draw taking place on Friday at ...

This Friday, we’ll find out which group the 39 qualified countries and three host nations will land in for the 2026 World Cup. The 2026 World Cup draw will take place on Friday, Dec. 5 at 12 p.m. ET ...

At long last, the 2026 World Cup Draw is Friday at noon and soccer fans all over the world will have their TV sets tuned to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., where the 42 qualified teams will ...

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The World Cup draw can determine a nation’s confidence ahead of football’s showpiece event. On Friday, December 5, at 12pm ET (9am PT; 5pm GMT), the draw for next summer’s tournament in the U.S., ...

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Different kinds of memorabilia from the past FIFA World Cups are displayed at the newly unveiled FIFA World Cup 2026 Volunteer Center, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, at Fair Park in Dallas. Shafkat Anowar ...

The world’s global party kicks off this Friday. Well, maybe not kick. It’s kind of a sorting hat type of situation. Let me explain. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is slated for 104 matches held in 16 ...

Before the World Cup begins next summer, all 48 teams – include the U.S. men's national team and fellow co-hosts Canada and Mexico – will need to know who their opponents will be, which cities they'll ...

On Friday, the approach of 2026 FIFA World Cup will begin to feel a lot more real with the staging of the World Cup Draw. The event staged at the Kennedy Center in Washington will reveal the ...