Here are the FIFA World Cup winners by year. Brazil has won five tournaments, with Germany and Italy having taking home four ...

Usually, we like to look forward in this newsletter, but the events of the last 48 or so hours really require us to look back ...

What exactly is it that makes the World Cup so alluring? Every four years, the tournament arrives like a massive religious ...

If Spain are to get their hands on the World Cup trophy again, they may have their defence, rather than their attack, to ...

This weekend, England faces the ultimate road game at this World Cup. Sunday's round of 16 matchup against Mexico at the ...

The Brazilian national team bowed out of the FIFA World Cup amid massive identity issues that should see them commiserate ...

Erling Haaland’s Norway have ended Carlo Ancelotti’s World Cup dream by knocking Brazil out of the tournament, a result that ...

For some Italians, their team’s absence from the biggest tournament in soccer is a metaphor for a broader national malaise.

Goalkeeper Gianluca Pagliuca was at the heart of Italy's 1994 World Cup campaign, which culminated in one of football's most ...

Andrea Pirlo has not held back on Italy's continued absence from the World Cup, branding the national team's third successive ...

Over the past two decades, FIFA World Cup championship prize money has more than doubled. See what it's worth in today's ...

Updated World Cup odds, top contenders, dark horses and how today's matches could impact the title race. Here's the latest ...