Football (soccer) is the world's most popular sport. This hub covers the major domestic leagues, international competitions including the FIFA World Cup, tactical trends, transfer business, and the data reshaping how the game is analyzed and played.
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Spain beat Argentina 1-0 after extra time at MetLife Stadium to win the 2026 FIFA World Cup — their second title — as Ferran Torres' 106th-minute goal ended Lionel Messi's final World Cup without the trophy.
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Lionel Messi broke the all-time FIFA World Cup scoring record against Austria on June 22 2026, reaching 18 goals across six tournaments to surpass Germany's Miroslav Klose and rewrite the history of football's biggest stage.
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From semi-automated offside and the sensor-packed match ball to AI scouting and injury prediction, artificial intelligence is now woven into football. The promise — and the worry.
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At 38, Lionel Messi is playing a record sixth World Cup — and likely his final one. The game is quietly facing a question it has avoided for years: who carries football next?
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A snapshot of the first 48-team World Cup as it kicks off across North America — the opening match, the early goal rush, the standout scorers, and what to watch next.
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It's 18-carat gold, you can't actually keep it, and the trophy before it was stolen twice — once recovered by a dog. Surprising facts about football's most famous prize.
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Curaçao, Uzbekistan, Jordan and Cape Verde are at their first-ever World Cup. Here's how the 48-team expansion opened the door — and the remarkable story behind each debut.
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What is xG in football? A clear guide to expected goals — how it's calculated, how to read a shot map, what it tells you that the scoreline doesn't, and its limits.
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup expands to 48 teams across three host nations. Here's how the new format works and what it means for fans, players, and the sport.
The English Premier League is the most-watched domestic football league globally, broadcast to hundreds of millions of viewers across more than 180 countries.
Expected goals, or xG, is a statistic that measures the quality of a scoring chance on a scale from 0 to 1, based on factors like shot distance, angle, and type. It helps analysts judge whether a team created genuinely good chances rather than simply counting shots or relying on the final score.
A player is offside if they are nearer to the opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second-last defender at the moment a teammate plays the ball to them — and they are then involved in active play. It is designed to stop attackers from simply waiting near the goal.