WASHINGTON — The draw for the biggest World Cup in history was probably the cringiest. "This will be the greatest FIFA World Cup ever," said FIFA president Gianni Infantino, no stranger to hyperbole. ...

The path to glory will be plotted Friday as the 2026 World Cup draw sets the stage for the biggest men’s sporting event in the world. The 2026 World Cup draw, slated for noon ET from the Kennedy ...

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., ...

The 2026 World Cup promises to be the biggest FIFA showcase in history, at least by size of the tournament field. With the competition set to expand to 48 teams for the first time in its nearly ...

Scenes from FIFA's 1994 World Cup draw in Las Vegas Mike Powell, Al Bello, Chris Wilkins, Neal Simpson / Getty; design: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic Wandering the maze of slot machines and ...

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 ...

It's FIFA World Cup draw day! That means plenty of excitement and also plenty of waiting around for the draw to actually start. Today's ceremony takes place at the John F. Kennedy Center for the ...

The 2026 World Cup draw will take place on Friday at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., at 12 p.m. ET, and there are many expectations and tons of excitement as to ...

The 2026 World Cup draw is coming up in Washington DC on Friday, December 5 and countries around the globe will be waiting anxiously to find out who they will face next summer across the USA, Mexico ...

• Tournament takes shape: The groups are set for the opening stages of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada, where 48 nations will vie for the ultimate prize in international soccer.

A record 64 nations will be in Friday’s World Cup draw, more than 30% of FIFA’s members, as soccer’s leaders insist a bigger tournament is better. FIFA expanded the field from 32 teams to 48, and just ...

‘No one else in the world more deserving’: White House defends President Trump’s FIFA Peace Prize win FIFA is taking a second look at the Peace Prize it handed to President Donald Trump last December, ...