Saudi Arabia's attempts to prepare for the World Cup are not confined to arranging friendlies or hiring world-famous coaches. After years of Saudi Arabian players staying home, nine were sent to...

Spain enters the final stage of its World Cup preparations with coach Julen Lopetegui experimenting up front. Lopetegui has called up several different forwards since taking over the national...

While established players like Shinji Kagawa and Keisuke Honda should play a big role for Japan at the World Cup, coach Vahid Halilhodzic has indicated that many spots remain open and it's time for...

FIFA has urged Russia to speed up World Cup preparations at a stadium which needs "a huge amount of work" to be ready on time. With less than three months to go until the World Cup, the...

Egypt's first World Cup warmup will be against Portugal, a match that could have two of the most prolific scorers in football going up against each other. The Egyptians, who will play at the...

Nick Pope took to Twitter after Burnley's goalkeeper was selected by England for the first time last week. "Congratulations to my namesake, the 'other' Nick Pope, who just got his first England...

Going into his first World Cup as Brazil coach, Tite is looking for some rhythm. It's the one thing, surprisingly, he thinks his team is short of. So Tite will use the upcoming friendlies against...

With less than three months to go, at least half of England's starting lineup for its opening match of the World Cup remains uncertain. It makes the upcoming friendlies against Netherlands and...

The Austrian soccer federation says Brazil will play its final warmup game for the World Cup against Austria on June 10, a week before the five-time world champions take on Switzerland in their Group...

FIFA has finally and fully approved video review to help referees at the World Cup. The last step toward giving match officials high-tech help in Russia was agreed to on Friday by FIFA's ruling...