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  2. GOAL England Squad GFXGetty/GOAL
    OpinionEngland

    Trent & Watkins in, Foden out: GOAL's England World Cup squad

    The road to the 2026 World Cup is almost over for England. The next time the Three Lions convene, they will do so for two pre-tournament friendlies in the United States, against Costa Rica and New Zealand, before kicking-off their tournament against Croatia on June 17. They will do so as one of the favourites to go all the way, with the pressure on Thomas Tuchel and his players to finally end 60 years of hurt.

  3. England Japan W+Ls GFXGetty/GOAL
    Winners & LosersEngland

    Jude MUST start for England - but Kane is the key to WC26 glory

    It's never easy with the England men's national team. On paper, they should have enough quality, experience and firepower to blow most sides on this planet to smithereens. Then you sit down, watch them and wonder whether they are actually a team of total strangers assembled purely out of spite to mildly annoy the fans who had hoped so much of them. On the basis of their March friendlies, it would be a fair assumption to make.

  4. World Cup missing stars GFXGetty/GOAL
    AnalysisWorld Cup

    Biggest stars who failed to qualify for World Cup 2026

    We are now just over two months out from the 2026 World Cup finals in the United States, Canada and Mexico, with all 48 teams now locked in following the culmination of the various play-offs during the March international break. All of the pre-tournament favourites made it safely through qualifying, including Spain, Brazil, England, France and defending champions Argentina.

  5. Goretzka, Stiller
    World CupGermany vs Ghana

    Stiller is no match for Goretzka and his special status

    The German national team’s attack shines even without (and with) Deniz Undav; Lennart Karl is proving himself worthy of more than just a trial run; the defence is holding its own despite the odd wobble; and Julian Nagelsmann’s measures are paying off. The winners and losers at the DFB following the March training camp.

  7. Fernandes Felix Portugal GFXGetty/GOAL
    Player ratingsPortugal

    Bruno thrives & Felix fires for Ronaldo-less Portugal

    Bruno Fernandes grabbed two assists and Joao Felix got on the scoresheet as Portugal saw off the United States, 2-0, on Tuesday. The Selecao grabbed goals either side of half-time, and were disciplined in between to ease to a win in Atlanta. Manager Roberto Martinez would have liked to have had Cristiano Ronaldo at his disposal, but he will take heart from the fact that his side got the job done without their main man.

  9. England Japan ratings GFXGetty/GOAL
    Player ratingsEngland

    Palmer & Foden among England flops in woeful Japan loss

    England's last game before the end of the 2025-26 club season saw them lose 1-0 at home to Japan in a friendly on Tuesday. Thomas Tuchel made 10 changes to the side that started their 1-1 draw with Uruguay last Friday, slotting in most of his preferred players that are expected to go to the World Cup - minus the unfit Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham - but they produced a disjointed performances that raised further questions over their chances of glory this summer.

  11. Alessia Russo Arsenal GFXGetty/GOAL
    AnalysisArsenal Women

    How Russo has put herself back in Ballon d'Or contention

    Talk of Alessia Russo's goal-scoring has dominated conversation around the England international for most of her senior career to date. It's become especially prominent since her move from Manchester United to Arsenal three years ago, with the scrutiny increased because of the switch and also the fact she's become the Lionesses' starting centre-forward. But in this past week in particular, Russo has shown what remarkable steps she has made towards that talk becoming obsolete.

  1. Legacy England 2 GFXGetty/GOAL
    LegacyWorld Cup

    LEGACY: England's boys of '66 & how football 'came home'

    This is Legacy, GOAL’s feature and podcast series following the road to the 2026 World Cup, and every week, we revisit the stories, moments, and myths that shaped the global game. This week, we revisit the extraordinary, turbulent and often unbelievable road to England's triumph in 1966. This is the rise, the redemption, and the lasting weight of '66 - the story of the only time football truly 'came home'...

  2. Harry Maguire Thomas Tuchel GFXGetty/GOAL
    OpinionEngland

    Tuchel is WRONG: Maguire must make the England squad

    You cannot fault Thomas Tuchel when it comes to honesty. This is a coach who said on national radio that his mother finds star player Jude Bellingham "repulsive", who told England fans at Wembley off for being "silent" in a friendly against Wales and said Bukayo Saka's goal tally for the Three Lions, the highest of any Arsenal player in history, was not good enough.

  3. Carlo Ancelotti Brazil trouble GFXGOAL
    AnalysisBrazil

    Brazil in big trouble: Ancelotti's Selecao still struggling

    The Neymar chants began just moments after Hugo Ekitike put France 2-0 up on Brazil at the Gillette Stadium. It was the last thing Carlo Ancelotti would have wanted to hear, but probably the first thing he would have expected in the circumstances. The Italian's decision to leave out the Selecao's all-time leading goalscorer from his latest squad had dominated the build-up to Thursday's high-profile friendly in Foxborough.

  10. Roberto De Zerbi Tottenham GFXGetty/GOAL
    OpinionTottenham

    What are Spurs thinking?! De Zerbi is the WRONG manager

    So here we are again, Tottenham Hotspur. Seven games into the Igor Tudor reign that was supposed to save Spurs from relegation, they look more doomed than ever before. They are one point outside the Premier League's bottom three and are the only side without a win in the top-flight in 2026. Every time they seem to have turned a corner, a new disaster is waiting for them just ahead.

  12. Gattuso Italy World Cup play-off GFXGOAL
    AnalysisWorld Cup

    Can Italy banish their demons and end World Cup woe?

    Italy are World Cup royalty. Only five-time winners Brazil have been crowned champions on more occasions than the Azzurri (four). And yet it's now 20 years since Italy last lifted the trophy. Worse still, they've failed to qualify for the past two tournaments, meaning there's an entire generation that have never seen their country even play in a World Cup.

  15. World Cup 2026 FIFA Trump concerns GFXGOAL
    AnalysisWorld Cup

    Trump, ICE & Iran: Six major concerns ahead of the World Cup

    In November, we were treated to the most exhilarating reminder possible of the magic of the World Cup. History was made in Jamaica as Curacao became the smallest nation ever to qualify by holding the Reggae Boys to a 0-0 draw in Kingston. Elsewhere in CONCACAF, Haiti managed to secure a spot at the finals for the first time in 50 years with a 2-0 win over Nicaragua - in spite of the fact that they weren't able to play any games at home because of the ongoing conflict on the Caribbean island.

  16. Bruno Fernandes Getty
    Player ratingsPortugal

    No Ronaldo, no fun, as Portugal settle for drab scoreless draw

    Portugal were solid defensively but offered little going forward, and were forced to settle for a scoreless draw against a much-changed Mexico with Cristiano Ronaldo sidelined due to injury. Roberto Martinez's men had the majority of the ball, but little concrete to show for it. The two teams combined for three shots on target over the course of 90 forgettable minutes.

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