The European qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup are reaching their climax. Several top teams from the Old Continent are on the verge of booking their tickets for next summer’s global tournament in ...

GENEVA (AP) — European soccer now focuses on qualifying for the 2026 World Cup with recent champions France, Germany and Spain among the nations starting a six-game, 11-week sprint to advance to the ...

European countries feel that Uefa's mere 16 places in a 48-team World Cup are not enough, amid some disquiet about the nature of having home advantage for play-offs of such immense stakes. Some senior ...

FIFA is preparing a more complicated draw for the European World Cup qualifying groups, giving greater weight to the upcoming UEFA Nations League rather than relying solely on world rankings — but ...

ZURICH, Switzerland, Dec 13 (Reuters) - England will renew acquaintances with Serbia in Europe's 2026 World Cup qualifying competition after the draw was made in Zurich on Friday, with Albania drawn ...

How did Italy miss the 2026 World Cup? A look at the Italians' recent failures to qualify for the tournament.

Holders France begin their defence of the World Cup this week as European qualifying for the 2022 finals in Qatar gets underway against a backdrop of confusion and chaos over the release of players in ...