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Norway’s team is greeted by crowds in Oslo after a successful World Cup run. A country that doesn’t have a serious sports culture will never have any realistic hope of playing at the World Cup.

Singapore playing at the World Cup should be more than just a pipe dream

One possibility is for South-east Asian governments to explore a joint bid to host the 2038 edition

After England's Jude Bellingham (right) scored the winning goal in the quarter-final against Norway, videos of fans singing Hey Jude trended on social media.

Opinion & Features

THINKING ALOUD

World Cup’s ‘green flags’ and memes say much about today’s attention economy

The tournament’s corporate value is also realised in micro-moments eternalised on social media feeds

Argentina's Lautaro Martinez scores his team’s second goal against England in their semi-final tie, Atlanta, Georgia, July 15, 2026.

Argentina beat England 2-1 to set up World Cup final against Spain

Defending champion Argentina will vie to be only the third back-to-back winner since Brazil in 1962

Spain's Pedro Porro scores their second goal past France's Mike Maignan, in Arlington, Texas, July 14, 2026.

Spain stun favoured France 2-0 to advance to World Cup final

Spain will face either England or Argentina in the final

The World Cup is a reprieve for the multimillionaire in need, a place where money can still buy a good time, though maybe not a trophy.

Private planes, helicopters and Mercedes vans: How the rich do the World Cup

Choppers heading to games soar above the Hamptons, as ‘inequality is taking it right in the face’

French striker Kylian Mbappe will lead his team’s attack once again when they play Spain on Wednesday in the World Cup semi-final.

The ‘final before the final’: Classy France face dogged Spain in World Cup showdown

In the other semi-final, defending champions Argentina meet England in a match steeped in history

Cantor has voiced a cartoon version of himself in “The Simpsons”, appeared with the television hosts David Letterman and Regis Philbin and filmed commercials for Geico and Coors Light.

The enthusiastic football announcer who cried ‘Goooooooooooal’

Now at his 10th World Cup, Andres Cantor is a celebrity known for his buoyant and limber voice

France's Kylian Mbappe scores their first goal past Morocco's Yassine Bounou, in Foxborough, Massachusetts, July 9, 2026.

Mbappe leads France to comfortable 2-0 win over Morocco to head into World Cup semis

The French will face either Spain or Belgium in the next round

Fifa sparked global controversy when it rescinded the red card given to US striker Folarin Balogun amid pressure from US President Donald Trump to review the decision.

Opinion & Features

The Fifa red card fiasco is a mirror for governance

When the world’s governing body for football appears willing to reinterpret its own rules, the issue extends far beyond sport

Sidny Lopes Cabral, a player who a few years ago was trundling the soggy fields of Germany’s fifth division, now making football history.

Opinion & Features

In praise of the World Cup’s little guys

The bulky bully doesn’t always have the edge

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