Japan are the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. Here's how they did so -- in sheer dominant fashion.

The Competitive Landscape of 2026 World Cup Qualifiers The 2026 World Cup qualifiers feature a vast and intricate array of participating teams. Within Europe alone, 55 teams are divided into 10 ...

The Samurai Blue have become the first nation to qualify for the tournament in Canada, Mexico and the USA alongside the co-hosts.

Bahrain’s senior men’s football team is brimming with confidence as they face Japan today at Saitama Stadium 2002 in the ...

FIFA World Cup field is taking shape as the United States, Canada and Mexico prepare to host the world's biggest sporting event.

Benin, the Cape Verde Islands, Gabon and Mozambique made up a quartet of unfancied sides who took over at the top of their World Cup qualifying groups on Thursday as the African preliminaries for the ...

Japan has become the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup after beating Bahrain 2-0 at Saitama Stadium ...

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A serial winner, no one has lifted more Champions League gongs than the godfather himself, Carlo Ancelotti. He's also no ...

Just prior to the 2018 World Cup, he was appointed chief editor of Goal.com in Australia. He has now returned to The Sporting News where his passions lay in football, AFL, poker and cricket - when ...

Head coach Hajime Moriyasu, captain Wataru Endo and star forward Kaoru Mitoma react after Japan secured World Cup qualification with three matches to spare.