“I did not think I would be playing at 40,” admits Edin Dzeko. But here he is. Not just playing but getting ready to captain Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2026 World Cup, coming into the tournament fresh off a title win with Schalke in Germany. If you had asked Edin Dzeko ten years ago if he would still […]
Who says wining and dining someone to get what you want does not work?Well, at least, it did in the case of the USMNT and Monaco’s Folarin Balogun. And after his brace in the U.S 4-1 win against Paraguay in their World Cup opening group game, the higher-ups at the US Soccer Federation will be all smiles, patting each […]
Dick Advocaat was visibly emotional on the bench ahead of Curaçao’s World Cup debut. He became the oldest manager in FIFA World Cup history at the age of 78 years and 260 days when he led Curaçao against Germany on 14 June 2026, beating out the Czech Republic’ s Miroslav Koubek who had claimed the record a few days […]
Thomas Partey will not be allowed to play matches for Ghana in Canada after losing an appeal in Ottawa following his visa denial. Ottawa denied the Villarreal player a visa over rape charges in Britain, preventing him from playing for Ghana in their 1-0 win against Panama on Wednesday at the Toronto Stadium. The Villarreal midfielder was charged with […]
Brazil national team manager Carlo Ancelotti has revealed that superstar forward Neymar will still be unavailable for their second group game, as he is not up to full fitness. Neymar’s inclusion in Ancelotti’s 26-man World Cup squad announcement on May 18th was a hot topic for debate in Brazil and worldwide. Many Brazilians believed Ancelotti was contradicting himself when […]
After watching Portugal crash out of the 2022 World Cup in a 1-0 defeat to Morocco, there was a feeling that we had seen Cristiano Ronaldo for the very last time on football’s biggest stage. He only managed one goal throughout that tournament – penalty in their Group H opener against Ghana – and it’s fair to say he […]
There are football stories that inspire. There are football stories that entertain. And then there are football stories that remind us why dreams matter. This is one of those stories. Before the roaring stadiums, before the professional contracts, before the World Cup spotlight and the comparisons to football’s biggest stars, there was a little girl in Abidjan who believed […]
Some stories are measured in numbers. Others are measured in impact. The story of Hilda Baci is measured in both. When Guinness World Records officially named Hilda Baci an Icon, it was not simply recognizing a record holder. It was acknowledging a cultural force, a woman whose journey has transformed a childhood passion into one of Africa’s most inspiring […]
Some musical collaborations succeed because of timing. Others endure because the artists involved understand each other’s creative instincts. The relationship between Wizkid and Chris Brown belongs firmly in the second category. Across nearly a decade of collaborations, the Nigerian superstar and the American R&B icon have built one of the most successful cross-continental partnerships in modern music, consistently producing […]
Driving runs into the right side of the box before finishing with power, free kicks and backflips. These are some of the things you see when you look up clips of Nestory Irankunda. His goal against Turkiye in Australia’s opening game of the 2026 FIFA World Cup was special. Irankunda, 20, ran on to a ball over the top […]
