Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe are among the players with records in their sights at this summer's tournament

Three nations − Canada, Mexico and the U.S. − will cohost 2026 FIFA World Cup teams, including debut teams Cape Verde, Curaçao, Jordan and Uzbekistan.

France will face Senegal on Tuesday, June 16, in a FIFA World Cup Group I fixture of tremendous historic significance at MetLife Stadium.

With Sunday's (02:00 BST) encounter with Haiti ending a 28-year absence from football's grandest stage, BBC Scotland has been digging through the archives.

The 2026 World Cup kits offer opportunities for celebration of a country's cultural heritage and sporting history. These are the best and worst.

The 2026 World Cup group stage is the biggest ever and here you can keep track on the latest standings and how the tables look in all 12 groups.

Somebody sends me a photo and says, ‘Hey, I just saw this on social media. Is this still you?’ And I say, ‘Yes, it’s me.’”

In terms of raw numbers, that seems to be right: FIFA reported it sold 3.2 million tickets in 2022; 2.8 million in 2018; and 3.1 million in 2014. NPR reported the 1994 World Cup, also hosted in the U.S., set the standing attendance record at 3.5 million, with game after game filled to capacity.