The Russian national team has been on the outside of competitive action for a number of years now as they remain banned from ...

US President Donald Trump says the opportunity for Russia to play at the 2026 World Cup could be an "incentive" to end the war in Ukraine. The Russian national football team has been banned from ...

Russia have reportedly proposed an ‘alternative World Cup’ for non-qualified nations in an attempt to pressure FIFA to lift their existing sanctions.

Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared unaware that Russia has been banned from competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup — despite the soccer tournament being hosted in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Russia is reportedly floating a radical idea that would shake the global football calendar: an alternative World Cup-style tournament aimed at national teams that either failed to qualify for the 2026 ...

At a recent FIFA taskforce meeting, U.S. President Donald Trump made an unexpected pitch- bring Russia back to the World Cup to help stop the war in Ukraine. Speaking alongside FIFA President Gianni ...

BBC Sport looks back at England's 6-1 win over Panama in 2018, after the two sides are drawn in the same group for the 2026 ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin is struggling to get a summit with Donald Trump, has little hope of ending Western sanctions, and is seen in much of the West as a pariah. So hosting the World Cup ...

“It was amazing, It was like the Truman Show -- when you enter the TV." Moscow -- Before this World Cup, the last time Sara went to a soccer game, she had to pretend she was Korean in order to sneak ...