Messi, Mbappé, Yamal: The top 10 players of the 2026 World Cup
Mbappé, French national team greeted by hundreds of fans in Boston for World Cup
Michael Owen names France as World Cup favourites
🇫🇷 Magic stones for France! The French amulet for World Cup 2026
Olise hits brilliant hat-trick for France against Northern Ireland 🔥
The Journal’s sports columnist leads a roundtable with acclaimed WSJ soccer correspondents Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg on who’s going to win and who’s going to collapse.
France and Spain are the betting favorites to win the 2026 World Cup, while heavy backing for Team USA is creating massive liabilities for sportsbooks.
Our writers continued the countdown to the World Cup ahead of the opening ceremony on Thursday
Kylian Mbappé, left, arrives with his teammates on the France national soccer team at Logan Airport, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in Boston, ahead of the World Cup soccer tournament. (AP
Republic of Ireland fall short in their dream of securing automatic qualification for the 2027 World Cup as they lose 1-0 to France who progress to the finals for the sixth time.
Just days before the World Cup, the two icons who rose from the French projects, look back on their journeys to the top.
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