The road to berlin

The Club World Cup in the USA painted a picture of what next year’s jointly-hosted FIFA World Cup could look like

Apart from the half-empty stadiums, the extreme heat, pitch complaints and the hour-plus interruptions to matches due to lightning, the USA’s warm-up for 2026 went pretty smoothly with the Club World

FC Köln and Hamburg are back in the big time, following their promotion from the second tier. With nine German titles between them, the two sleeping giants frankly had no business being demoted in the

Saudi Arabia have achieved the kind of influence over football that China once aspired for

Esports is stable again, but a new benefactor puts devs, teams and fans in a moral quandary

The shisha bars all along King Abdullah Street in downtown Amman are packed. It’s late evening and the customers are talking about the summer of 2026. Jordan have just qualified for the World Cup for