Minnows no longer

While some of Europe’s best young talents spent the summer in the US for the Club World Cup, there were plenty of other standout stars in action at the European U21 Championship, says Lukas Vrablik …

Lee Carsley leads his Young Lions side to European Under-21 Championship glory in Bratislava two years after success in Georgia

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

Exploring the weird and wonderful world of football across FIFA’s 211 member nations –and beyond

Very few clubs across Europe have a stranglehold on their domestic league like Slovan Bratislava.

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