Lamine Yamal, the Barcelona and Spain star, expressed his anger at the behaviour of La Roja’s fans during Tuesday evening’s friendly against Egypt, played in preparation for the 2026 World Cup. The Spanish national team failed to secure a win, settling for a disappointing goalless draw against Egypt, who put up a strong defensive performance

Football fans all over the world are rejoicing after the Premier League announced the ultimate free perk. April Fools is upon us and so one has to be extremely careful about any announcements made – taking them with a pinch of salt. However the big, genuinely legitimate news from the Premier League came a day

Italians will once again be forced to watch a World Cup from the sidelines after another play-off disaster highlighted just how far one of the great footballing nations has fallen. Four-time world champions, the football-mad country finds itself at its lowest ebb and without a clear path to a brighter future after missing out again

In a stunning turn of events during the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers final, Italy suffered a heartbreaking exit from the World Cup qualification race after losing to Bosnia and Herzegovina in a tense penalty shootout (4-1), marking their third consecutive failure to reach the global tournament. Italy, a four-time World Cup champion, once again found

The international football landscape gives us a day of contrasts to kick off Wednesday. While the Spanish National Team continues fine-tuning pieces in a renewal process that has not been free of controversy, European football is experiencing a real earthquake with the confirmation of another historic absence from the next World Cup. Advertisement Spain: A

5 min readApr 1, 2026 08:33 AM IST Rome would burn, Milan would rage, Naples would weep. A proud footballing heritage laid in tatters at the Bilino Polje Stadium in Zenica. For the third successive time, four-time world champions Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup. This time, they lost on penalty shootouts to

ATLANTA — Christian Pulisic said he feels the U.S. men’s national team is “closer than it may seem” after deflating back-to-back losses to Belgium and Portugal in this international window, but the attacking standout’s goal drought continues to be a major concern just over two months out from the World Cup. The AC Milan star

Barcelona have big plans for the summer transfer window , and these could include organising one or two big exits. Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres have all been linked with moves away from the Spotify Camp Nou, and another that has chances to depart is Jules Kounde. It has been a difficult

Spain were held to a goalless draw by Egypt on Tuesday, but the big talking point was the racist chants that were aimed at the visiting side from a section of supporters inside the RCDE Stadium. In the first half, chants of “whoever doesn’t jump is a Muslim” were heard inside the stadium, while the

Four-time world champions Italy failed to qualify for a third World Cup in a row after a devastating penalty shootout defeat by Bosnia-Herzegovina. No previous winner of the tournament has missed three consecutive instalments of the competition, after they also failed to reach Russia in 2018 and Qatar 2022. Pio Esposito – who fired over