Articles tagged with "World cup"

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TOPSHOT - Egypt's midfielder #11 Mostafa Ziko celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the 2026 World Cup round of 16 football match between Argentina and Egypt at Atlanta Stadium in Atlanta on July 7, 2026. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)

Egypt file complaint against referee after controversial World Cup exit

On Tuesday evening, Letexes ruled out a Mostafa Ziko goal ruled out when they were leading 1-0 after VAR intervened to spot a foul on Lisandro Martinez much earlier in the move.

5 DAYS AGO

Iran's defender #23 Ramin Rezaeian and midfielder #31 Mehdi Ghayedi take part in a training session ahead of Iran's FIFA World Cup 2026 Group G football match against Belgium at Centro Xoloitzcuintle in Tijuana on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Guillermo Arias

Iran to lodge complaint with FIFA over World Cup restrictions

"Given that the game will be played at 12:00 pm local time in Los Angeles, the Football Federation of Iran requested that the team be allowed to travel to Los Angeles two days before the match," the spokesman said; Andrew Giuliani, the executive director of the White House FIFA Task Force, said on Monday that Iran had been informed in advance that they would be allowed to come into the United States only on the day before the game.

June 19, 2026

Iran's Forward #23 Ramin Rezaeian celebrates with teammates after scoring their side's second goal during an international friendly football match between Iran and Gambia, in Antalya, southern Turkey, May 29, 2026, as part of Iran's preparation for the up

Iran squad hand passports to US embassy for visa approval

The Iranian team is due to fly from Turkey to Spain on Saturday before traveling on to their base camp in Mexico, which has issued visas to the squad.

June 5, 2026

Neymar hints at possible retirement after World Cup

Neymar says he might retire at the end of the year due to injuries but hopes to play in the World Cup. Neymar is the all-time leading scorer for Brazil, with 79 goals, two more than Pele, but has not played for the national team since October 2023 when he suffered a serious knee injury against Uruguay.

February 21, 2026