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The unrivalled authority on the game of soccer around the world, World Soccer calls upon journalists from the globe's great soccer capitals. The best writers, analytical features and the ability to deliver the inside-track on domestic and world football have made World Soccer an institution. With stunning images and a website delivering up-to-the-minute global results and authoritative insights into the players, politics and power-struggles, the brand constantly looks behind the score-lines. Its insightful writing reaches to the heart of the triumphs, scandals and controversies that constantly emerge in the greatest international sport of them all.

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No room for Reds in Tuchel’s England

The modern World Cup: louder, richer, bigger • The relentless march of FIFA’s juggernaut shows no signs of slowing down

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Pressing at a premium • The heat and humidity at this summer’s World Cup will make sustained pressing impossible

Hamza ABDELKARIM (Egypt)

12 MOVES you might have missed … • TRANSFERS ★ LOANS ★ SACKINGS ★ HIRINGS ★ SWITCHES ★ RETIREMENTS

Round-up in numbers • Check out the facts and stats that have caught our eye in the world of football…

Neymar recalled by Brazil • Brazil’s record goalscorer is the headline name in Selecao’s 2026 World Cup squad, but a calf injury threatens to scupper his comeback

ESM XI • EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA

OBITUARIES

Romania says goodbye to a legend • Mircea Lucescu passes away after an extraordinary career

Searching for an identity • As New York/New Jersey prepares to host this summer’s World Cup final, scratching the surface of the region reveals two new clubs beginning to sprout, emphasising just how deep soccer runs in these parts

WORLD CUP ONES TO WATCH • Nick Bidwell highlights 50 players to keep an eye on this summer

THE DIASPORA DEBUTANTS • Plenty of teams at this summer’s World Cup have recruited from their diaspora, but few more than Curacao

“It’s like dominoes – I was one of the first” • Curacao’s goalkeeper switched his international allegiance from the Netherlands in 2015. Eleven years on, he is set to represent the island at the World Cup

“The World Cup gives an opportunity to change the perception of the country” • As he prepares for his second World Cup as a manager, Iraq’s Australian head coach discusses his team’s chances this summer and reflects on his career

“This is only the beginning of a serious project” • After leading Bosnia & Herzegovina to World Cup qualification – making an instant impact in his first coaching role – the former Bundesliga forward discusses his nation’s impressive progress, this summer’s tournament, and what the future might hold

WORLD CUP 2026 VENUES • A guide to the host stadiums in the United States, Canada and Mexico, by James Nalton

WORLD CUP 2026 PREDICTIONS

WHEN THE LIONS ATE THE COCKERELS • This summer Senegal will face France for the first time since 2002, when the Lions of Teranga caused one of the greatest upsets in World Cup history

World Cup rematches • France and Senegal aren’t the only sides that will be reacquainted at this summer’s World Cup…

COPA 71 • In 1970, Mexico hosted the ninth edition of the men’s FIFA World Cup. A year later, it welcomed the second women’s World Cup. Unofficial, unrecognised and unwelcome, the tournament’s impact was almost forgotten – until now

Double defeat for Kang • The ambitious multi-club owner lost two continental finals in one day, but remains a huge presence in the women’s game

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