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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the 23rd and current FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament began on June 11, 2026, and will conclude on July 19. It is jointly hosted by 16 cities—11 in the United States, 3 in Mexico, and 2 in Canada.
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Erling Braut Haaland (born 21 July 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester City and the Norway national team. Regarded as one of the best players in the world and the greatest Norwegian player of all time, he is known for his speed, strength, positioning, and finishing inside the box.
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Addison Mitchell McConnell III ( mə-KON-əl; born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a seat he has held since 1985. A member of the Republican Party, McConnell is in his seventh Senate term, making him the longest-serving senator in Kentucky history.
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Yandex LLC (Russian: Яндекс, romanized: Yandeks, IPA: [ˈjandəks] ) is a Russian technology company that provides Internet-related products and services including a web browser, search engine, cloud computing, web mapping, online food ordering, streaming media, online shopping, and a ridesharing company.
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Folarin Jerry Balogun (born July 3, 2001) is a professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the United States national team. Balogun began his career at the Arsenal Academy, and was promoted to the first team in 2020. He appeared sparingly for the club, and went on loan to EFL Championship club Middlesbrough in 2022.
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The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has been held every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 due to World War II.
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Christian Mate Pulisic (born September 18, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger, attacking midfielder and forward for Serie A club AC Milan and the United States national team. Regarded as one of the best North American players, he is nicknamed "Captain America". Pulisic is known for his dribbling, directness, and playmaking.
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The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, when it was not held because of World War II.
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Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero (born 2 March 1972) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the United States men's national team. Pochettino played as a centre-back and began his career in 1989 with Primera División club Newell's Old Boys, winning a league title and finishing as runner-up in the 1992 Copa Libertadores.
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Romelu Lukaku Bolingoli (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈroːmeːlu luˈkaːku]; born 13 May 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Napoli and the Belgium national team. Lukaku ranks second for the all-time European men's top goalscorers in international football, with 93 goals.
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Giovanni "Gianni" Vincenzo Infantino (born 23 March 1970) is a Swiss football administrator and the president of FIFA since 2016. He has also been an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member since 2020. Following his initial election to the FIFA presidency on 26 February 2016, he was re-elected on 5 June 2019 and again on 16 March 2023.
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Graham Cunningham Platner (born September 1, 1984) is an American political candidate, oyster farmer, and Marine Corps veteran who is currently the Democratic nominee in the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Maine. Platner is challenging incumbent Republican senator Susan Collins. Born and raised in coastal Maine, Platner enlisted in the Marine Corps after graduating from high school.
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Kylian Mbappé Lottin (French pronunciation: [kiljan (ɛ)mbape lɔtɛ̃]; born 20 December 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Real Madrid and captains the France national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he is known for his pace, dribbling, and clinical finishing.
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James David Rodríguez Rubio (born 12 July 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger and captains the Colombia national team. Regarded as one of the best Colombian players of all time, he has been praised for his technique, vision, and playmaking skills. He is often considered the successor to his compatriot Carlos Valderrama.
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The FIFA Men's World Ranking (also referred to as the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking for sponsorship purposes) is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, first introduced in December 1992. The men's teams of the member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked the highest.
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Obsession is a 2025 American supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Curry Barker. The film follows Bear (Michael Johnston), a music store employee who buys a supernatural toy that grants his wish for his friend Nikki (Inde Navarrette) to fall in love with him, resulting in horrific consequences. Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, and Andy Richter appear in supporting roles.
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Roblox ( , ROH-bloks) is an online game platform and game creation system developed by Roblox Corporation that allows users to program and play games created by themselves or other users. It was created by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004, and released to the public in 2006. As of February 2025, the platform has reported an average of 85. 3 million daily active users.
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United States men's national soccer team
The United States men's national soccer team (USMNT, recognized as USA by FIFA) represents the United States of America in men's international soccer, which is governed by the United States Soccer Federation. The team has been an affiliate member of FIFA since 1914 and a founding affiliate member of CONCACAF since 1961. Regionally, it is an affiliate member of NAFU in the North American Zone.
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The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
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Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana (born 13 July 2007) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger or right midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team. He is regarded as one of the best players in the world. Yamal was a member of FC Barcelona's youth academy, La Masia, before breaking into the first team squad in the 2023–24 season.
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Elaine Lan Chao (born March 26, 1953) is an American businesswoman and former government official who served as United States secretary of labor in the administration of George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 and as United States secretary of transportation in the first administration of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021.
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The Egypt national football team, nicknamed the Pharaohs, represents Egypt in men's international football, and is governed by the Egyptian Football Association (EFA), the governing body of football in Egypt. It has been a member of FIFA since 1923 and was a founding member of Confederation of African Football in 1957.
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List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers
A total of 3,000 goals have been scored in matches across the 23 final tournaments of the men's FIFA World Cup, not counting penalties scored during shoot-outs. Since the first goal scored by French player Lucien Laurent in 1930, nearly 1,300 footballers have scored goals at the World Cup tournaments, of whom 107 have scored five or more.
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Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west. Belgium covers an area of 30,689 km2 (11,849 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.
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Preauricular sinuses or preauricular pits and preauricular cysts are common congenital malformations of the external ear. The difference between them is that a cyst does not connect with the skin, but a sinus does. Frequency of preauricular sinus differs depending on the population: 0. 1–0. 9% in the US, 0. 9% in the UK, and 4–10% in Asia and parts of Africa.
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2026 FIFA World Cup knockout stage
The knockout stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup is the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. Played from June 28 to July 19, 2026, the knockout stage will end with the final, to be held at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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Belgium national football team
The Belgium national football team has represented Belgium in men's international football since their maiden match in 1904. The squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Europe by UEFA—both of which were co-founded by the Belgian team's supervising body, the Royal Belgian Football Association.
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Alf-Inge "Alfie" Haaland (born 23 November 1972) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a right-back or midfielder. Haaland played in England with Nottingham Forest, Leeds United, and Manchester City, and won 34 caps for Norway. Haaland joined the youth academy of his hometown club Bryne in 1979 and made his first-team debut in 1989 aged 17.
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup (Portuguese: Copa do Mundo da FIFA Brasil 2014) was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2007.
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Switzerland national football team
The Switzerland national football team represents Switzerland in men's international football. The national team is controlled by the Swiss Football Association. Switzerland's best performances at the FIFA World Cup have been four quarter-finals appearances, in 1934, 1938 and 1954; Switzerland are also currently in the quarter-final of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Argentina national football team
The Argentina national football team, nicknamed la Albiceleste, represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body of football in Argentina. It has been a member of FIFA since 1912 and was a founding member of CONMEBOL in 1916. It was also a member of PFC, the unified confederation of the Americas, from 1946 to 1961.
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Alpha is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Shiv Rawail in his feature film debut, and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. Based on a script written by Soumil Shukla, Shridhar Raghavan and Ishita Moitra and Uday Chopra. It is the seventh installment in the YRF Spy Universe.
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Mostafa Mohamed Zaky Abdelraouf (Arabic: مصطفى محمد زكي عبد الرؤوف; born 27 April 1997), known as Mostafa Ziko, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Egyptian Premier League club Pyramids and the Egypt national team. His nickname 'Ziko' references the Brazilian footballer Zico, since his father admired the athlete.
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Zlatan Ibrahimović (born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is known for his acrobatic strikes and volleys, technique, ball control, and physical dominance. Ibrahimović is regarded as one of the greatest strikers of his generation and is one of the most decorated footballers in the world, having won 34 trophies in his career.
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Colombia national football team
The Colombia national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Colombia), nicknamed Los Cafeteros, represents Colombia in men's international football and is managed by the Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (English: Colombian Football Federation), the governing body for football in Colombia. It has been a member of FIFA and CONMEBOL since 1936.
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Rudi José Garcia (French pronunciation: [ʁydi gaʁsja]; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈruði ɣaɾˈθi. a]; born 20 February 1964) is a French professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of the Belgian national team. Garcia began his professional career with Lille, and went on to have stints with multiple other French sides.
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Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the Southern Cone of South America. It covers an area of 2,780,085 km2 (1,073,397 mi2), making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world.
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. xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic websites on the Internet. This option enables website operators to establish a web address like example. xxx instead of example.com. The sponsoring organization is the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR).
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Project Hail Mary is a 2026 American epic science fiction comedy film produced and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and written by Drew Goddard, based on the 2021 novel by Andy Weir. It stars Ryan Gosling, who also produced the film; Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz, and Lionel Boyce appear in supporting roles.
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The 2002 FIFA World Cup (Korean: 2002 FIFA 월드컵 한국/일본, Japanese: 2002 FIFAワールドカップ 韓国/日本) also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial football world championship for men's national teams organized by FIFA. It was held from 31 May to 30 June 2002 at sites in South Korea and Japan, with its final match hosted by Japan at International Stadium in Yokohama.
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Danielle Fabiola "Inde" Navarrette ( IN-dee NAV-ə-RET-ee; born March 3, 2001) is an American actress. After early television roles in The CW's Superman & Lois and 13 Reasons Why, she rose to prominence for her critically acclaimed performance as Nikki Freeman in the horror film Obsession (2026), which earned her the Seattle International Film Festival Award for Best Performance.
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The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the qualification process which began in September 2003.
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United States at the FIFA World Cup
The United States men's national soccer team (USMNT) has participated in twelve editions of the FIFA World Cup, an international soccer competition contested by men's national teams representing members of FIFA. The tournament is held every four years by the top qualifying teams from the continental confederations under FIFA.
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The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's international governing body. The competition has been held every four years since 1991.
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Alexis Mac Allister (Spanish: [aˈleksis maˈkalisteɾ], Irish English: [mak ˈalɪstəɹ]; born 24 December 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and the Argentina national team. Considered as one of the best midfielders in the world, he is known for his passing, shooting ability, and versatility.
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Cape Verde ( VURD; Portuguese: Cabo Verde [ˈkabu ˈveɾdɨ] ; Cape Verdean Creole: Kabu Verdi [ˈkabu ˈveɾdi]), also referred to in English by its Portuguese name Cabo Verde, and known officially as the Republic of Cabo Verde (Portuguese: República de Cabo Verde), is an archipelagic country in the central Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of West Africa.
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Portugal national football team
The Portugal national football team (Portuguese: Seleção Portuguesa de Futebol) has represented Portugal in men's international football competition since 1921. The national team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), the governing body for football in Portugal.
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Luis Díaz (footballer, born 1997)
Luis Fernando Díaz Marulanda (born 13 January 1997) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and winger for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Colombia national team. Regarded as one of the best wingers in the world, he is known for his pace, dribbling, and pressing ability.
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Jonathan David Harvey, also known as Count Binface, is a British comedian and perennial novelty candidate. Binface is an "independent space warrior" who wears a large bin-shaped helmet. Harvey previously stood as a similar character, Lord Buckethead, but was forced to create a new character due to a dispute with Todd Durham, who owns the Buckethead character.
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Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁoˈnawdu luˈiz‿naˈzaɾju dʒi ˈlimɐ]; born 18 September 1976), mononymously known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the former owner and president of La Liga 2 club Real Valladolid. Nicknamed O Fenômeno and R9, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
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LMFAO (an initialism for Laughing My Freaking Ass Off) was an American electronic dance music duo consisting of Redfoo and Sky Blu. The duo are best known for their 2011 singles "Party Rock Anthem" (featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock) and "Sexy and I Know It", both of which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100.
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Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. An influential figure in popular culture, she is known for her autobiographical songwriting and artistic reinventions. Swift is the highest-grossing live music artist, the wealthiest female musician, and one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
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2026 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles
Jannik Sinner is the defending champion. Novak Djokovic is attempting to become the first player to win a record 25th major singles title, and a record-equaling eighth men's singles Wimbledon title.
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Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois (French pronunciation: [tibo kuʁtwa]; Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtiboː kurˈtʋaː]; born 11 May 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Belgium national team. Regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he is known for his reflexes, acrobatic saves, and command of the penalty area.
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Supergirl is a 2026 American superhero film based on the DC Comics superheroine Kara Zor-El / Supergirl. Directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Ana Nogueira, it is the second film in the DC Universe (DCU). Milly Alcock stars in the title role, alongside Matthias Schoenaerts, Eve Ridley, David Krumholtz, Emily Beecham, David Corenswet, and Jason Momoa.
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G.R.L. (an initialism for Girls Rock Life) was an American girl group, originally consisting of members Simone Battle, Lauren Bennett, Emmalyn Estrada, Natasha Slayton and Paula van Oppen. G.R.L. made their debut appearance on the Smurfs 2 soundtrack with "Vacation" in July 2013. The following year, the group appeared on Pitbull's international hit single "Wild Wild Love".
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Georgina Rodríguez Hernández (born 27 January 1994) is an Argentine and Spanish social media personality, model, and entrepreneur. She rose to fame through her relationship with Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, which garnered her significant media attention and helped her build a massive following across Instagram and other social media channels.
