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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 is scheduled to 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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2026 FIFA World Cup knockout stage
The knockout stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be 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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Masour Ousmane Dembélé (French pronunciation: [us. man dɛm. be. le]; born 15 May 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward or right winger for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. Regarded as one of the best players in the world, he is one of ten players to have won the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Champions League, and Ballon d'Or in their career.
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Supergirl is a 2026 American superhero film based on the eponymous character from DC Comics. Directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Ana Nogueira, it is the second film in the DC Universe (DCU), and stars Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El / Supergirl, who travels across the galaxy on a murderous quest for revenge.
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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 (Croatian: Pulišić; 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 of all time, he is nicknamed "Captain America" and known for his dribbling, directness, and playmaking.
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Kylian Mbappé Lottin (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 best players in the world, he is known for his pace, dribbling, and clinical finishing. Born in Paris and raised in nearby Bondy, Mbappé began his senior club career in 2015 with Monaco.
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Blast is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language martial arts action thriller film directed by Subash K. Raj in his debut and produced by AGS Entertainment. The film stars Arjun, Abhirami and Preity Mukhundhan, with John Kokken, Vivek Prasanna, Arjun Chidambaram, Dileepan and Pawan in supporting roles. It follows a family whose peaceful life is threatened by a corporate syndicate with diabolical plans.
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Citizen Vigilante is a 2026 vigilante action thriller film produced, written, and directed by Uwe Boll. It stars Armie Hammer and Costas Mandylor. In the film, Sanders, a vigilante upset about violence perpetuated by migrants, decides to take justice into his own hands, killing immigrant criminals and corrupt officials.
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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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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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I Will Find You is an American crime drama miniseries made for streaming service Netflix, adapted from the 2023 novel of the same name by Harlan Coben, who acts as executive producer on the series. The miniseries stars Sam Worthington, Britt Lower, Milo Ventimiglia, and Erin Richards. It premiered on June 18, 2026.
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YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen who were all former employees at PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google itself.
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Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero (born 2 March 1972) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who is the current 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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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 all time and is one of the most decorated footballers in the world, having won 34 trophies in his career.
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The FIFA Men's World Ranking 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. As of June 2026, the rankings were led by Argentina.
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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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Ashura (Arabic: عَاشُورَاء, ʿĀshūrāʾ [ʕaːʃuːˈraːʔ]), also more formally as the Day of Ashura (Arabic: يوم عاشوراء, romanized: Yawm ʿĀshūrāʾ), is a day of commemoration in Islam. It occurs annually on the tenth of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. According to Sunni traditions, Ashura marks the parting of the Red Sea by Moses and the salvation of the Israelites.
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Ann Blyth (born Anne Marie Blythe; August 16, 1927 – June 24, 2026) was an American actress and singer. She began her career in radio as a child before transitioning to Broadway, where she appeared in Lillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine (1941–42). Blyth signed with Universal Studios in the 1940s and made her film debut in Chip Off the Old Block (1944), followed by a series of musical comedies.
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Toy Story 5 is a 2026 American animated adventure comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton, who conceived the story and co-wrote the screenplay with Kenna Harris, it is the fifth main installment in Pixar's Toy Story film series and the sequel to Toy Story 4 (2019).
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Voicemails for Isabelle is a 2026 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Leah McKendrick. It stars Zoey Deutch, Nick Robinson, Harry Shum Jr., Lukas Gage, and Nick Offerman. It follows a woman named Jill who, to cope with the sudden loss of her sister Isabelle, begins leaving voicemails on Isabelle's phone number.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024 TV series)
Avatar: The Last Airbender is an American fantasy action-adventure television series developed by Albert Kim for Netflix. It is a live-action adaptation of the animated television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko for Nickelodeon.
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Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th century. His musical achievements broke American racial barriers and made him a dominant figure worldwide.
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Welcome is an Indian comedy film series, produced by Firoz Nadiadwala and directed by Anees Bazmee & Ahmed Khan. The first film Welcome was released on 21 December 2007 and the second film, Welcome Back was released on 4 September 2015. A third part, titled Welcome to the Jungle was released on 26 June 2026.
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XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is an American action spy film series created by Rich Wilkes. It consists of three full-length feature films: XXX (2002), XXX: State of the Union (2005) and XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017), and a short film: The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage. The series has grossed $694 million worldwide.
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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 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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Cape Verde (/ˈvɜɹd -/ , or /ˈvɜɹ. di/, VURD-ee or VURD-i; 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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Pretty Ricky is an American R&B/hip hop group originating from Miami, Florida. The group originally consisted of two brothers, Diamond (Baby Blue) Smith, Spectacular Smith, their cousin Corey (Slick 'Em) Mathis, and an unrelated member, Marcus (Pleasure P) Cooper. Pleasure P was the group's main singer, while the other three members performed as rappers.
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Arda Güler (Turkish pronunciation: [aɾˈda ˈɟylæɾ] ; born 25 February 2005) is a Turkish professional footballer who primarily plays as an attacking midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Turkey national team. He is regarded as one of the best young players in the world. Güler began his senior career with the Turkish club Fenerbahçe in 2021, where he won the Turkish Cup in 2023.
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Main Vaapas Aaunga (transl. I Will Return) is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Imtiaz Ali. The film stars Diljit Dosanjh, Naseeruddin Shah, Sharvari, and Vedang Raina, alongside Banita Sandhu, Rajat Kapoor, Sanjay Suri, Anjana Sukhani and Danish Pandor in supporting roles. Principal photography began in August 2025 and ended in December 2025.
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Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman ( zen-DAY-ə; born September 1, 1996) is an American actress and singer. Her accolades include two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award, and in 2022 Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Her films as a leading actress have grossed over $3. 9 billion worldwide.
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Armand Douglas Hammer (born August 28, 1986) is an American actor. He began his acting career with guest appearances in several television series. His first leading role was as Billy Graham in the 2008 film Billy: The Early Years and Hammer gained wider recognition for portraying the twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss in David Fincher's biopic The Social Network (2010).
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Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west.
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Oliver Tree Nickell (June 29, 1993 – June 14, 2026) was an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer. Tree signed to Atlantic Records in 2017 after his song "When I'm Down" went viral. He released his debut studio album Ugly Is Beautiful in July 2020, which included the RIAA gold- and platinum-certified singles "Alien Boy", "Hurt", "Miracle Man" and "Let Me Down".
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Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [nejˈmaʁ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ ˈsɐ̃tuz ˈʒuni. oʁ] ; born 5 February 1992), simply known as Neymar Júnior (shortened to Neymar Jr) or mononymously as Neymar, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Santos, which he captains, and the Brazil national team.
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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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The France national football team (French: Équipe de France de football) represents France in men's international football. It is controlled by the French Football Federation (FFF; Fédération française de football), the governing body for football in France. It is a member of UEFA in Europe and FIFA in global competitions.
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Cocktail 2 is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Homi Adajania, co-written by Luv Ranjan and Tarun Jain, and produced by Dinesh Vijan, Luv Ranjan and Ankur Garg under Maddock Films and Luv Films. It is a spiritual sequel to Cocktail (2012) and stars Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon and Rashmika Mandanna in the lead roles.
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Timothy Tarpeh Weah (born February 22, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger or right-back for Ligue 1 club Marseille, on loan from Serie A club Juventus, and the United States national team. Weah made his professional debut for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain in 2018, winning Ligue 1 twice and the Trophée des Champions once.
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Michael Akpovie Olise (; o-LEE-say; Urhobo: [à. k͡pɔ̀. vjɛ̀ ɔ̀. lí. sɛ̀]; French: [maikəl olisɛ]; born 12 December 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. Born in England, he plays for the France national team. Considered one of the best wingers in the world, he is known for his creativity, dribbling, and flair.
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Unofficial Football World Championships
The Unofficial Football World Championships (UFWC) is an informal way of calculating the world's best international association football team, using a knock-out title system similar to that used in some combat sports. The UFWC was formalised by contributors to the Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) in 2002 and published by English journalist Paul Brown in a 2003 FourFourTwo article.
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George Manneh Oppong Weah (born 1 October 1966) is a Liberian politician and former professional footballer who served as the 25th president of Liberia from 2018 to 2024. Before his election for the presidency, Weah served as senator from Montserrado County. He played as a striker in his prolific 18-year professional football career which ended in 2003.
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Zoey Francis Chilie Thompson Deutch ( DOYTCH; born November 10, 1994) is an American actress and producer. The younger daughter of director Howard Deutch and actress-director Lea Thompson, Deutch made her acting debut in television during the early 2010s, with roles on Disney Channel's The Suite Life on Deck (2010–2011) and CW's Ringer (2011–2012).
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Amelia Dimoldenberg ( dim-OHL-dən-burg; born 30 January 1994) is an English comedian, writer and presenter. She is the creator and host of the web series Chicken Shop Date, in which she interviews celebrities in fried chicken restaurants while subjecting them to her sarcastic, deadpan, and awkward sense of humour.
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Widow's Bay is an American comedy horror television series created by Katie Dippold for Apple TV, and starring Matthew Rhys, Kate O'Flynn, Kevin Carroll, Dale Dickey, Kingston Rumi Southwick, and Stephen Root. The series is set in the fictional New England island town of Widow's Bay, which is afflicted by a centuries-old curse that brings various supernatural evils upon the island.
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LaMelo LaFrance Ball ( lə-MEL-oh; born August 22, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Hornets with the third overall pick of the 2020 NBA draft. Ball was voted the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2021 and named an NBA All-Star the following season in 2022.
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Grand Theft Auto VI is an upcoming action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games. It is due to be the eighth main Grand Theft Auto game, following Grand Theft Auto V (2013), and the sixteenth entry overall. Set within the fictional US state of Leonida, based on Florida, the story follows the romantic criminal duo of Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos.
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List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers
A total of over 2,800 goals have been scored in matches across the 22 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 103 have scored five or more.
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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 the youth academy, La Masia, before breaking into the Barcelona first team squad in the 2023–24 season.
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The Ballon d'Or (French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ dɔʁ] ; lit. 'Golden Ball') is an annual association football award presented by French magazine France Football since 1956 to honour the player judged to have performed the best over the previous season. Conceived by sports writers Gabriel Hanot and Jacques Ferran, the Ballon d'Or was based exclusively on voting by football journalists up until 2006.
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The Norway men's national football team (Norwegian: Norges herrelandslag i fotball, or informally Landslaget) represents Norway in men's international football, and is controlled by the Norwegian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, and their head coach is Ståle Solbakken.
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Welcome to the Jungle (2026 film)
Welcome To The Jungle is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language action adventure comedy film directed by Ahmed Khan, written by Neeraj Vora, and produced by Firoz Nadiadwala, Rakesh Dang, and Vedant Vikaas Baali under Base Industries Group, Cape of Good Films and Seeta Films.
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Christine Marie Evert (born December 21, 1954) is an American former professional tennis player. One of the most successful players of all time, she was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 260 weeks (fourth-most of all time), and finished as the year-end No.
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Marina Alise Mabrey (born September 14, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Tempo of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Lunar Owls of Unrivaled. Nicknamed "Money Mabrey" for her three-point shooting and clutch scoring ability, she is the first player in WNBA history to earn an annual salary over $1 million.
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup 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. It was the second time that Brazil staged the competition, the first being in 1950, and the fifth time that it was held in South America.
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Danielle Fabiola "Inde" Navarrette ( IN-dee NAV-ə-RET-ee; born March 3, 2001) is an American actress. Her first starring television role was as Sarah Cortez in The CW's Superman & Lois (2021–2024). After a supporting role in the action thriller film Trap House (2025), Navarrette rose to prominence for her critically acclaimed performance as Nikki in the horror film Obsession (2025).
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Millie Bonnie Bongiovi (née Brown; born 19 February 2004), known professionally as Millie Bobby Brown, is a British actress and film producer. She gained international recognition for playing Eleven in the Netflix science fiction series Stranger Things (2016–2025), for which she received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Limonene () is a colorless liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the fragrance and essential oil of citrus fruit peels, taking its name from Italian limone ("lemon"). Limonene is a chiral molecule, and most biological sources produce just one enantiomer (isomer).
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Gregg Matthew Berhalter (, BUR-hawl-tər; born August 1, 1973) is an American soccer coach and former player. He is the current head coach and director of football for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire, a role he assumed following the end of the 2024 season. From 2018 to 2023 and 2023–24, he was the head coach of the United States men's national soccer team.
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Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes targeting Iranian military and government sites resulted in the assassination of Iranian officials and supreme leader Ali Khamenei. These attacks were launched amidst Iran–US negotiations to reach a nuclear peace agreement.
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Michael is a 2026 biographical film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by John Logan. It follows the early life of American singer Michael Jackson, covering his childhood with the Jackson 5 in the 1960s to the Bad World Tour in the late 1980s. Jackson is portrayed by his nephew Jaafar Jackson and as a child by Juliano Valdi, both in their film debuts.
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Nick Robinson (American actor)
Nicholas John Robinson (born March 22, 1995) is an American actor. As a child, he appeared in a 2008 stage production of A Christmas Carol and Mame, after which he had a main role in the television sitcom Melissa & Joey (2010–2015).
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David Clayton-Thomas (born David Henry Thomsett, 13 September 1941 – 24 June 2026) was a British-Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the American band Blood, Sweat & Tears. Clayton-Thomas began his music career in the early 1960s, working the clubs on Toronto's Yonge Street, where he discovered his love of singing and playing the blues.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, often referred to as Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest, with a 20-kilometre-long (12-mile) coast on the Adriatic Sea in the south.
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Elizabeth Camille Langley (born May 3, 1999) is an American country music singer-songwriter from Hope Hull, Alabama. She is signed to Sony Music Nashville and Columbia Records. Her debut studio album, Hungover (2024), produced her breakthrough hits "You Look Like You Love Me" (with Riley Green) and "Weren't for the Wind", both of which reached number one on the Country Airplay chart.
