Founded in 1904, the team has won two FIFA World Cups, two UEFA European Championships, one CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions, two FIFA Confederations Cups and one UEFA Nations League title. France was one of the four European teams that participated in the first World Cup in 1930. Twenty-eig...
The France women's national team initially struggled on the international stage failing to qualify for three of the first FIFA Women's World Cups and the six straight UEFA European Championships before reaching the quarter-finals in the 1997 edition of the competition. However, since the beginning...
Lionel Messi finally has his World Cup in 2022, so let's look ahead to 2026 and make some big predictions, like Mbappe and France winning again.
Instead, after beating England 2-1 on Saturday on goals by Aurélien Tchouaméni and Olivier Giroud, France looks destined to become the first nation to win consecutive World Cups since Brazil did it in 1962. Grant Wahl, U.S. World Cup reporter dead at 48, days after detainment over...
European Cups International Other Competitions Home▸ Women's World Cup▸ Japan Women The Japan women football team managed to qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France. It’s already going to be the 9th time, the one-time winner of this tournament participates. Japan played...
was a record in itself, breaking what was previously a tie with Germany's Lothar Matthäus. Those matches have been spread over five World Cups, beginning in 2006. Messi's 12 goals mean he is tied with Pelé in sixth place for most World Cup goals scored by a single player in the to...
Italy have failed to qualify for the last two World Cups and were utterly humiliated at Euro 2024, with the Azzurri beaten with embarrassing ease by Switzerland in the last 16 after scraping into the knockout stage with a last-minute equaliser against Croatia. Still, while Luciano Spalletti mad...
Kane, after being made to wait, eventually slammed home the penalty to match Rooney's milestone. It was a huge moment in his career and his fourth goal from the spot in World Cups — but one which would be overshadowed by another penalty to come. ...
for which League A of round 2 acts as Europe's qualifying tournament. UEFA has an allocation of 11 places, which has gone to the seven group winners and four best runners-up. Qatar has been announced as host nation for the first five annual U-17 World Cups between 2025 and 2029, ...
Argentina beat France in the World Cup final on penalty kicks as an epic clash played out after a pulsating 3-3 draw in normal time, as Lionel Messi won his legacy defining World Cup.