6 d. ago NBA moves closer to launching European men’s league with Fiba

NBA seeks investors for new Europe-wide men’s leaguePermanent franchises plus annual qualification pathwayLeague aims to avoid clashes with domestic competitionsThe NBA confirmed Monday that it would begin pursuing teams and ownership groups for a new professional European men’s league it hopes to launch in partnership with Fiba.The prospective league would feature permanent teams and additional spots up for grabs via an annual qualification pathway. Clubs in Fiba-affiliated domestic leagues around Europe could qualify for the new league through the Basketball Champions League or an end-of-year tournament. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago ‘Cue air punches and tears’: why Next Goal Wins is my feelgood movie

Continuing the series where writers pick their go-to mood-lifting films is a look back to the inspiring sports documentaryIt feels apt following a 2026 World Cup draw featuring tiny island debutants Curacao and Cape Verde to revisit Next Goal Wins, an underdog story I adopted upon first watch as if it were a team I would loyally follow for the rest of my life.The documentary chronicles the world’s (once) worst soccer team, American Samoa, and their valiant efforts to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, but to label it merely a soccer film is to overlook a perfect study of remarkable characters, circumstances and a lesser seen island life. You don’t need to be a sports fan to be uplifted here. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump's Peace Prize farce sparks demand for FIFA boss Gianni Infantino probe

The controversial decision to award Donald Trump the Peace Prize at 2026 World Cup draw last week leads NGO Fairsquare to call for an official investigation into FIFA President Gianni Infantino

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2 w. ago Scotland World Cup 2026 draw news as Tartan Army left in dark over ticket prices and Neymar bids to save USA dream

Scotland fans are set to travel in huge numbers across the Big Pond for their first World Cup Finals appearance since France '98

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2 w. ago The View takes aim at Trump’s Fifa prize by giving out fake medals

President was awarded FIFA’s newly created Peace Prize at the 2026 World Cup draw

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2 w. ago FIFA issue apology after World Cup winner forced to wear gloves to touch trophy

The FIFA World Cup draw for 2026 had plenty of things going on, with an apology issued by the football governing body for one moment spotted with the Jules Rimet trophy

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2 w. ago Prince Harry cracks ANOTHER joke at Donald Trump's expense as he mocks president's immigration policies

The Duke of Sussex has lampooned Mr Trump twice in 48 hours - most recently in a new gag about the 2026 World Cup on the day the President attended the draw, the Daily Mail can reveal.

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2 w. ago Infantino’s lickspittle World Cup draw promises a tournament autocrats will love

Friday’s ceremony in Washington DC was cringe-inducing and craven enough to make football fans nostalgic for the reign of Sepp BlatterWell, that was awful, wasn’t it? Donald Trump’s heroic victory over a field of one to claim the inaugural Fifa peace prize, on-stage banter so dead it was already fossilized, Gianni Infantino doing crowd work, and Wayne Gretzky struggling through the pronunciation of “Macedonia” and “Curaçao” in the draw’s linguistic group of death: even with the benefit of a few days’ distance it’s impossible to overstate how impressively bad the draw for the 2026 World Cup, held last Friday at the Trump-purged Kennedy Center in Washington DC, was.“This is America, so we have to put on a show!” roared Fifa president Infantino, resembling a Sphinx cat in a borrowed suit, at the beginning of the ceremony. And put on a show Fifa did – just not one that anyone wanted to watch, least of all a desperately bored-looking Trump, who sat through Andrea Bocelli’s Nessun Dorma w...

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3 w. ago All you need to know about England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland's World Cup games

The draw for the 2026 World Cup has now been and gone, with a following draw for the schedule and timings of matches and their host cities all decided, meaning there is an idea of how the competition could play out.

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3 w. ago World Cup 2026 live: England and Scotland learn full match schedule after shameful draw ceremony

The time and venue for every match at the first ever 48-nation World Cup in North America next summer has now been revealed

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3 w. ago John Collins loves Scotland's World Cup 2026 draw for one key reason as icon swamped with ticket requests

Steve Clarke’s side are set for a battle with Carlo Ancelotti’s Brazil, Morrocco and Haiti when they head to the USA next summer

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3 w. ago England World Cup draw 2026: Thomas Tuchel avoids Gareth Southgate nightmare

Thomas Tuchel found out which teams he would be facing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Group Stage next summer with England entering the competition as one of the favourites

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3 w. ago Donald Trump's bizarre hidden signal as 'fanboy' FIFA president hands him peace prize

The US president bragged about 'saving millions of lives' in a brazen speech after FIFA boss Giovanni Infantino handed him a 'peace price' at the 2026 World Cup draw ceremony

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3 w. ago World Cup 2026 live: England and Scotland to learn full match schedule after shameful draw ceremony

The time and venue for every match at the first ever 48-nation World Cup in North America next summer will be revealed today after Rio Ferdinand helmed a complicated draw

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3 w. ago Thomas Tuchel responds to 2026 World Cup draw with message to players

England will play Croatia, Ghana and Panama in a potentially testing World Cup group

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3 w. ago Scotland vs Brazil, Mbappe vs Haaland, Marsch vs Bellamy...? How World Cup draw shapes up

The draw for the 2026 World Cup has been made ahead of next year's tournament in USA, Mexico and Canada with several tasty ties including Scotland meeting Brazil for the fifth time at the finals

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3 w. ago World Cup 2026 Draw RECAP: Full reaction as Scotland paired with Brazil, Morocco and Haiti

Scotland’s World Cup opponents have been confirmed.

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3 w. ago World Cup 2026 draw RECAP: Donald Trump steals the show with on

Relive Daily Mail Sport's live blog of the 2026 World Cup draw as England, Scotland and co are set to learn their group stage opponents from extravagant showpiece in Washington DC. 

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3 w. ago Man Utd great Rio Ferdinand locked in awkward exchange with Yaya Toure during World Cup draw

The 2026 FIFA World Cup draw held in the United States saw an awkward exchange between Manchester United great Rio Ferdinand and ex-Man City star Yaya Toure.

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3 w. ago Norway and Portugal World Cup draw controversy explained as fans left baffled

Fans took to social media after Uzbekistan were placed into Group K with Portugal and Colombia during the 2026 World Cup draw rather than joining France and Senegal in Group I

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