A yellow card Troy Parrott will be happy to take all day long as he whips his shirt off to celebrate his hat-trick goal that sends Republic of Ireland to the World Cup play-offs. A player who has five goals in two games this window to give the Irish two massive wins.

Ronaldo has featured at all of those so far except the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea. He has made 22 appearances for Portugal at World Cups, putting him fifth on the all-time list behind, Italy’s Paulo Maldini (23), Germany’s Miroslav Klose (24), Lothar Matthaus (25) and Messi (26).

Canada, Mexico and the United States of America have all qualified as hosts, with the expanded 48-team format opening up new opportunities to see more nations from different regions as there will be 16 more teams in the finals to enjoy.

Follow build-up before live text and radio commentary as England face Albania in their final World Cup qualifier.

Mauricio Pochettino will make sure to avoid as much heartbreak as possible with the U.S. men’s national team when he names his final squad ahead of the official 2026 World Cup roster.

A year after ending his retirement and switching countries, Lucas Pinheiro Braathen delivered Brazil its first World Cup victory.

The 2026 World Cup draw will be held before the field is settled in full, as December 5 gives every nation its path to the World Cup Final.

Great Britain's Laurie Taylor finishes a career-best fourth and Dave Ryding seventh in the opening men's slalom race of the World Cup season.