For seven straight tournaments Mexico has reached the round of 16 and gone no further. This summer they host the World Cup, ...

The United States arrives at its own World Cup with the most gifted squad it has ever assembled and no place left to hide.

The home of attacking idealism has finally stopped trying to be beautiful. Ronald Koeman built the Oranje from the back, ...

The most efficient team football ever built has become its most gifted and least settled. Nagelsmann recalled a 40-year-old ...

European champions, a record unbeaten run, the youngest spine in the tournament. Spain take the ball away and never give it ...

The spine is the kind you can leave compact for an hour without losing a wink. Mike Maignan in goal, William Saliba at twenty ...

A young side that finally learned to win the close ones arrives with the two heaviest things in the tournament: Cristiano ...

Carlo Ancelotti told Brazil out loud that they no longer have a Pelé or a Ronaldo, and then built a side to match — defend ...

Thomas Tuchel didn't fix England's talent. He removed its mythology — and a side that conceded nothing in qualifying now has ...

Warner Bros. chief Michael De Luca told the PGA's Produced By conference that starving development of original material is ...

Forty-eight teams, three countries, a month of heat and travel. The trophy goes to the side with the deepest nerve, not the ...

Maranello's first electric car was built to win a luxury market increasingly defined by China. The fiercest backlash came ...