Luis de la Fuente announced his 26-man Spain squad for the FIFA World Cup 2026 on May 25 — and the reigning European champions have made history before a ball has even been kicked. For the first time in World Cup history, the Spain squad does not include a single Real Madrid player. Eight Barcelona […]
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Odsonne Edouard has turned down the chance to represent Haiti at the FIFA World Cup 2026, despite being offered a guaranteed place in their squad for this summer’s tournament in the United States. The Lens striker revealed that he declined the invitation out of respect for the players who fought through qualifying to earn Haiti […]
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Thomas Tuchel announced his 26-man England squad for the FIFA World Cup 2026 on Friday, May 22 — and the decisions he made will define how the country judges his tenure before a ball has even been kicked in North America. The England squad for World Cup 2026 contains familiar names at its core — […]
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Why was Harry Maguire left out of England squad? Harry Maguire will not be part of England’s World Cup squad for 2026. The Manchester United defender confirmed on Wednesday night that Thomas Tuchel has informed him he will not be travelling to North America this summer — leaving one of England’s most experienced centre-backs “shocked […]
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Julian Nagelsmann announced his 26-man Germany squad for the FIFA World Cup 2026 on May 21 — and in what is shaping up to be one of the most emotionally charged squad reveals of the summer, the headline is impossible to ignore. Manuel Neuer, 40 years old and officially retired from international football since EURO […]
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Roberto Martínez announced his 26-man Portugal squad for the FIFA World Cup 2026 on May 19 — and in a selection loaded with emotional weight, tactical surprises, and one record-breaking inclusion, the Nations League champions head to North America as one of the most complete squads in the tournament. Cristiano Ronaldo, at 41, will play […]
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Carlo Ancelotti announced his 26-man Brazil squad for the FIFA World Cup 2026 on May 18 at Rio de Janeiro’s Museum of Tomorrow — and in what was always going to be one of the most anticipated squad reveals of the summer, the Italian delivered exactly the drama everyone expected. Neymar is in. Rodrygo is […]
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Update: Lamine Yamal named in Spain squad for World Cup 2026 announced on May 25. The question every Spain fan is asking right now — will Lamine Yamal play World Cup 2026 — does not have a clean answer. And that, in itself, is terrifying enough. Four weeks out from the biggest tournament on earth, […]
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Spain woke up on Monday to the kind of news that turns a squad announcement from a formality into a crisis. Fermin Lopez will miss the Spain squad for FIFA World Cup 2026 after fracturing the fifth metatarsal bone in his right foot. The Fermin Lopez injury, confirmed by Barcelona in an official medical statement, […]
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It is official. José Mourinho is back at Real Madrid. Fabrizio Romano’s “here we go” landed on May 18, 2026, confirming a two-year deal that will see the 63-year-old return to the Santiago Bernabéu 13 years after his first, turbulent, brilliant, maddening spell in the Spanish capital. Florentino Pérez has raided Benfica — triggering a […]
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