The final draw for FIFA World Cup 2026, which will feature 48 nations, was held at the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC on Friday. The 48 teams were put into four pots of 12 each based on their world rankings.

There is a scenario in which Messi & Ronaldo meet in Kansas City at the World Cup. The loser likely would retire from international soccer.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo enter the 2026 World Cup with legendary resumes with plenty of similarities and some big differences.

One of the most ferocious debates in the soccer world has been who is the greatest—Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo? Both players have played more than 1,000 games over their careers and have scored a phenomenal amount of goals in the process as well as ...

Messi finds himself on the brink of a new collective achievement, one that places him ahead of his long-time counterpart, Ronaldo in an unexpected way. The global debate over who stands above the rest — Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo — has never truly faded.