…wants to play with Messi. Future in MLS.” Casemiro is currently with the Brazilian national team at the 2026 World Cup. Transfer: Inter Miami confirm deal for ex-Man Utd midfielder Casemiro

Spain coach, Luis de la Fuente, has picked the player he would sign from another national team as his dream addition to La Roja. De la Fuente, who won the Euro 2024 with Spain, spoke with reporters ahead of his side’s World Cup second group game against Saudi Arabia in Atlanta on Sunday. Asked to name a player he would…

…team and then called up against Scotland.” Neymar is Brazil’s all-time top scorer in the national team so far with 79 goals. World Cup 2026: Ancelotti speaks on Neymar playing Brazil’s final group game

…the best academies in Nigeria, and they consistently produced top players for even the national teams. Names like John Obi Mikel, Osaze Odemwingie, Sunday Mba and Elderson Echiejile quickly come to mind. “With football academies in Nigeria, it is just the sheer corruption and commercialization of everything in the coun…

…boy when he mentioned Neymar's name. "Neymar is the first player to be called up (to the national team) who is working remotely.” Neymar working remotely at 2026 World Cup - Brazil president

…not support the idea of Galatasaray striker, Victor Osimhen, becoming captain of the national team. In recent years, William Troost-Ekong and Ahmed Musa have retired from international football, leaving the skipper’s armband for other players. Osimhen was among several names that have been suggested to become the recog…

…in 2012. It was too late for a person like me," he added."I thought about leaving the national team, but then I continued because of this dream.Cape Verde face Uruguay on 21 June, followed by Saudi Arabia on 27 June in Group H.Additional reporting by the BBC's Michel Mvondo in Sao Vicente.Related topicsFootballFIFA Wor…

…by Saddam Hussein's regime.Australia is also represented by a trio of forwards in the national team: Watford's Nestory Irankunda, Norwich's Mohamed Toure and Awer Mabil, who plays for Castellon in Spain's second tier.Irankunda's strike in their 2-0 win over Turkey made the 20-year-old the Socceroos' youngest World Cup…

…man in Yaounde."Many people believe that was the best ever performance of the Cameroon national team and some of them attribute that to the luck which came with the kit."Nigeria 1994 (away)Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Nigeria made their first World Cup appearance in 1994, when a dancing Daniel Amokachi (rig…

…of course, is used to dealing with the media pressure we usually face in the club, the national team, world tournaments, European competitions," Dias said. The 41-year-old Ronaldo remains one of the biggest storylines of the tournament after joining Lionel Messi as the only players to feature at six World Cups. But Por…

…boy when he mentioned Neymar’s name. “Neymar is the first player to be called up (to the national team) who is working remotely,” added the 80-year-old, who was speaking during a ceremony at a hospital in the southeast city of Belo Horizonte. Lula has been in fine form since the Morocco match, joking on Wednesday that…

…Soccer League to play professionally, where his performances earned him a US men's national team debut in 1987, followed by a spot at the 1988 Seoul Olympics."I remember being on the field, hearing the national anthem and just thinking 'this is where I'm supposed to be'," he says.That same year, world football's govern…

…the 2010 earthquake that killed more than 100,000 people, Haiti is so dangerous that the national team have not played a home match for five years.Their coach has never set foot on the island, most of their players were born abroad and it will be hard for fans to be at the World Cup as US travel bans imposed by Preside…

…played in the US with Mexico and Canada sharing the remainder. With that comes more international fans in the US keen to explore American culture, landscape and all the country's oddities.It's made for viral videos on social media, with foreign football fans trying everything from Waffle House and finding a new obsessi…

…of goal. Let's just hope it keeps going like this."Kenny Cooper - a former US men's national team player - believes the team, with Balogun as "a proven goalscorer at the highest level", can go on a historic run."He's obviously a really special talent and he showed that with two exceptional goals," Cooper told the BBC.…

…visible than Nike equivalents, even with the Oregon-founded company producing the US national team's jersey.It is only an early snapshot but in Nike's home country, Adidas currently looks ahead in the race for attention.Figure caption, Who's winning the battle of the World Cup adverts?'Long lost friends'World Cup adver…

…the Albiceleste into an unforgettable milestone. 2026 World Cup Top Scorers RankPlayerNational TeamGoals Scored1Lionel MessiArgentina32Erling HaalandNorway2Folarin BalogunUnited States2Kylian MbappéFrance2Kai HavertzGermany2Yasin AyariSweden2Elijah JustNew Zealand2 Read the Latest on the 2026 World Cup and Get Fresh up…