World Cup 2026: Rating the chances of top European teams at the tournament
Europe has the most World Cup winners in the event’s history, but what are the continent’s chances at the 2026 edition?

Europe has the most World Cup winners in the event’s history, but what are the continent’s chances at the 2026 edition?









Confederations back Gianni Infantino’s run in 2027 to remain head of football’s global governing body.
After talks in Switzerland, the two sides also made progress on a protocol for ceasefire oversight.
Swiss Ice Hockey is to host the World Championships in May but faces questions over coach’s false Olympic paperwork.
Swiss musician To Athena has performed inside a cave in a melting glacier to highlight ice loss in the Alps.
Uruguay hold England at Wembley, Germany defeat Switzerland, and Netherlands beat Norway in pre-World Cup friendlies.
Euroconsumers and FSE file a lawsuit with the European Commission against the sport body over World Cup ticket prices.
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has said the world gave Israel a ‘licence to torture Palestinians’.

A new UN report confirms the past decade was the hottest on record.
Move comes as Swiss government also closed its airspace to US military flights directly linked to the Iran war.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s pay boost revealed in latest accounts that target $14bn in revenue for 2027-30.