Channel 251 Cristiano Ronaldo will smash a host of records at his sixth World Cup, Paraguay return after a 16 year absence, and Houston will bring the World Cup to Texas 2026-06-07 Croatia are recent World Cup specialists, Moises Caicedo is living up to his huge price tag, and we analyse the Group Stage draw. 2026-06-08 France boast the most complete squad in the world, Sadio Mané is Senegal's superstar, and we check out host city Monterrey. 2026-06-08 Saudi Arabia are a growing force in world football, Erling Haaland fired Norway to the World Cup for the first time this century, and Panama will be one of the toughest teams at the finals. 2026-06-08 Belgium hope their golden generation can make one final push for glory, Martin Odegaard is Norway's natural born leader. 2026-06-08 Switzerland are qualification masters, Virgil van Dijk might be the best defender in the world, and Haiti will bring their unique culture to the global stage. 2026-06-08 Bafana Bafana return for the first time since hosting in 2010, Austria are reborn under Ralf Rangnick, and Kevin de Bruyne is renewed following his move to Napoli. 2026-06-08 The Netherlands remain the greatest football nation never to win the World Cup, Florian Wirtz is Germany's latest superstar. 2026-06-08 Scotland will bring the Tartan Army to North America, Curacao will be the tiniest nation at the Finals, Memphis Depay will bid to add to his record haul of goals for the Netherlands. 2026-06-08 Captaining Argentina to glory at the 2022 World Cup cemented Lionel Messi's status as the greatest footballer in history. 2026-06-08 No individual has dominated a single World Cup like Diego Maradona dominated Mexico 1986. 2026-06-08 A World Cup winner as a teenager, then the scorer of a World Cup final hat-trick, Kylian Mbappe is French footballing royalty. 2026-06-08 Brazil's poster boy of the 1990s, Ronaldo was ice cold in front of goal on the biggest stage. 2026-06-08 Portugal's Eusebio is one of the most potent goalscorers in World Cup history. 2026-06-08 Croatia are recent World Cup specialists, Moises Caicedo is living up to his huge price tag, and we analyse the Group Stage draw. 2026-06-08 France boast the most complete squad in the world, Sadio Mané is Senegal's superstar, and we check out host city Monterrey. 2026-06-08 Saudi Arabia are a growing force in world football, Erling Haaland fired Norway to the World Cup for the first time this century, and Panama will be one of the toughest teams at the finals. 2026-06-08 Belgium hope their golden generation can make one final push for glory, Martin Odegaard is Norway's natural born leader. 2026-06-08 Switzerland are qualification masters, Virgil van Dijk might be the best defender in the world, and Haiti will bring their unique culture to the global stage. 2026-06-08 Bafana Bafana return for the first time since hosting in 2010, Austria are reborn under Ralf Rangnick, and Kevin de Bruyne is renewed following his move to Napoli. 2026-06-08 The Netherlands remain the greatest football nation never to win the World Cup, Florian Wirtz is Germany's latest superstar. 2026-06-08