Lionel Messi’s fiercest rival, Portuguese icon Cristiano Ronaldo, may be spending much of the 2026 World Cup in Messi’s backyard. Well, not exactly his backyard, but somewhere in South Florida, not ...

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

Cristiano Ronaldo’s World Cup odds remain firmly in the 2026 betting mix as Portugal arrive with one of the tournament’s deepest squads. His role may be more selective at this World Cup than in past ...

Ronaldo Nazario’s goals won Brazil the 2002 World Cup final, but his bizarre haircut ended up becoming one of the most talked ...

This is the 17th article in a series by The Athletic looking back at the winners of each men’s World Cup. Previously, we’ve looked at Uruguay in 1930, Italy in 1934 and again in 193 8, Uruguay in 1950 ...

Cristiano Ronaldo is now in his forties. By this stage, most professional footballers have either hung up their boots entirely or eased into semi-retirement—drifting to a slower league, winding down ...