The arithmetic looked grim before the tournament began. More teams. More matches. Predictable blowouts. That was the anxiety floating around in June—the expanded 48-team format would clog the schedule with
The Democratic Republic of Congo didn't come to Houston on Wednesday to participate. They came to prove something—and after 52 years away from the World Cup, they did exactly that.
At 38 years old, Lionel Messi is answering the question nobody asked anymore: whether he still belongs on the World Cup stage. The Argentina forward didn't just show up in
FIFA's decision to deploy robot dogs at this year's World Cup isn't really about having smarter security. It's about something quieter: the slow normalization of automated surveillance at mass gatherings,
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi announced Monday that the board will no longer evaluate Test specialists and T20 players under identical contract criteria—a structural change that marks a deliberate
The arithmetic of a 2-2 draw often feels like a journalist's cop-out—neither team won, both teams didn't lose. Except when you're watching Japan snatch an 88th-minute equaliser against the Netherlands
The machinery of diplomatic resolution is grinding slowly but unmistakably forward. After Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's assassination in February's joint US-Israeli strikes, his son Mojtaba assumed control of Iran's nuclear and
The Deal Everyone's Watching War nearly came home to Pakistan in February. When US and Israeli strikes killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the region held its breath. Multan's
When Washington speaks, Islamabad listens Pakistan's delicate balance between Iran and America just got a lot harder to maintain. Trump's latest comments on the Pakistan-Iran relationship have sent officials scrambling