FIFA President Gianni Infantino poses with the 2026 FIFA World Cup trophy Fabrice Coffrini/Getty Images Follow The Athletic’s live coverage of the FIFA Men’s 2026 World Cup draw here. Excitement for ...

The 2026 World Cup is fast approaching. It’s almost Christmas (can you believe it?), and before long we’ll be in 2026—meaning we’re just months away from the largest World Cup in history, hosted ...

On Friday, the approach of 2026 FIFA World Cup will begin to feel a lot more real with the staging of the World Cup Draw. The event staged at the Kennedy Center in Washington will reveal the ...

National Geographic looked at more than 3,000 Instagram posts for our recent hashtag challenge to find the 10 most inspiring travel photos from our readers. Originally constructed to reach the gold ...

I've played World of Warcraft since the distant days of the closed beta (2004. Yes, you may not have been alive for it. Thanks for the reminder) and every time I return, it feels like I'm coming home.

'The numbers are clearly better, I'm healthier and definitely happier, so it does make sense that that has gone into the results' says British Champion, aiming to add World Cup elite victory to ...

From Spotify to YouTube, platforms now demand biometric proof of age. Experts warn that you could lose access—and your privacy—if the algorithms get it wrong. I've been covering the tech industry, ...

Just in time for the busy holiday travel season, Apple has rolled out a new iOS 26 feature that lets users store their U.S. passport on their iPhone. The digitization of the passport is something tech ...

Bit by bit, HR is taking over corporate life. The ranks of human-resources professionals across the rich world are swelling. Their roles are expanding. And some are still insisting that you complete ...

We like to think we are objective observers of reality—that we see things exactly as they are. But the truth is, we mostly see what we expect to see. The brain is not a passive recorder of experience, ...

In Every Version of You, the characters face an impossible choice: upload your mind into a virtual utopia, or crumble away in the abandoned physical world. Mind-uploading is familiar to us as a ...

TORONTO — The Dodgers left Alex Vesia off the World Series roster they submitted on Friday morning and Manager Dave Roberts said Vesia “most likely” will miss the entire series. Vesia did not travel ...