Fans are already staking out early guesses on which team could go all the way. Now, predictions are taken seriously, and anyone can have a say. In 2010, Paul the Octopus famously picked Spain as the winner.

Cut straight to the action with the latest highlights from the FIFA World Cup 2026.

France and Spain are the betting favorites to win the 2026 World Cup, while heavy backing for Team USA is creating massive liabilities for sportsbooks.

Kylian Mbappe is the headliner of Real Madrid's crew heading to North America this summer, France's captain who won the 2018 World Cup and scored a hat-trick in the 2022 final los

The Journal’s sports columnist leads a roundtable with acclaimed WSJ soccer correspondents Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg on who’s going to win and who’s going to collapse.