Idrissa Gueye's goal for Senegal against Iraq currently tops the leader board for speed, with Kevin Pina's strike for Cabo Verde against Uruguay ranked top by distance travelled.

This comes after FIFA invested years developing tools that combine player tracking, artificial intelligence and ball sensors ...

ATLANTA — It is called connected ball technology. And it was responsible for one of the most dramatic climaxes to a World Cup match ever. It canceled Croatia’s late equalizer deep in added time ...

Penalty shootouts have always been football’s cruellest mind game — a nerve-shredding walk into noise, doubt and national ...

In order to prepare for the possibility of World Cup penalty kicks, Mauricio Pochettino and his staff have taken a unique ...

Qatar has become the place where FIFA experiments with the next generation of football technology. The results are already ...

Cape Verde scored its first-ever World Cup goal against Uruguay in Miami Gardens. Kevin Pina scored the goal on a free kick in the 22nd minute, giving Cape Verde a 1-0 lead. The island nation is ...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Cape Verde have scored their first-ever goal in a FIFA World Cup against Uruguay, another milestone for the tournament debutants. Kevin Pina scored in the 21st minute off a free ...

The 2026 World Cup has become the fastest edition of the tournament to hit 100 goals since 1958 - with the landmark reached in the 33rd game. Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo brought up the century with ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lionel Messi used the front of his white-and-blue, sweat-soaked jersey to wipe the tears from his eyes, a flood of emotions cracking his usually calm, confident demeanor after he ...

VANCOUVER — Heading into this match, no Canadian player had ever scored two goals in the World Cup: now they have two who did. With that, Larin and David put their names in the Canada soccer history ...

Already leading 5-0 in stoppage time, Canada’s star striker made history, securing Canada’s first-ever World Cup hat trick in front of a sellout BC Place. Nathan Saliba attempted a shot from outside ...