Wales host Northern Ireland in a friendly in Cardiff on Tuesday because both teams lost their World Cup play-off semi-finals ...

Four-time champion Italy is the standout name in the European playoffs as it tries to avoid missing out on a World Cup for a ...

FIFA’s 71st-ranked Bosnia stand in Italy’s way after it impressively overcame Wales on penalties in their semifinal. Sergej ...

Italy have one last obstacle standing between them and a return to the World Cup in the shape of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who ...

ZENICA Ask me if I am happy. Yes, there are various ways to be. Bosnia and Italy are happy, but in different ways. Playing ...

There are six playoff finals all scheduled on the same dramatic day in the final round of 2026 World Cup qualifying.

If Italy is going to qualify for its first World Cup in 12 years, the Azzurri’s defenders are going to have to contain a ...

Are Italy well-placed to bring an end to their World Cup woe? Or do they actually risk even more misery?

Italy's Moise Kean (left) celebrates scoring his side's second goal with teammate Francesco Pio Esposito during a World Cup ...

The country has four World Cup trophies and made every tournament from 1958 to 2014. If it fails to beat Bosnia and ...

Spalletti was supposed to have been the Azzurri's savior. He had stepped into the considerable void left by Roberto Mancini ...

The Azzurri managed to win the semifinal of the playoff 2-0 against Northern Ireland on Thursday, but it all comes down to ...