The MIT Sports Lab helped develop a tool referees used to make clutch calls at the last World Cup, but their ongoing work with FIFA is just one of many collaborations with heavy hitters in sports. The ...

From AI-powered refereeing and smart match balls to semi-automated offsides, wearable player technology, ultra-HD broadcasting, and fan experiences, discover how the FIFA World Cup 2026 is becoming ...

From underwater observation to lure recording and AI-assisted alerts, CanFish applies CHASING’s robotics expertise to ...

Goal-line technology demonstrated at the Fifa Museum’s temporary exhibition in Vancouver, Canada ahead of the 2026 World Cup. Xinhua/Alamy Goal three of Fifa’s strategic objectives (2023-27) is to ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Soccer's technological evolution, from the back-pass rule to modern VAR and sensor-equipped ...

In most major North American sports, there are winners and there are losers. In soccer, there are draws – or you may refer to them as ties. And as we saw at the 2026 FIFA World Cup final between ...

To casual soccer viewers, the game may look like it always has—same green field, 22 players, a referee, and the familiar rhythm of play unfolding over 90 minutes. The changes are only visible if you ...

Even though it's fairly straightforward, soccer's offside rule can be confusing for casual fans. And even controversial at times. On Thursday night, Croatia had a potential game-tying goal disallowed ...

For a few moments, it looked like Iran had found the goal that would send it through. In the 93rd minute deep in stoppage time against Egypt, Shoja Khalilzadeh struck the ball into an empty net after ...

PHILADELPHIA — Kylian Mbappe continues to rise on the all-time World Cup scoring list, tying Germany's Miroslav Klose for second in history with two goals against Iraq on Monday, just hours after ...

Lionel Messi now stands alone as the all-time leading scorer in World Cup history. The Argentina legend scored his 17th and 18th career World Cup goals Monday, June 22, against Austria. The first goal ...