‘A shameless cash grab’: can the World Cup be saved?
For the next 39 days, 104 matches will be played throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada until a World Cup winner is crowned on 19 July. Amid the excitement…
‘This is honest art. Like Dostoevsky’: Tim Allen and Tom Hanks on Toy Story 5, tech peril and the joy of rusty nails
Pixar’s new film tells young viewers that technology has stolen their childhood and that parents need to wise up fast. Its stars answer your questions on the series’ radical new…
How to Love the World by Ilka Tampke review – a woman is trapped by a fallen tree
The stuck narrator records the minutiae of the forest and her harrowing life in a purposeful novel that demands a slow read but doesn’t always reward it A large branch…
Auckland sits near an active faultline, new research suggests, so what next for New Zealand’s biggest city?
The city is exempted from earthquake building rules due to its northerly location, but a study of the Mangatangi Fault has thrown that into question A fault line south of…
Can we separate the art from the person who made it? Not in the case of a monster like Rolf Harris | Paul Daley
I met Harris before his crimes came to light. Even then I sensed his public image was a facade I’m not convinced by the old adage that we should never…
Welcome to Trump’s World Cup, a depressingly angry version of football uniting the planet | Barney Ronay
Ted Lasso will deliver a message of hope before the USA’s first game, in an America that is not a fit or desirable host right now Shortly before 6pm local…
Iran’s World Cup camp in Tijuana unfolds under armed guard and political shadow
An improvised base in Mexico has become Team Melli’s unlikely World Cup home as security fears, visa disputes and political divisions shape their tournament Open-top trucks patrolled the surrounding roads…
Raúl Jiménez seals Mexico’s win against nine-man South Africa in World Cup opener
Was that it, then? Was Sphephelo Sithole being caught in possession nine minutes into the opening game, Julián Quiñones running on to lash the ball through Ronwen Williams’s legs, was…
Triumph at the Azteca offers respite from strife on Mexico City’s streets | Pablo Iglesias Maurer
One of football’s great arenas roared as El Tri eased past South Africa, offering fans a fleeting escape from the tensions gripping the capital The walk to Estadio Ciudad de…
Socceroos’ breakout star Jordan Bos at ease with the hype: ‘I’m a pretty chill guy’
The full-back’s career has moved as swiftly as his marauding runs down the left to make him Australia’s not-so-secret weapon at the 2026 World Cup ⚽️ How to watch the…