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The unrivalled authority on the game of soccer around the world, World Soccer calls upon journalists from the globe's great soccer capitals. The best writers, analytical features and the ability to deliver the inside-track on domestic and world football have made World Soccer an institution. With stunning images and a website delivering up-to-the-minute global results and authoritative insights into the players, politics and power-struggles, the brand constantly looks behind the score-lines. Its insightful writing reaches to the heart of the triumphs, scandals and controversies that constantly emerge in the greatest international sport of them all.

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In Pictures • The global game caught on camera

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Henry WINTER • THE VOICE OF FOOTBALL

Keir RADNEDGE • THE INSIDER

Jonathan WILSON • TECHNICALLY SPEAKING

On the RADAR • Spotlight on the players and coaches making waves

Jim HOLDEN • AT THE HEART OF THE GAME

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The month in numbers • The facts and stats that have caught our eye in the world of football this month…

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Indonesia • Failure to qualify for the 2026 World Cup brings an end to Patrick Kluivert’s time as head coach of the Southeast Asian nation

Serbia • Painful defeat to Albania signals the end of head coach Dragan Stojkovic’s tenure

WORLD CUP WATCH • Jamie Evans picks out some of the main talking points to emerge after the latest wave of teams booked their spots at next year’s World Cup

World Cup history makers

“We’ve made history for Cape Verde” • Born in Dublin to an Irish mother and Cape Verdean father, Shamrock Rovers defender Roberto Lopes first pulled on the Cape Verde shirt in 2019. Since then he’s become a core member of the side and, after celebrating a historic first World Cup qualification, he spoke to World Soccer about the team’s rise…

Years in the making • How Cape Verde utilised its diaspora to become the second-smallest country to qualify for the World Cup

A Swedish fairy tale • How a village team became champions of Sweden

Old soccer, new football • The newly formed Australian Championship marks a new chapter in the country’s footballing history

Argentina loses a legend • Argentine football is in mourning for the late Miguel Angel Russo

“I want everyone to know who I am and remember my name 100 years from now” • In the summer of 2023, Liverpool paid RB Leipzig £60 million to sign Dominik Szoboszlai. Since then, the Hungary talisman has won a Premier League title, been used in a variety of positions by two different managers, captained his country at a European Championship, and become a father. In October, the 25-year-old sat down with World Soccer to discuss all of that and more

“Maybe my achievements don’tget enough respect because they are outside of Europe” • In a globe-spanning coaching career, Stephen Constantine has seen everything. From dealing with dysfunctional federations to coaching during a civil war, the former India and Pakistan head coach looks back on his rollercoaster journey

“What’s better and what’s nicer than going to a World Cup?” • The South Africa head coach reflects on an eventful World Cup qualifying campaign and looks ahead to next year’s finals, AFCON and retirement

6 of the best Stars ofthe Under-20 World Cup • Nick Bidwell reveals the standout talents from the tournament in Chile

THE BEST OF BRAZIL • The 2025 Copa Libertadores final sees the two best...