FIFA held the World Cup playoffs draw that will send the winner between four-time champion Italy and the Northern Irish on March 26 to travel to face Wales or Bosnia and Herzegovina five days later.

Italy will first host Northern Ireland in a World Cup qualifying playoff in March but then would go on the road to reach their first tournament after back-to-back failures at this stage.

Six spots remain up for grabs at the 2026 World Cup, with four to emerge from Europe and a further two from an ...

Wales will host Bosnia-Herzegovina while Northern Ireland travel to Italy in the World Cup play-off semi-finals. ..

Italy manager Gennaro Gattuso has said that it is Federico Chiesa ’s “problem” that he turned down an international call-up.

Four-time World Cup winners Italy will face Northern Ireland in the semi-finals of the European playoffs for the 2026 tournam ...

ZURICH: Four-time World Cup winners Italy will face Northern Ireland in the semifinals of the European playoffs for the 2026 ...

Northern Ireland will face four-time champions Italy in the semi-finals of the World Cup play-offs, while Wales have been ...

Sunderland duo Dan Ballard and Trai Hume will come up against Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali in their bid to ...

WALES have been given a damning verdict over their chances of World Cup qualification. Craig Bellamy’s men battered North ...

Italy will face Northern Ireland in the European playoffs in their bid to qualify for the 2026 World Cup while Sweden meet ...

The 2026 World Cup playoff draw was held on Thursday at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. Italy are set to face ...