Soccer

🎯 At the 2018 World Cup, VAR contributed to a record 29 penalties in 64 matches. In 2026, despite the expanded 104-match tournament, only 21 penalties were awarded during regular …

🟨 The 2026 World Cup saw significantly fewer yellow cards than the previous tournament—2.52 per match, compared to 3.50 in 2022. Referees appeared to be more lenient when it came …

⚽️ According to the official FIFA Power Rankings for attacking performance, the top three players were Kylian Mbappé (9.11), Jude Bellingham (8.29), and Lionel Messi (8.05). The full top 10 …

🇪🇸 Spain were in a league of their own. They allowed just 0.39 expected goals against (xGA) per match—a total of 3.09 xGA across all eight matches, including the final. …

🥅 FIFA celebrated a record-breaking tournament with 308 goals, making the 2026 World Cup the highest-scoring in history. Yet the final between Spain and Argentina finished 0–0 after 90 minutes, …

📈 For the first time in World Cup history, the four teams that reached the semifinals were exactly the top four nations in the FIFA rankings at the start of …