A soccer analyst called for Cristiano Ronaldo to volunteer himself to ride the bench in Portugal's next World Cup matchup.

Let's look at some of our winners and losers from the first round of 2026 World Cup matches: Could we start with anyone else? There were perhaps some questions over Messi heading into this tournament.

Cristiano Ronaldo delivered a pretty forgettable performance in the first match of his sixth World Cup. After Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland all scored in their opening matches, the 41-year-old Ronaldo couldn’t find the net Wednesday in Portugal's 1-1 draw with Congo.

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nick Ames, Lucy Ward and Jacob Steinberg as England start their World Cup campaign in style

In a tournament with the best soccer players in the world, it stands to reason that the World Cup is going to have the highest-paid players as well. Forbes released a list of the highest-paid players at this year's World Cup,

Cristiano Ronaldo has been 'blasted' by a 'brutal' Portugal team-mate, while Nico O'Reilly has a fan in Pep Guardiola but is not for everyone.

Paul Scholes says Cristiano Ronaldo has become a ‘bit of a problem’ for Portugal and ‘it’s not right’ that the superstar forward is still leading the line at the grand old age of 41. Ronaldo equaled Lionel Messi’s record of featuring at six separate World Cups as he captained Portugal in the side’s opening group-stage contest against DR Congo on