World Cup 2026 title hopeful Spain will host Iraq in a pre-tournament friendly on Thursday. MORE: 2026 FIFA World Cup: USA national team games, locations revealed How to Watch Spain vs Iraq World No.

Spain could only draw their penultimate pre-World Cup friendly, as they could not find a winner in a disjointed second half.

Spain begins its pre-tournament preparations for the 2026 World Cup by facing Iraq on Thursday, but it will be without star forward Lamine Yamal for the friendly in A Coruña. La Roja enters the tournament as defending European champions and is among the favorites for the title,

Rayan Cherki had put France ahead in the final minute of the first half when he left two defenders behind and beat goalkeeper Yahia Fofana with a low shot

Amad Diallo scored a late winner as Ivory Coast stunned France 2-1 in a World Cup warm-up match in Nantes on Thursday. France captain Kylian Mbappe had been hoping to break Olivier Giroud’s record of 57 goals for Les Bleus in what was his 97th appearance for his country but had a fruitless evening and was replaced by head coach Didier Deschamps at half-time,

Amid a turbulent backdrop linked to the federation’s presidency, the Iraqi national team, the French team’s future opponent, has created a bubble in Spain to prepare for the second World Cup in its

Spain are the joint-favourites to win World Cup 2026, as they attempt to build on their Euro 2024 triumph in North America this summer. Before crossing the Atlantic, Luis de la Fuente’s side will