WASHINGTON — USA midfielder Tyler Adams said Friday the national team’s “benchmark” at the 2026 World Cup should be to go further in the tournament than any of its American predecessors. If Adams is considering only modern times, that would mean his eyes are on a dream run to the semifinals.

Germany, four-time winners of the World Cup, will be looking to have a strong tournament in 2026 after not getting out of the group in 2018 and 2022.

President Donald Trump was awarded the very first FIFA Peace Prize on Friday at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., during the World Cup final draw. FIFA president Gianni Infantino gave Trump the award, which included a trophy of golden hands holding a soccer ball.

Australian world champion Jai Opetaia will put his IBF cruiserweight world title on the line for a fourth time this evening when he battles German veteran Huseyin Cinkara on the Gold Coast.

The World Cup draw needed less empty lead-up and more substantive insights, Richard Deitsch says in his review of the TV experience.

Tyler Adams has set a bold goal for the U.S. soccer team, aiming to reach the World Cup semifinals for the first time since the inaugural tournament in 1930.

The United States will face Australia, Paraguay and a European playoff winner in group stage play when the tournament opens next summer.

Mexico was drawn into a group with South Africa, South Korea and the UEFA Playoff D winner – Denmark, Ireland, Czech Republic or North Macedonia. El Tri will face South Africa in the tournament's opening match on June 11, 16 years after the two sides played the first game in the 2010 World Cup.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha‎ spoke after high-stakes talks on ending the war failed to produce tangible results.