FIFA Legends Ronaldo, Totti, Stoichkov, and Lalas will assist in unveiling the revised match schedule.

FIFA legends Ronaldo Nazário, Francesco Totti, Hristo Stoichkov, and Alexis Lalas will assist in unveiling the updated FIFA World Cup 2026™. The reveal is on Saturday, 6 December 2025. FIFA will announce the venues and kick-off times for the World Cup.

Andrés Cantor will serve as the host of the revised match schedule for the inaugural 48-team, 104-match FIFA World Cup™.

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The following legends will join FIFA President Gianni Infantino:

✅   Ronaldo Nazário, who won the FIFA World Cup in 1994 and 2002 with Brazil.

✅   Francesco Totti, who won the FIFA World Cup in 2006 with Italy.

✅   Bulgarian football legend Hristo Stoichkov, a joint top scorer at the 1994 FIFA World Cup™ in the United States.

✅   American football star Alexis Lalas,  one of the most memorable players from the 1994 edition.

The updated schedule comes after the eagerly awaited Final Draw for the FIFA World Cup 2026™ in Washington DC on Friday, 5 December 2025. This event confirmed 12 thrilling groups of four for the upcoming tournament.

Nevertheless, the final version of the match schedule will be released in March, following the completion of the FIFA and European play-off tournaments, which will fill the last six slots.

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Match Officials Italy Serie A Week 14 / Fourteenth Round: Saturday 6, Sunday 7, and Monday 8 December 2025

Match Officials Italy Serie A Week 14 / Fourteenth Round: Saturday 6, Sunday 7, and Monday 8 December 2025, Referees, Assistants, Fourth officials, VAR, and AVAR.
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✅    Here are the match officials and fixtures for the Serie A Enilive Week 14 / Fourteenth Round on Saturday 6, Sunday 7, and Monday 8 December 20252025 as designated by the Italian Referee Association (AIA).  Take a look at all 10 games along with their designated Referees, Assistants, Fourth Officials, VAR, and AVAR officials.

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🇮🇹   The Italian Referee Association (AIA) has designated the match officials for the Serie A Week 14 game Napoli vs Juventus on Sunday 7 December 2025 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy at 20:45.

Referee Federico La Penna hails from the Rome 1 section. The assistant referees are Giorgio Peretti from Verona and Valerio Colarossi from Rome 2. The fourth official will be Valerio Crezzini from Siena. The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) is Rosario Abisso from Palermo, with assistance from Gianluca Aureliano from Bologna.

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Match Officials Italy Serie A Week 14: Saturday 6 December 2025

SASSUOLO – FIORENTINA
Mapei Stadium
Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants: BINDONI – SCARPA
Fourth Official: FERRIERI CAPUTI
VAR: MARINI
AVAR: FOURNEAU
15:00

INTER – COMO
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Referee: DI BELLO
Assistants: IMPERIALE – BIANCHINI
Fourth Official: PICCININI
VAR: GARIGLIO
AVAR: GUIDA
18:00

HELLAS VERONA – ATALANTA
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: MARIANI
Assistants: ROSSI L. – BIFFI
Fourth Official: COLLU
VAR: AURELIANO
AVAR: GHERSINI
20:45

Match Officials Italy Serie A Week 14: Sunday 7 December 2025

CREMONESE – LECCE
Giovanni Zini Stadium
Referee: MUCERA
Assistants: COSTANZO – PASSERI
Fourth Official: MASSA
VAR: PRONTERA
AVAR: MARINI
12:30

CAGLIARI – ROMA
Unipolar Domus
Referee: ZUFFERLI
Assistants: TEGONI – FONTEMURATO
Fourth Official: DI MARCO
VAR: GUIDA
AVAR: PEZZUTO
15:00

LAZIO – BOLOGNA
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: FABBRI
Assistants: PRETI – POLITI
Fourth Official: SACCHI J.L.
VAR: MAZZOLENI
AVAR: NASCA
18:00

NAPOLI – JUVENTUS
Diego Armando Maradona Stadium
Referee: LA PENNA
Assistants: PERETTI – COLAROSSI
Fourth Official: CREZZINI
VAR: ABISSO
AVAR: AURELIANO
20:45

Match Officials Italy Serie A Week 14: Monday 8 December 2025

PISA – PARMA
Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani
Referee: DOVERI
Assistants: MONDIN – LUCIANI
Fourth Official: PERRI
VAR: CAMPLONE
AVAR: PEZZUTO
15:00

UDINESE – GENOA
Bluenergy Stadium
Referee: MARESCA
ROSSI C. – CEOLIN
Fourth Official: GALIPO’
VAR: MAGGIONI
AVAR: MARINELLI
18:00

TORINO – MILAN
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Referee: CHIFFI
Assistants: BACCINI – BERCIGLI
Fourth Official: TREMOLADA
VAR: GHERSINI
AVAR: ABISSO
20:45

2026 FIFA World Cup Draw, latest matches, groups, and schedule

. 2026 FIFA World Cup Draw, latest matches, groups, and schedule

The draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup occurred on Friday, December 5, 2025, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. The subsequent 42 nations are in the final draw:

Co-hosts: Canada, Mexico, USA

AFC: Australia, IR Iran, Japan, Jordan, Korea Republic, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan
CAF: Algeria, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia
Concacaf: Curaçao, Haiti, Panama
CONMEBOL: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay
OFC: New Zealand
UEFA: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland

Remaining spots

Six of the 48 teams participating in the FIFA World Cup 2026 remain to be determined.   The final selections will be announced in March 2026.

Related article: 2026 World Cup Playoff Draw

The current scenario is as follows: Four teams will qualify from the 16-team UEFA play-offs, which will feature Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czechia, Denmark, Italy, Kosovo, Northern Ireland, North Macedonia, Poland, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Türkiye, Ukraine, and Wales.

The remaining two positions will be contested by six teams:  Bolivia, Congo DR, Iraq, Jamaica, New Caledonia, and Suriname – during the FIFA World Cup 2026™ Play-Off Tournament.

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Pots and procedures

The teams representing the host countries will be assigned to positions A1 (Mexico), B1 (Canada) and D1 (USA), as per the match schedule released last year.

The full list of pots is as follows:

Pot 1: Canada, Mexico, USA, Spain, Argentina, France, England, Brazil, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany

. Pot 2: Croatia, Morocco, Colombia, Uruguay, Switzerland, Japan, Senegal, IR Iran, Korea Republic, Ecuador, Austria, Australia

Pot 3: Norway, Panama, Egypt, Algeria, Scotland, Paraguay, Tunisia, Côte d’Ivoire, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa

Pot 4: Jordan, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Curaçao, Haiti, New Zealand, European Play-Off A, B, C and D, FIFA Play-Off Tournament 1 and 2

The draw will begin with all the teams from pot 1 being drawn to groups A to L.  Then, it will continue with pots 2, 3, and 4 in that order.

✅  Group A: Mexico, South Africa, Korea Republic, Winner UEFA Play-off D

✅  Group B: Canada, Winner UEFA Play-off A, Qatar,
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✅  Group C: Brazil, Morocco, Haiti, Scotland

✅  Group D: USA, Paraguay, Australia, Winner UEFA Play-off C

✅  Group E: Germany, Curaçao, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador

✅  Group F: Netherlands, Japan, Winner UEFA Play-off B, Tunisia

✅  Group G: Belgium, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand

✅  Group H: Spain, Cabo Verde, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay

✅  Group I: France, Senegal, Winner FIFA Play-off 2, Norway

✅  Group J: Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan

✅  Group K: Portugal, Winner FIFA Play-off 1, Uzbekistan, Colombia

✅  Group L: England, Croatia, Ghana, Panama

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Today’s Front Pages Friday 5 December 2025: La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport

Today’s Front Pages Friday 5 December 2025: La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport
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✅   Greetings, my friends!  I present to you the latest front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, dated Friday 5 December 2025.
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Today’s Front Page La Gazzetta dello Sport, Friday 5 December 2025

👉In Washington (at 8:00) in front of Trump
The World Cup draw is on
Italy is an X

We’re in pot four; if we advance, we’re in big trouble.

👉Lazio wins 1-0 and advances to the quarterfinals
Coppa Italia Round of 16
AC Milan
What a shock

Leao misses, Zaccagni scores
Sarri gets his revenge
Allegri: “It was our goal.”
Bologna advances: 2-1 against Parma

👉Napoli-Juve Sunday
Dangerous clash
Spalletti returns to the Maradona and Conte also loses Lobotka

👉Tomorrow Inter-Como
Diouf promoted
Chivu considers reconfirmation

👉There are 10,001 torchbearers
The flame has arrived
The Olympic torch from Mattarella
Now it will tour the country

👉Goodbye Bocchi
Divine Mabel
She changed basketball and Italian sports.

Front Page La Gazzetta dello Sport, Friday 5 December 2025

Today’s Front Page Corriere dello Sport, Friday 5 December 2025

👉Sunday, Napoli vs. Juve: the first competitive match between the two
Lucio, meet Conte

Spalletti returns to the stadium where he won 33 years after Diego, without Bremer, Gatti, and Vlahovic.
Antonio also loses Lobotka: he has seven absences.

👉Coppa Italia
Zaccagni decisive: Bologna in the quarterfinals
Zac, Max out
Lazio masterpiece: Milan goes home

Tavares’ corner and the captain’s header: the turning point comes in the 80th minute.
Mandas saves from Pulisic
Maignan super saves from Noslin

👉Castro enters and celebrates: Parma eliminated (2-1)

👉The group stage draw takes place today in Washington (at 18).
Let’s discover the World Cup of your dreams.

👉An extra weapon for Chivu
Inter, Diouf surprises

Change of pace and dribbling: it’s also a solution against Como

👉Gasp wants Yuri Alberto
Roma, opportunity in Brazil

Corinthians is in debt and must sell the striker.

Front Page Corriere dello Sport, Friday 5 December 2025

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Today’s Front Page Tutto Sport, Friday 5 December 2025

👉Zaccagni avenges the San Siro night: 1-0
Lazio’s venom knocks out Milan

A lethal headbutt in the 80th minute, having squandered the lead moments earlier.
In the quarterfinals, Sarri finds Italiano. Allegri: “It’s a shame, now let’s focus on Torino.”

👉 Vlahovic undergoes surgery in London: Juve will have him back in the spring. His teammates’ message: “We’re waiting for you.”
“A grand finale with Dusan.”

The Serbian player has been overwhelmed by an outpouring of affection: the hope is to be back in mid-March with the Scudetto dream still alive. Gatti also undergoes surgery: out for 40 days. Spalletti tries a four-man defense, Mario Rui praises him: “The Napoli triumph is 80% his.”

👉Napoli without seven players
Conte also loses Lobotka

McTominay, Elmas, and Vergara are the only midfielders available for Sunday’s big match against Juventus

👉January offer
Toro, do you want Maldini on loan?

The underused playmaker at Atalanta is looking for a team that will give him more playing time: the Granata are among the possible options.

👉At 18, we’ll find out our potential rivals.
World Cup Draw
Italy is an X …

👉Gallinari confesses after retiring
“Me, the NBA’s ciccione. They sang ‘L’Italiano’ to me…”

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Lazio vs AC Milan Official Lineups, Thursday 4 December 2025, Coppa Italia Round of 16

Lazio vs AC Milan Official Lineups, Thursday 4 December 2025, Coppa Italia Round of 16

Here are Lazio vs AC Milan official lineups on Thursday, 4 December 2025 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in the Coppa Italia Round of 16 in Rome at 21:00.

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04-12-2025 20:00
1/8 Final
Lazio
Milan

Starting lineups

35
Goalkeeper
77
Defender
13
3
Defender
71'
34
Defender
5
Midfielder
58'
8
Midfielder
26
Midfielder
18
Attacker
83'
10
Attacker
83'
11
Attacker
58'
16
Goalkeeper
23
Defender
5
Defender
2
87'
31
12
Midfielder
56
Midfielder
64'
30
Midfielder
81'
8
Midfielder
81'
4
Midfielder
10
Attacker

Substitutes

94
Goalkeeper
55
Goalkeeper
4
Defender
29
Defender
21
Midfielder
19
Attacker
25
14
Attacker
58'
7
Midfielder
58'
17
Defender
71'
9
Attacker
83'
22
83'
1
Goalkeeper
46
Defender
96
Goalkeeper
27
Defender
42
Midfielder
18
64'
11
81'
14
Midfielder
81'
33
87'

 

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Coppa ItaliaLazio – AC Milan
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Thursday 4 December 2025
Rome, Italy

21:00

Referee: GUIDA
Assistants: LO CICERO – DEI GIUDICI
IV: DOVERI
VAR: PEZZUTO
AVAR: AURELIANO