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Barcelona & Nike Pay Tribute to Icon Kobe Bryant Once Again With Latest Away Kit Collection

The Mamba lives on in Catalonia. Barcelona's 2026/27 away kit once again honours Kobe Bryant, doubling down on a crossover that continues to push football culture into new territory.

Performance Football Apparel

Arsenal & adidas Continue to Set the Standard With New 26/27 Away Shirt

Another season, another Arsenal x adidas masterclass. Revisiting the legendary Bruised Banana without trying to recreate it, the 2026/27 away shirt proves once again why the Gunners are among football's best dressed.

Performance Football Boots

Nike Lock In for the New Season With Bold Break 'Em Pack

The international stage is done. Now it's time for the weekly grind. Nike looks toward the new club season with the 'Break 'Em' Pack, dressing the Mercurial, Phantom and Tiempo in bold new colourways built to make an instant impression.

Performance Football Apparel

Real Madrid and adidas Unveil 2026/27 Away Shirt

The real ones will recognise this one. Real Madrid's latest 26/27 away shirt sees adidas revive a familiar shade of green, proving that some of the club's best kits have always come away from the Bernabéu.

Performance Football Apparel

Bayern Munich’s New Away Shirt Understands the Power of Simplicity

Bayern Munich’s new away jersey for 2026/27 is pretty simple – but that doesn’t mean it still doesn’t slap.

Performance Football Apparel

Sampdoria’s New Home Jersey Is Giving Old-School Italian Energy

When you see royal blue paired with white, red and black bands across the chest in the style of the St George’s Cross, you immediately think of Sampdoria. Few clubs have that same level of instant recognisability.

Lifestyle Clothing

NFL & Fanatics Reunite for Season 2 of 'Football Meets Football' Jersey Collection

After a hugely successful debut, the NFL and Fanatics are back for a second season of their Football meets Football collection, once again bringing together the worlds of American football and soccer through a unique jersey concept that continues to blur the lines between two of the biggest sports on the planet.

Performance Football Apparel

Club America Unveil New 2026/27 Home Shirt from adidas

Club América and adidas have officially revealed the club's new home shirt for the 2026/27 season, kicking off the countdown to Las Águilas' 110th anniversary in style.

Digital Cover | Kylian Mbappé Is Already Thinking About the Next Moment

Kylian Mbappé has spent most of his adult life being described like a future event.

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Features

Features

This World Cup Was Broken & Compromised But Still Beautiful

Now the World Cup is over, I've been thinking about the version of this World Cup that belonged to Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino.

Features

The Neighborhood World Cup is Where Football, Art & Community Collide

Turns out FIFA aren’t the only organisation hosting a World Cup this summer. Whilst the world’s greatest players have been duking it out, football-inspired lifestyle brand and community space NEIGHBORHOOD SPORTS CLUB has been hosting its own tournament, featuring 16 teams of Bay Area locals representing 16 countries, celebrating the diversity of the Bay and its deep football culture. And frankly, it looked beautiful.

Features

The Football Crest Is Sacred – But It Still Needs Updating

Football supporters have a curious relationship with change. Give them a new manager and they'll debate it. A new signing and they'll judge it. A new kit and they'll inevitably buy it. A new badge, however? That's where things get emotional.

Features

After Years Of Almosts, Uzbekistan Is Finally Here

In Tashkent, history will arrive with breakfast. Around 7am on June 18th, while much of Uzbekistan is waking up, the national team will walk out at the Azteca for the first World Cup match in the country’s history.

Features

Are the 2026 World Cup Stadiums Setting a New Standard for Football?

The World Cup was supposed to be about the football, so why can't anyone stop talking about the stadiums? As the tournament unfolds, America's colossal stadiums have stolen plenty of attention. It's left us wondering, are we maybe too attached to tradition and history in Europe? Maybe it's time to look to the future of the game...

Interviews

Meet The Photographer Capturing Argentina’s Football Religion

Before photographer Camila Faraci was born, she says, she already had a football team. Not a name, not yet, but a club.

Features

How Como 1907 Became Football’s Most Beautiful Idea

There are worse places to watch football than Lake Como. That much becomes clear before a ball has even been kicked.

Features

Norway’s Football Project Has Reached Its Moment

Norway’s 2-1 victory against Brazil in the last 16 of the World Cup has changed the temperature of a nation.

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Interviews

Interviews

Sam Kerr is Still Chasing More

Whilst the action on the pitch was non-stop at the Nike Toma National finals, we took a quick breather away from it all to chat to one of the best in the game: Sam Kerr. As the Aussie prepares for a fresh start away from the WSL, we get to know a little more about the person behind the player.

Interviews

Bruno Fernandes: Carrying the Weight of Expectation into a Summer of Possibility

Fresh off another standout campaign, we caught up with Portuguese Magnífico Bruno Fernandes to look back on the season that was, and ahead to a summer full of possibility.

Interviews

Digital Cover | Kylian Mbappé Is Already Thinking About the Next Moment

Kylian Mbappé has spent most of his adult life being described like a future event.

Interviews

Mason Mount Is Still Playing for the Love of It

Long before Mason Mount became a professional footballer – before the fame, the scrutiny and the pressures of elite competition – there was the love of the game.

Interviews

Folarin Balogun: From London, With Pressure

Folarin Balogun knows what pressure feels like. He has grown up with it, played through it, moved because of it, and, more recently, learned how to make it work for him.

Interviews

The Quiet Control of Martin Ødegaard

Martin Odegaard rarely gives much away. I’m not talking about possession (although that would be accurate), I mean how he speaks, in the same measured way he plays football: controlled, precise and unrushed.

Interviews

Digital Cover | Malick Thiaw: For The Love of Defending

Malick Thiaw isn’t your archetypal defender. He’s different, and representative of a new, exciting modern era of defending.

Interviews

Digital Cover | Christian Pulisic Explores Self Expression, Creativity, and Composure

As the World Cup rapidly approaches, Christian Pulisic steps into SoccerBible’s Digital Cover spotlight, reflecting on pressure, self-expression, and the journey from Pennsylvania to the global stage.

How Conflict Is Shaping Football Careers in Gaza

For Mohammed Balah, football didn't begin beneath floodlights or inside the managed ecosystem of a youth academy. It began on the streets of Gaza.

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World Cup 2026

Performance Football Equipment

adidas Unveils TRIONDA FINAL as the World Cup Enters Its Defining Moments

After weeks of drama, surprises and unforgettable performances, the 2026 World Cup has now reached the stage where every touch, tackle and goal carries even greater significance. The semi-finals, bronze final and final are where legacies are made, and as the pressure intensifies, all eyes inevitably turn to the centre of the action – the match ball.

Features

Mexico v England Was Beautiful Bedlam in My Boudoir

Mexico v England. Scheduled for a 1am kick-off in Britain on a Sunday night, or, more accurately, a Monday morning. It was never going to be a traditional viewing experience, was it? But for me, that was precisely what made it special.

Features

Norway’s Football Project Has Reached Its Moment

Norway’s 2-1 victory against Brazil in the last 16 of the World Cup has changed the temperature of a nation.

Design Miscellaneous

SURGEON Reimagines adidas World Cup 2026 Jerseys As One-Of-One Ponchos

When it comes to deconstructing and rebuilding footwear into something entirely new, few do it better than Dominic Ciambrone, better known as The Surgeon. Alongside his team at SURGEON, he's built a reputation on craftsmanship, premium customisation and turning sporting icons into wearable art. Now, that same approach is being applied to football for what is a concentrated dose of Creative Soccer Culture.

Features

At the World Cup, DR Congo Have Found Hope

There will be plenty of people in England who look at Wednesday’s Round of 32 tie in Atlanta and see a favourable draw.

Features

Jordan May Be Going Home, But Their World Cup Dream Has Only Begun

For a few minutes in Santa Clara, Jordan were ahead at a World Cup. Nizar Al-Rashdan had put them in front against Algeria, giving the country its first lead at football’s biggest tournament.

Features

Are the 2026 World Cup Stadiums Setting a New Standard for Football?

The World Cup was supposed to be about the football, so why can't anyone stop talking about the stadiums? As the tournament unfolds, America's colossal stadiums have stolen plenty of attention. It's left us wondering, are we maybe too attached to tradition and history in Europe? Maybe it's time to look to the future of the game...

Features

How Football Brought Haiti Together Again

Haiti lost 3-0 to Brazil. On paper, that is the story: one of football’s great superpowers handling a side making only their second World Cup appearance, their first since 1974.

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