The Italian rapper and Mexican AC Milan striker talk about football, music, life and overcoming difficulties ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which Santi will play on home soil.

Cut straight to the action with the latest highlights from the FIFA World Cup 2026. Release date: 19 June 2026

Last month, Adidas and Someone Somewhere unveiled versions of the Mexican national team jersey embroidered by hand by 150 Nahua women high in the mountains of central Mexico, in a tiny town called Naupan.

Iran’s World Cup team arrived in Mexico wearing lapel pins highlighting the victims of a deadly missile strike on an elementary school at the start of the war in the Mideast

South Korean goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu missed the birth of his daughter this month due to his World Cup preparations, but ​the 35-year-old says he is determined to compensate for ‌his absence with performances on the pitch.

The Mexican national team rallied from an early deficit to beat Serbia 5-1 on Thursday, concluding preparations for its opening match of the World Cup. Petar Stanic gave the Serbs the lead in the 19th minute,