The winners of Scotland and Ireland's group (Pool D) will play a third-placed team from Pool B (Romania, Georgia, Italy, South Africa), Pool E (Samoa, USA, Japan, France) or Pool F (Zimbabwe, Tonga, Wales, England) in the last-16. The runners-up, meanwhile, will play the Pool E winners, with France the top seeds in that group.

World Cup draw on Friday December 5 will reveal fixtures for summers North America showpiece; England and Scotland in the hat with Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and Wales hoping to qualify through play-offs;

The 2026 World Cup draw has been made in Washington DC, with the US hosting the sport's marquee tournament along with Canada and Mexico. England and Scotland have found out their opponents next summer,

World number one Luke Littler is one win away from successfully defending his PDC World Darts Championship title. Littler entered as one of nine previous winners in the 2026 competition at Alexandra Palace in London and the 18-year-old will meet Dutch 10th seed Gian van Veen in Saturday's final.

Every month, only two winners take home £1 million, but there are still plenty of other prizes available from the bonds. No one from Dorset won a £1 million prize in January, bu

Arne Slot looked very frustrated as Liverpool dropped points at home to Leeds to kick off 2026. The 0-0 draw was sluggish from Liverpool, especially in attack, as they struggled to create chances throughout.

Pots, quadrants, confederation constraints, group position grids ... the World Cup draw is not going to be straightforward.