
TechRadar - 1 hour 27 min ago
Six big screens for the World Cup...

The Guardian - 1 hour 53 min ago
In a reversal from previous tournaments, companion tickets come at significant cost for the 2026 World Cup. Accessibility advocates are raising their concerns Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter Football fans with disabilities are struggling to buy companion tickets for World Cup games with some seats that had been assigned for caregivers appearing to be put on general sale. The Guardian has uncovered significant issues with the World Cup ticket sales process for fans with disabilities...

Forbes - 2 hours 22 min ago
Staging FIFA's showcase tournament was meant to enhance U.S. soft power, but instead seems to be eroding it as the country's image and reputation come under fire.

Black Enterprise - 3 hours 16 sec ago
Downtown Rising is a homelessness program in the city that had a lofty goal to help unhoused residents before the soccer tournament begins in Atlanta.

ABC News - 4 hours 48 min ago
First came the racist abuse against Vinícius Júnior...

Huffington Post - 7 hours 47 min ago
After the start of the Iran war, Iran requested that FIFA move the team's three group matches from the U.S. to Mexico, which was rejected.

The Independent - 7 hours 58 min ago
Many cities are offering either free or very cheap ways to get around...

BBC - 8 hours 17 min ago
Fifa stands by comments made last week by president Gianni Infantino in which he said that "the Iranian team is coming, for sure".

ABC News - 9 hours 20 min ago
Amnesty International and U.S. civil rights groups have issued a "World Cup travel advisory," warning visitors about "rising authoritarianism and increasing violence" in the U.S. under President Donald Trump's immigration policies...

BBC - 10 hours 24 min ago
More than 120 organisations issue a travel advisory for visitors to this summer's World Cup, warning of potential threats to their human rights.

Huffington Post - 11 hours 44 min ago
Advocacy groups warned that visitors traveling to the U.S. for the tournament may face arbitrary detention or deportation, among other human rights abuses.

The Guardian - 12 hours 6 min ago
No one from US told them they can't come', Rubio says Delegation members with ties to IRGC may be barred Iran's footballers will be welcome at this year's World Cup, secretary of state Marco Rubio said Thursday, distancing the United States government from a proposal that Italy could take their place in the tournament. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Rubio denied that the government had asked the Iranian team not to come to the World Cup but warned the US may yet bar entry...

New York Times - 12 hours 21 min ago
President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House on Thursday.

BBC - 12 hours 32 min ago
Morgan Gibbs-White has hit form at the right time with Nottingham Forest - but did not make Thomas Tuchel's 35-man England squad last month. If he is to make it to the World Cup, time is tight.

Screen Rant - 15 hours 54 min ago
Netflix's new comedy-drama starring an iconic soccer player, follows his journey to make Mexico the host country for the World Cup in 1986.

NY Post - 19 hours 28 min ago
Paws the game at these non-soccer sports resorts during the World Cup.

Sky News - 20 hours 48 min ago
Tickets for this summer's football World Cup final have gone on sale for more than $2m each.

ABC News - 21 hours 9 min ago
Claudio Tapia, president of the Argentine Football Association, faces backlash despite Argentina's World Cup win in 2022...

BBC - 21 hours 25 min ago
Oli McBurnie and Ross Stewart are arguably Scotland's two most in-form strikers, yet neither appear to be in Steve Clarke's World Cup plans, writes Tom English.

CBS Sports - 21 hours 26 min ago
The World Cup will be hosted in 11 host cities across the U.S., as well as two in Canada and three in Mexico...

Los Angeles Times - 21 hours 46 min ago
The Trump administration is pushing FIFA to replace Iran with Italy in the World Cup. But how feasible is it to do that this close to the start of the tournament?...

The Guardian - 22 hours 14 min ago
Four seats are put on sale for $2,299,998.85 each Fifa doesn't set offerings, but some go above $100,000 Governing body takes 15% from both buyer and seller Fifa's resale site has four tickets on sale for the World Cup final for just under $2.3m each. The $2,299,998.85 seats for the 19 July match at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, are located behind a goal in the lower deck of the arena. Continue reading...

ABC News - 22 hours 16 min ago
FIFA's resale site has four tickets on sale for the World Cup final for just under $2.3 million each...

Skift - 22 hours 25 min ago
The travel advisory has received pushback from the White House and U.S. Travel Association.