Along with Mexico and Canada, the United States is co-hosting a tournament it hopes will become a highly lucrative business. The goal is for soccer to definitively seduce the country with the world’s largest advertising market
The event was attended by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian PM Mark Carney, and included performances by Andrea Bocelli, Robbie Williams and the Village People
The human rights organization is demanding concrete protections for workers, athletes, fans, and journalists attending the tournament next summer
The updated schedule with the stadium and time for each game will be published on December 6
The FIFA leader’s close ties with the US president has drawn criticism from those who believe the organization should be politically neutral
Mexico’s tournament representative affirms that the country will not be overshadowed by the United States in the 2026 edition
Realpolitik has rehabilitated the Saudi strongman who ordered the journalist’s murder: Trump fetes him, Cristiano Ronaldo dines at his table, Jeff Bezos does business with him, and Spain sells him weapons
The European body has halted the convening of its executive committee, while the international federation has not included the possible sanction in its council meeting Thursday
The president’s trade and immigration policies threaten to overshadow both this year’s club tournament and next year’s international competition
A controversial change of legal rules would have let him stay. Čeferin called perceived opponents ‘clowns’ and said people who questioned UEFA’s unity in recent weeks should be ‘a bit embarrassed now’
Among the guests were German chancellor Olaf Scholz and a host of other political figures, FIFA president Gianni Infantino, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin
UEFA plans to amend its statutes on presidential term limits — something already done by FIFA for president Gianni Infantino in relative secrecy in Moscow in 2018
The Arab country’s sports spending program has been seen as sportswashing to soften a national image associated with its record on women’s rights and the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
The gunman was found dead after a police shootout, during which an officer was shot and wounded. Four civilians were also injured
FIFA had previously confirmed that the 732 players participating in the World Cup will be paid at least $30,000 each
FIFA has rejected reduced bids from the public broadcasters of Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Italy, which are now pursuing a deal through the European Broadcasting Union
The 211 member federations saw their basic annual funding from FIFA rise from $250,000 to $2 million since his first win in 2016
The tournament will now last nearly six weeks in June-July in the United States, Canada and Mexico
The Argentina captain performed the lap of honor and presented the cup to fans, but it turns out it was a replica belonging to a couple from Buenos Aires that found its way onto the pitch
England, the Netherlands and Wales were among those who had pledged to wear the symbol in support of the LGBTQ+ community but their federations backtracked over risk of yellow cards
The tournament kicked off in Doha amid mounting criticism over the host nation’s treatment of women, the LGBT+ community and migrant workers
In response to complaints about the host nation’s human rights record, Gianni Infantino says that Europeans ‘should be apologizing for the next 3,000 years before giving moral lessons to people’
Tul Bahadur Gharti died after spending more than 10 hours in sweltering heat on a construction site at the venue for the upcoming World Cup. His wife never received an explanation or compensation. That has to change