
BBC - 45 min 1 sec ago
Rugby World Cup winner Lark Atkin-Davies announces she is pregnant with her first child.

ESPN - 1 hour 49 min ago
FIFA said Friday that it had received five million ticket requests in the first 24 hours of the third phase of ticket sales for the 2026 World Cup, despite widespread backlash from supporter groups to the prices being charged.

Sky Sports - 2 hours 52 min ago
FIFA is facing a backlash over ticket prices for the 2026 World Cup, with the cheapest for the final costing over £3,000.

The Guardian - 3 hours 11 min ago
Clark makes senior Team USA debut at Duke camp WNBA CBA talks loom as players seek revenue share Clark calls negotiations league's biggest moment WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark is making her debut with the senior US women's national team this weekend, taking part in a training camp at Duke under first-time Team USA head coach Kara Lawson. And while much of the attention on Friday was focused on how the American squad might evolve before the 2026 Fiba World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics...

Yard Barker - 3 hours 19 min ago
Karim Benzema just reopened a debate France thought was settled. In a long interview with L' quipe, the 2022 Ballon d'Or winner dropped a line that has already set social feeds and national team rooms alight. If France calls him for the World Cup, he will come.

Newser - 4 hours 23 sec ago
Lindsey Vonn didn't just ski well for a 41-year-old on Friday, she skied like a champion who's faster than all challengers. Vonn on Friday became the oldest winner of a World Cup race since the circuit started in 1967, the AP reports. Vonn raced to a stunningly fast win in...

Yard Barker - 4 hours 48 min ago
Real Madrid's young forward Gonzalo Garc a burst into the headlines this summer by finishing as the top scorer at the FIFA Club World Cup. The award and his sharp finishing suddenly put the spotlight on a player who has struggled to find consistent minutes in LaLiga.

The Guardian - 5 hours 33 min ago
Prices 10 times those promised in initial bid Fifa not expected to change policy for 2026 The Football Association will pass on England supporters' concerns about high 2026 World Cup ticket prices to Fifa. However, despite the growing outrage, it is understood none of the international federations expect world football's governing body to change its policy. Anger among supporter groups continued on Friday after it emerged that the cheapest tickets will cost 10 times the price promised in...

Yard Barker - 6 hours 5 min ago
England recently qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals in the United States of America, Canada, and Mexico next year having achieved a perfect eight out of eight wins during qualifying.

BBC - 6 hours 39 min ago
Great Britain's Matt Weston continues his winning start to the Olympic season with another World Cup skeleton gold in Lillehammer.

BBC - 6 hours 52 min ago
Supporters tell BBC Sport of their frustration at the astronomical cost of following the 2026 World Cup.

NBC News - 7 hours 53 min ago
World Cup fans blast FIFA over ticket prices...

BBC - 8 hours 22 min ago
Fifa is coming under increasing pressure from supporters' groups to revisit its "scandalous" pricing structure for the World Cup.

The Raw Story - 8 hours 22 min ago
An analyst Friday slammed FIFA president Gianni Infantino and his relationship with President Donald Trump ahead of the 2026 World Cup . The Guardian 's Marina Hyde wrote an opinion piece describing the number of problematic moments around Infantino, "Trump's dictator-curious protege," and "FIFA's recent practice of holding the World Cup in autocracies." Infantino last week gave Trump an inaugural peace award, which has now led to calls for an ethics investigation. "FIFA...

The Guardian - 8 hours 46 min ago
Fifa's demand that the most fervent supporters cough up a minimum of 5,000 in advance just for tickets is scandalous It was not mathematically confirmed until the Latvia game a month later, but as I watched Ezri Konsa turn in the third goal away to Serbia in early September I smiled to myself in the Stadion Rajko Mitic, knowing England were going to the World Cup. But immediately, a key question surfaced: was I? The answer came on Thursday, with the announcement of the ticket prices that the...

Forbes - 8 hours 50 min ago
On Friday in St. Moritz, ski racer Lindsey Vonn earned her first downhill win in nearly eight years and her first top podium finish since she returned from retirement.

Skift - 9 hours 5 min ago
Extreme vetting, along with more travel fees, could deter tourists ahead of major events like the World Cup.

The Guardian - 9 hours 28 min ago
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! One week on, and the unedifying spectacle of the Geopolitics World Cup tombola has faded, overtaken by the club game's relentless news cycle. Mohamed Salah has taken a blowtorch to his immediate hopes of returning to the Liverpool starting XI; Real Madrid are apparently in crisis; and Celtic are bad again, their fans perhaps the first in history to dread an approaching cup final. There might be more of that next summer though, with the full...

Los Angeles Times - 10 hours 21 min ago
Lindsey Vonn, 41 and with titanium implants in her knee, shocked the world with a downhill victory at a blistering pace in her first World Cup race in five years.

The Guardian - 10 hours 40 min ago
In World Cup parlance, Qatar was Fifa president Gianni Infantino's qualifier. Now it's the big time for Trump's dictator-curious protege I used to think Fifa's recent practice of holding the World Cup in autocracies was because it made it easier for world football's governing body to do the things it loved: spend untold billions of other people's money and siphon the profits without having to worry about boring little things like human rights or public opinion. Which, let's...

Fortune - 10 hours 47 min ago
Soccer fans have accused FIFA of a "monumental betrayal" after latest prices for World Cup tickets began to circulate on Thursday. The governing body allocates 8% of tickets to national associations for games involving their team to sell to the most loyal fans. And a list published by the German soccer federation revealed prices ranged from $180-$700 […]...

Chicago Tribune - 11 hours 4 min ago
Lindsey Vonn raced to a stunningly fast win in a World Cup downhill at St. Moritz on Friday to earn her first victory in nearly eight years.

NBC News - 11 hours 10 min ago
Lindsay Vonn won the downhill at Saint Moritz in Switzerland. The 41-year-old became the oldest woman to ever win a World Cup race and comes after injuries forced her to retire in 2018. Vonn hopes to qualify for the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics which would be her fifth and final.

Yard Barker - 12 hours 48 sec ago
Kobbie Mainoo walked onto the pitch at Selhurst Park with an expression that said more than words ever could blank, distant, and quietly defeated. Manchester United were already in control after turning the game to win 2-1 against Crystal Palace, yet he was only introduced in the 90th minute plus stoppage time.