
Yard Barker - 1 hour 24 min ago
Carlos Alcaraz has previewed Spain's chances at the football World Cup next year. Alcaraz is a six-time tennis Grand Slam champion, and is the current world number one player on the ATP Tour.

NY Post - 2 hours 31 min ago
Following the announcement Seattle will host a "Pride Match" on June 26 as part of the 2026 World Cup, the Egypt has sent a formal letter to the organization requesting the celebration to not commence.

Boston Herald - 2 hours 58 min ago
Leaders in the nation's soccer federations publicly rebuked the idea of playing the match June 26 at Seattle Stadium.

NBC News - 3 hours 26 min ago
The Trump administration plans to require all foreign tourists to provide their social media histories from the last five years to enter the country, according to a notice published in the Federal Register. NBC News' Megan Lebowitz reports on the tourism proposal that's generating controversy ahead of an expected influx of foreign tourists for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The Hill - 3 hours 49 min ago
The match isn't directly "affiliated with or endorsed by FIFA," according to its website.

BBC - 4 hours 21 min ago
England will take on Uruguay and Japan at Wembley in March in their final two games before Thomas Tuchel names his 2026 World Cup squad.

BBC - 4 hours 27 min ago
Ireland's Aoife Wafer is expected to play her first game since breaking her collarbone and rupturing a medial ligament in September.

BBC - 4 hours 32 min ago
We now know the broadcast schedule for the 2026 World Cup, but how do BBC and ITV decide who shows which matches?...

Fox News - 5 hours 19 sec ago
Soccer players promote peace through sports ahead of the 2026 World Cup in North America, addressing naming debates and violent fan behavior at matches.

The Independent - 5 hours 5 min ago
The tournament will be spread across the US, Mexico and Canada with over 2,000 miles separating the opening and closing venues...

BBC - 5 hours 22 min ago
The BBC will broadcast Scotland's first World Cup match since 1998, when they take on Haiti on 14 June, plus their final group match against Brazil and England's group match against Ghana.

The Guardian - 5 hours 24 min ago
In 2010 and 2022, the US faced heightened emotions from the lead-in to the tournament itself. As hosts next year, little will change The draw is done. The schedule is set. For the US men's national team, all that's left, aside from playing the games, are the emotional highs and lows. After the draw, US head coach Mauricio Pochettino referenced a "competitive stress" factor triggered by the World Cup. He said the friendlies against Belgium and Portugal in March are intended to simulate...

New York Magazine - 6 hours 23 min ago
The World Cup is going to be good at least the soccer part.

Sky News - 8 hours 2 min ago
Iran and Egypt have complained after FIFA scheduled a World Cup match between the two nations in Seattle to coincide with the city's LGBTQ+ Pride festival.

The Guardian - 8 hours 23 min ago
Glitzy draws, OJ-era chaos, grass laid over AstroTurf and a host nation that barely cared the 1994 World Cup arrived amid suspicion and slapstick. Yet it became a watershed that would alter US sport and global football politics alike "The United States was chosen," the columnist George Vecsey wrote in the New York Times in 1994, "because of all the money to be made here, not because of any soccer prowess. Our country has been rented as a giant stadium and hotel and television studio...

The Guardian - 8 hours 23 min ago
In an exclusive interview, the former World Cup winner talks about taking Uzbekistan to the 2026 World Cup and a project close to his heart in Naples Uzbekistan may have made history by qualifying for the World Cup for the first time in the country's 34 years of independence in June after losing only once in 15 qualifiers. But they then had a problem: Timur Kapadze stepped down and they needed a head coach for next year's tournament. They turned to Fabio Cannavaro, Italy's 2006 World...

The Guardian - 8 hours 23 min ago
Initial Kansas plan for US training base thrown into doubt FA exploring alternative options on the east coast The Football Association has sent operational staff to the US this week to scout for World Cup training camps amid concerns that England may lose their preferred site to the Netherlands. Thomas Tuchel had cleared an FA plan for England to be based in Kansas after a pre-tournament training camp in Fort Lauderdale, but after last week's draw there are concerns that the Netherlands will...

ESPN - 8 hours 26 min ago
Liverpool are reportedly looking to improve their defense. Transfer Talk has the latest news and rumors.

ABC News - 8 hours 34 min ago
Egypt and Iran, two Middle East nations that target gays and lesbians, have complained to FIFA over the scheduling of a World Cup soccer match in Seattle that's expected to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride...

BBC - 8 hours 38 min ago
The organisation behind the LGBTQ+ "Pride Match" at the 2026 World Cup say they intend to push forward with their plans despite one of the teams involved objecting to Fifa.

BBC - 10 hours 2 min ago
France's World Cup winner Paul Pogba is moving into the sport of camel racing after investing in Saudi Arabia-based team Al Haboob.

BBC - 10 hours 4 min ago
Tartan Army foot soldiers have shelled out for flights, pre-booked hotels and are now turning their attention to match tickets.

The Guardian - 11 hours 5 min ago
Egypt's football body says Pride event would clash with values Iran raises objections to plans organised by local Seattle group Egypt and Iran are calling on football's governing body to intervene in the LGBTQ+ Pride celebration planned to coincide with their group stage match in Seattle at the 2026 World Cup. Egypt's Football Association (EFA) said on Tuesday it had sent a letter to Fifa urging them to prevent any LGBTQ+ Pride-related activities during the national team's match...

Los Angeles Times - 12 hours 12 min ago
After scoring twice in last year's "Downtown World Cup" game, he scores the game's first goal Tuesday and helps the Cubs withstand late pressure for the win.