World Cup

It is a degrading experience to try to purchase tickets to a hugely anticipated event, and nothing fits that description better than the World Cup. So you can imagine why fans who successfully navigated the labyrinth of presale codes and lotteries and came out of it with a premium ticket might be upset to discover that their money didn’t actually buy what they thought it would.

Some cities have opted to focus on hosting rights for the men’s Rugby World Cup, with World Rugby said to offer fewer restrictions than Fifa has presented for the Women’s World Cup

World Cup qualifiers are underway, with several teams already securing spots in the 2027 Women’s World Cup in Brazil.

Yet another twist in the 2026 FIFA World Cup ticketing saga has soured fans who feel duped about the process

Many Iranian soccer fans in the U.S. have conflicting emotions about their homeland’s beloved national team as the World Cup comes to North America.

Alma Mana’o, the captain, reflects on their journey from a 21-0 defeat in 1998 to a place in the final round of qualification

Fans not getting what they thought they were purchasing is the latest in the ticketing saga surrounding the 2026 World Cup

The sportswear giant says they’re aware of the strange seam behavior seen on some of its new shirts, and are investigating how to address it

ICE currently has offices in Toronto and Vancouver

Canada Soccer has told disconsolate Italy fans that they can trade in their blue jerseys for the red worn by the World Cup co-hosts in Toronto

FIFA has delayed confirming US Soccer’s 2031 Women’s World Cup joint bid, as US government guarantees remain unresolved.

Fifa raised its top ticket price for the World Cup final to $10,990 during the glitch-hampered reopening of sales on Wednesday

After Tuesday’s playoff matches decided the final six spots, the tournament field is set. We answered 48 questions as the countdown to 11 June begins

Ghana have sacked their coach Otto Addo 72 days before the start of the 2026 World Cup after losing to a late goal in Germany

The Fifa president made the comments while in attendance at half-time of Iran’s friendly with Costa Rica in Turkey

Australia’s friendly against Curacao on Tuesday is the crucial audition for players to show Tony Popovic they deserve a ticket to the US

The Dutchman, who succeeded Dick Advocaat, was once offered the assistant’s role to Erik ten Hag at Manchester United

Amnesty International has warned that the World Cup, spread across three North American countries, risks becoming a ‘stage for repression’

Bailey Cadamarteri’s first-half goal was the difference between the sides in Guadalajara

The minnows just need to win a playoff against Turkey at home to complete a qualification campaign that has become a rallying cry for national pride

According to sources familiar with the planning, individuals will be charged around or even more than $75 per-person for a return ticket.

FIFA says it received ‘over 500 million ticket requests’ but only sold ‘over 1 million tickets.’ Huh? Here’s what that likely means

The US state department will expand the program on 2 April, which will require bonds from Algeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Tunisia, and Cape Verde travelers

The team have led a nomadic existence since Russia invaded and face a playoff against Sweden in Valencia on Thursday

The summer’s tournament in the U.S., Mexico and Canada will test players like never before given the cluttered schedule in the build-up

In their complaint, FSE and Euroconsumers have identified six specific abuses of European Union competition law.

How do the European playoffs for the 2026 World Cup work and how can you watch all the games? ESPN has you covered with an all-you-need-to-know explainer.

Thomas Tuchel believes England can create a home from home in Kansas City this summer to push their dream of World Cup glory

With less than three months before the tournament starts, hotels have fewer advance bookings than they did this time last year when there were no special events.

The two nations secured victory in their qualification play-in games and will compete at 2027 Women’s World Cup

Iran will ‘boycott the United States’ but ‘not the World Cup’, the Iranian football federation president, Mehdi Taj, has said

Nellie Pou’s bill follows refusal of ICE chief Todd Lyons to rule out enforcement near stadiums and fan festivals

Fifa is unwilling to switch Iran’s World Cup matches to Mexico despite the country’s football federation claiming it is in discussions to do so

Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, geopolitical tensions and a sustained ‘Trump Slump’ of declining international visitation, the substantial World Cup bump U.S. hotels were promised may not materialize, according to CoStar, the industry’s leading benchmarking and analytics firm.

Geopolitical tensions had raised the prospect of Iraq being denied the chance to compete at their first World Cup in 40 years

Iran’s participation in the U.S.-hosted 2026 World Cup promised to be an uncertain, contentious matter even before the U.S. and Israel started raining bombs on Iranian political leaders and schoolgirls alike. The American government had already denied visas to several members of the delegation Iran planned to send to the World Cup draw back in December, as part of a blanket travel ban on Iranian citizens that would’ve prevented the vast majority of Iranian fans from being able to attend this summer’s event. Another controversy arose soon after the draw, when Iranian and Egyptian officials raised a stink about a pre-planned LGBTQ Pride event in Seattle that the draw happened to schedule for a group-stage Iran-Egypt match. Naturally, those little points of friction, and the longstanding geopolitical tetchiness they reflected, came to a head in the form of the war that FIFA Peace Prize winner and known war criminal Donald Trump decided to wage on Iran. Iran’s now-official response was hardly unexpected.

Explaining the possible fallout if Iran were not to take up their place at the tournament this summer — and who could replace them

A dispute over $7.8 million in funding had threatened the staging of games at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro

Trump had warned Iran’s participation may be a risk for “their own life and safety.”

Dozens of members of the House of Representatives have called on FIFA to lower ticket prices and offer host cities financial relief

Iran’s sports minister told state television that the country cannot play in this year’s FIFA Men’s World Cup, including its June 26 game against Egypt in Seattle, according to reports from multiple media outlets Wednesday.

Fewer than 100 days out, host cities haven’t received promised funding, and fears about ICE’s presence are widespread

Twelve days ago the U.S., a World Cup host country, launched a full-scale bombing campaign against Iran, a country that has qualified to play in the tournament. That’s never happened before.

Fifa can take action against any nation who pull out of the World Cup, with regulations stating: ‘Sanctions may include exclusion from future competition’

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino says he has “complete confidence” in Mexico as a World Cup co-host despite days of cartel violence in the country that has left at least 70 people dead.

That was one of the craziest penalty shootouts I’ve ever seen. Heartbreaking for USA.