Tag: FIFA World Cup

• Tuesday, February 17th 2026 - 04:06 UTC

  US, Canada and Mexico face measles outbreaks months before World Cup 2026

  

  With fewer than four months to go before the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off, the United States, Canada and Mexico —the tournament’s three host countries— are reporting significant measles resurgences, a highly contagious disease that had been pushed back across the region through routine immunization. Health authorities and international bodies are urging stronger vaccination and surveillance as public trust in vaccine guidance frays.

• Thursday, December 12th 2024 - 10:41 UTC

  Football: 2030 World Cup opening game to be played in Montevideo

  

  World football's governing body FIFA confirmed Wednesday that the opening game of the 2030 World Cup will be played at Montevideo's Centenario Stadium, which also hosted the 1930 edition that launched the series of one of the most successful events in contemporary history.

• Saturday, September 29th 2018 - 08:58 UTC

  British government ready to support a joint bid for the 2030 FIFA World Cup

  

  The British government says it would back a joint bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup in the UK and Ireland. The football associations of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland are considering putting forward a proposal to stage the tournament.

• Sunday, July 1st 2018 - 15:34 UTC

  Uruguay sends CR7’s Portugal home by 2-1

  

  Uruguay has passed this Saturday to the quarterfinals of the 2018 World Cup in Russia after beating Portugal 2-1.

• Saturday, June 30th 2018 - 15:39 UTC

  Maradona: “I'm more alive than ever”; offers a reward on the origin of fake news about his death

  

  Argentina's former football star Diego Maradona has issued a bounty worth 300,000 pesos (US$10,800 / £8,300) to find the journalist responsible for reporting fake news regarding his death, according to Infobae.

• Wednesday, June 27th 2018 - 09:06 UTC

  A gallant Nigeria almost KO Maradona in St Petersburg

  

  Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona may have gotten a little too excited during a FIFA World Cup match on Tuesday. The 57-year-old collapsed after his home country won 2 to 1 against Nigeria in St. Petersburg, Russia, according to a video posted by the Spanish-language newspaper La Nación.

• Monday, June 1st 2015 - 07:06 UTC

  South American relief: FIFA leaves allocation of World Cup slots unchanged

  

  Good news for South America: FIFA will not make any changes to the allocation of World Cup slots among the six continents for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments in Russia and Qatar, president Sepp Blatter said during the first meeting of the new Executive Committee in Zurich.

• Friday, February 13th 2015 - 14:01 UTC

  FIFA awards 2026 World Cup rights to FOX without a bidding process

  

  The 2026 World Cup will be shown on FOX in the United States. The world soccer body awarded the rights on Thursday to Fox without a bidding process. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.