Tag: World Cup

• Thursday, June 11th 2026 - 23:03 UTC

  Amnesty International condemns police violence at World Cup opening protests in Mexico City

  

  Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday condemned the violence by security forces during the large protests in southern Mexico City surrounding the opening of the 2026 World Cup, in which police used fire extinguishers to disperse demonstrators. The organization demanded respect for and protection of the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and protest.

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• Thursday, June 11th 2026 - 06:35 UTC

  Mexico City hosts the opening ceremony of the first 48-team World Cup on Thursday

  

  Mexico City will be the stage on Thursday for the opening ceremony of the 2026 World Cup, the first contested by 48 teams and the first hosted by three countries: Mexico, the United States and Canada. The event will take place at the Estadio Ciudad de México, the former Azteca, before the opening match between host Mexico and South Africa. The ceremony will begin at 11:30 a.m. central Mexico time, about 90 minutes before the start of the match, set for 1:00 p.m. (2:30 and 4:00 p.m. in Montevideo and Buenos Aires; 1:30 and 3:00 p.m. in the eastern United States; 7:30 and 9:00 p.m. in Madrid).

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• Monday, May 25th 2026 - 21:58 UTC

  2026 World Cup drives Airbnb supply surge in Mexican host cities and consolidates real estate firms' control

  

  The approach of the 2026 World Cup, which Mexico will co-host alongside the United States and Canada, has accelerated the mass conversion of traditional housing into short-term tourist rentals in the three Mexican cities hosting the tournament, with a sharp rise of real estate firms as the dominant market actor. According to data from the specialized firm AirDNA cited by the newspaper El País, the supply of properties on Airbnb and similar platforms grew in Mexico City by 30% between 2023 and 2026, rising from 18,000 to close to 24,000 units. In the Guadalajara metropolitan area, growth reached 50%, to 9,760 properties, and in the Monterrey metropolitan area it doubled, to 7,274 units.

• Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Women's World Cup, flexible working hours for Brazilian civil servants to support the Canarinhas

  

  The Brazilian government has announced civil servants can turn up to work four hours late when the national side – who go by the nickname As Canarinhas — contests the Women's World Cup tournament, co hosted by Australia and New Zealand.

• Saturday, July 15th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

  Brazilian civil servants granted time off to watch women's football World Cup

  

  Brazil's government will allow federal public servants to take time off work to watch the women's national football team play the upcoming World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, Agencia Brasil reported. The tournament takes place between July 20 and August 20. The measure is already customary for the men's squad games.

• Thursday, March 2nd 2023 - 08:20 UTC

  Single World Cup most prolific scorer Fontaine dies aged 89

  

  French football legend Just Fontaine, who scored 13 goals in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden thus drawing attention to personal achievements for the first time, died Wednesday at the age of 89. His record remains unsurpassed to this day.

• Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 18:51 UTC

  Evo says Argentina supports Bolivia co-hosting 2030 football World Cup

  

  President Alberto Fernández told Evo Morales that the country currently holding the football World Cup will support Bolivia's bid to co-host the 2030 finals together with Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 21:45 UTC

  Messi's Argentina crush Croatia and advance to Qatar 2022 World Cup final

  

  Argentina's Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez were too tough an opposition to the 2018 runners-up Croatia as Argentina breezed through to the Qatar 2002 football World Cup final with a 3-0 victory.

• Sunday, December 11th 2022 - 08:11 UTC

  Argentina to reopen embassy in Bangladesh

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero announced his country would be reopening its embassy in Bangladesh after 40 years, a decision most likely boosted by the Asian country's support of Lionel Messi's team playing the football World Cup in Qatar.

• Saturday, December 10th 2022 - 22:40 UTC

  Qatar World Cup: Reining champions France back among last 4

  

  England captain Harry Kane netted his first penalty kick for a temporary equalizer but squandered his second chance, thus allowing reigning champions France to clinch a 2-1 win and advance to the semifinals of the Qatar 2022 football World Cup.