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Montevideo, July 3rd 2026 - 17:33 UTC

Tag: World Cup

  • Tuesday, June 30th 2026 - 08:33 UTC

    Paraguay declares a holiday after reaching the World Cup's last 16 by beating Germany

    The decree states that Paraguay “has shown the world” its resilience and that the government “cannot remain indifferent to this achievement”

    Paraguay's President Santiago Peña declared a national holiday for Tuesday, June 30, to celebrate the national team's qualification for the round of 16 at the 2026 World Cup, after eliminating Germany in a penalty shootout. “Today a whole country is celebrating,” the president wrote on the social network X, where he published the decree and congratulated the team, which he called by its nickname, the Albirroja.

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  • Thursday, June 25th 2026 - 21:10 UTC

    Public meetings will feature presentations from Hatch and MEP, the authors of the socio-economic, environmental and legislative reports

    Authorities have not described the event as intentional, and the Attorney General's Office of Baja California Sur is investigating the circumstances

    At least 17 people were injured on Wednesday night when a car drove into a crowd celebrating in the streets of Cabo San Lucas, in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, Mexico's win over the Czech Republic at the World Cup. The driver was detained, and authorities opened an investigation to clarify what happened.

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  • Monday, June 22nd 2026 - 18:11 UTC

    Messi becomes the outright all-time top scorer in World Cup history

    The goal came in the 38th minute at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, on the outskirts of Dallas, and put Argentina ahead 1-0 with the match under way

    Lionel Messi on Monday became the outright all-time top scorer in World Cup history, netting his seventeenth goal in the competition during Argentina's match against Austria, on the second matchday of their group at the 2026 World Cup. With that goal, the Argentine captain surpassed the 16 scored by Germany's Miroslav Klose, until now the tournament's leading marksman.

  • Wednesday, June 17th 2026 - 08:19 UTC

    With a historic Messi, Argentina begin their title defense by thrashing Algeria

    With his three goals, Messi reached 16 in World Cups, tying Germany's Miroslav Klose as the competition's all-time top scorer

    Argentina began their defense of the World Cup title won in Qatar 2022 on Tuesday with a 3-0 thrashing of Algeria, in the Group J opener of the 2026 World Cup, played at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. Captain Lionel Messi guided Lionel Scaloni's side with a hat-trick that left him atop the tournament's all-time scoring history.

  • Tuesday, June 16th 2026 - 08:24 UTC

    Some Iranian Americans wave protest flags, others cheer as Iran open the World Cup

    Los Angeles is home to the largest Iranian community outside Iran

    Iran began their World Cup campaign in Los Angeles on Monday with a 2-2 draw against New Zealand, before a crowd that mixed fans cheering the team and Iranian Americans waving symbols of protest against the government in Tehran. The match was played barely 24 hours after the announcement of a preliminary agreement to end the war that the United States and Israel launched against Iran in February.

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

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

    Mexico City's government deployed more than 10,000 officers around the stadium and hotel corridors

    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.

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

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

    For Shakira, it will be her fourth World Cup appearance, after “Hips Don't Lie” in 2006, “Waka Waka” in 2010 —the official song of that South African edition— and “La La La” in 2014

    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).

  • Monday, May 25th 2026 - 21:58 UTC

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

    In all three cities, the main hosts are companies linked to the real estate sector and urban developers, rather than individuals

    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

    Sports Minister Ana Moser will travel to Australia to promote Brazil's candidacy to host the 2027 event

    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.

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