UPDATED with TV schedule: The U.S. will open the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Los Angeles against Paraguay, just one of the many storylines to come out of the tournament’s official draw revealed in December during a pomp-and-circumstance-filled ceremony at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The…

Donald Trump was awarded the first FIFA Peace Prize at the World Cup Draw at the Kennedy Center on Friday. The award was not much of a surprise, ever since FIFA announced it as a component of the event, which the president has promoted as a coup for the Kennedy Center, for which he serves as…

The final draw to determine the groups for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is set to take place Friday, December 5, 2025 at noon ET/9 a.m. PT at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. In total, 42 of a record pool 48 teams will be drawn into 12 groups of four during the ceremony, taking place in the…

Fox will air a record 69 live games for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026 as the world’s biggest sporting event expands from 32 to 48 teams for the first time. The figure, revealed Wednesday, will be a record for broadcast network TV, accounting for 66% out of the total 104 matches for which Fox…

Blue-skying ruled the day at “The Global Game: The Future Of Soccer, Tech & Media,” a conference featuring stakeholders in the sport as it approaches a milestone in 2026. Speakers throughout Thursday’s event had to invent new superlatives to describe their expectations for next summer’s World…

32 teams. One title. And now, one docuseries detailing it all. Netflix’s Captains of the World covers the FIFA World Cup 2022 with exclusive interviews of stars like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Harry Kane and many others, captured on and off the pitch. The six-episode docuseries bows on…

Saudi Arabia is following in Middle East neighbor Qatar’s footsteps and will host the 2034 soccer World Cup. In the past few hours, Football Australia has pulled out of the running, leaving Saudi Arabia the only nation bidding to host the global tournament in a decade’s time. World…

ITV has won the rights to show England men’s soccer qualifiers from 2024 to 2028. All games outside major tournaments will be shown on the commercial broadcaster, which takes over from Channel 4 as rightsholder. At least 40 matches – around 10 per season – will be shown by ITV, with the…

Luis Rubiales will be resigning from his position as president of the Spanish soccer federation after he kissed Women’s World Cup champion Jenni Hermoso without her consent. In an interview with Piers Morgan, Rubiales said he was stepping down from his job after being suspended by FIFA for the…

The 2023 Women’s World Cup drew record viewership for Fox, despite challenging time zones and an early elimination for the U.S. team, ending with the most-watched non-USWNT final ever for English-language U.S. television. The accomplishment capped a decade-long career milestone for executive…

The U.S. Women's Soccer team has crashed out of the 2023 World Cup following a dramatic penalty shoot-out loss against rivals Sweden. This is the earliest USWNT has been eliminated from a World Cup. The epic penalty shootout ended 5-4 to Sweden. Penalties from players on both sides were…

The U.S. is the biggest women’s soccer market, and FIFA officials catered their Women’s World Cup schedule for audiences in North America. With the competition taking place in Australia and New Zealand, games were scheduled to accommodate U.S. viewers tuning in to Fox Sports and Telemundo. Two…