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June 11, 2026 9:57 AM
A security oversight leaked the passport details of every player in the Argentina squad for Tuesday's pre-World Cup warm-up friendly against Iceland, including Lionel Messi, media reports said. The passport numbers, listed on the official team sh...
June 10, 2026 9:58 AM
Mexico City children will get an unexpected day off from school on Thursday, as president Claudia Sheinbaum ordered the suspension of classes in an effort to minimize traffic on the day the Mexican national team plays the World Cup opener against Sou...
June 2, 2026 11:05 AM
FIFA is ramping up efforts to close one of sport's most persistent blind spots - the lack of research on female athletes - with a new global education programme designed to better equip women's football from grassroots to elite level. The global gov...
April 29, 2026 7:51 PM
The White House has hit back at critics of Donald Trump being awarded the FIFA Peace Prize, saying there is none more deserving than the U.S. president. Global soccer governing body FIFA gave Trump the inaugural award at the World Cup draw in Decemb...
April 28, 2026 12:08 PM
FIFA should press the U.S. government to establish an "ICE Truce" for this year's World Cup, including a public guarantee from federal authorities to refrain from immigration enforcement operations at games and venues, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said i...
April 27, 2026 3:44 PM
FIFA is in discussions with national associations to increase prize money for all 48 teams participating in the 2026 World Cup, soccer's global governing body said on Sunday. The proposal must be approved at Tuesday's FIFA Council meeting being held...
December 12, 2025 10:36 AM
Football Supporters Europe (FSE) has called on FIFA to immediately halt sales of national team allocations for next year's World Cup, accusing football's governing body of imposing "incomprehensible" ticket prices that risk shutting ordinary fans out...
December 2, 2025 12:49 PM
US President Donald Trump will attend the draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup at the Kennedy Center on Friday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said during a briefing. The United States will co-host the 2026 tournament with Canada and Mexic...
November 16, 2025 3:17 PM
FIFA said on Sunday it had stepped up efforts to tackle online abuse directed at players and officials, reporting a surge in harmful content and referring more offenders to police. Marking the International Day for Tolerance, FIFA said its Social Me...
November 6, 2025 12:28 PM
FIFA announced a new annual award called the FIFA Peace Prize which will be given to its first winner during the 2026 World Cup finals draw in Washington D.C. next month, world soccer's governing body said on Wednesday. Dubbed the "FIFA Peace Prize ...
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