Tootfinder

Sources: Kalshi agreed to pay $20M to sponsor the World Cup knockouts, after initially balking at FIFA's $150M asking price, alongside ADI Predictstreet (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-30/kalsh…

JJ Watt on Burnley, kit design and the World Cup: 'This is a passion project' https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7472435/2026/07/31/jj-watt-burnley-world-cup-kit-hayen/

European countries have agreed to boycott all Fifa competitions if Gianni Infantino pushes forward with his proposals to sell chunks of the World Cup to US-based private investment.
In an extraordinary development all 55 Uefa members resolved not to participate in future World Cups or other Fifa-run events,
saying in a statement that they “unanimously and unequivocally reject” the proposals.
An emergency meeting that lasted just short of two hours ended with a united front …

Uefa agrees to boycott Fifa competitions if World Cup sell-off plans proceed
Uefa nations have agreed to boycott all Fifa tournaments if the global governing body continues with its plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup

The US DOJ seizes nearly 400 domains for illegally streaming 2026 FIFA World Cup matches; last week, ACE, UEFA, and more shut down 44 domains linked to PirloTV (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

US seizes hundreds of FIFA World Cup illegal streaming domains
The U.S. Justice Department's Criminal Division has seized nearly 400 web domains used for illegally streaming matches at the FIFA World Cup.

FIFA’s #Infantino betrays World Cup and bribes soccer bodies with 30 pieces of silver
"“Football’s future cannot be dictated by the expectations of those whose first duty is to maximize financial return ... [It] cannot mortgage its future for financial gain.” This is how UEFA, the governing body for the sport in Europe, reacted to FIFA’s plans to sell off the World Cup to private i…

FIFA’s Infantino betrays World Cup and bribes soccer bodies with 30 pieces of silver
All 55 UEFA members on Thursday unanimously agreed to boycott FIFA competitions in response to plans to sell off the tournament to private investors

Ben Jennings on plans to allow private investors to buy stakes in the World Cup
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/jul/29/ben-jennings-gianni-infantino-donald-trumps…

Ben Jennings on plans to allow private investors to buy stakes in the World Cup – cartoon
Fifa has announced plans to sell the commercial rights to its tournaments, including the World Cup

Ben Jennings on plans to allow private investors to buy stakes in the World Cup
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/jul/29/ben-jennings-gianni-infantino-donald-trumps…

Ben Jennings on plans to allow private investors to buy stakes in the World Cup – cartoon
Fifa has announced plans to sell the commercial rights to its tournaments, including the World Cup

DR Congo is playing well against England in the World Cup and commentator questions if they can keep that up the whole time because they are just 46th place in the world ranking or whatever.
DR Congo has ~1.5x the population of Great Britain. These guys are their best professional soccer players and they are giving their best for their country.
Respect African soccer! This fucking colonizer mindset is so exhausting and backwards.

As extreme heat shapes the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Greenly, the global carbon accounting platform, has analyzed the carbon footprint of the cooling measures used to keep stadiums playable.
Key findings:
Air conditioning across the tournament's five indoor stadiums over the six-week competition is estimated to generate between 6,000 and 9,000 tonnes of CO₂ (central estimate: 7,400 tonnes).
This is equivalent to 40% of the emissions from the flights taken by all 48 participat…

Due to Thursday’s extreme heat forecast and the resources required to safely manage large crowds at fan marches, Toronto Stadium and FIFA Fan Festival™ Toronto, all FIFA World Cup 2026™ match broadcasts at Nathan Phillips Square have been cancelled for Thursday, July 2.
#toronto

Well, nothing says “freedom“ like a citywide curfew on July 3rd
FFS
https://brockton.ma.us/news/curfew/

Mayor Moises Rodrigues Issues a Proclamation Declaring a Temporary Public Safety Curfew - City of Brockton
WHEREAS, the City of Brockton is committed to protecting the lives, safety, and property of all residents, businesses, and visitors; and WHEREAS, recent World Cup celebrations have resulted in…

Democrats grapple uncomfortably with World Cup success (Adam Wren/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/25/world-cup-2026/democrats-grapple-world-cup-success-00977530
http://www.memeorandum.com/260625/p139#a260625p139

LeBron James biggest name to watch at start of NBA free agency; Paraguay stun Germany in World Cup

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lebron-

Amazon schedules Prime Day for June 23 to June 26, shifting the four-day sales event from its traditional July slot to avoid conflicts with the FIFA World Cup (Arriana McLymore/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-co

Die UB der Seton Hall University in den USA hat einen LibGuide für die Fußball-WM zusammengestellt: https://blogs.shu.edu/libraries/2026/06/world-cup-soccer-championship-library-guide/

World Cup games at Cowboys' stadium have something Dallas NFL games don't https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/worldcup/2026/06/25/att-stadium-dallas-cowboys-world-cup-curtains/90699559007/

The multimillion dollar question...
FIFA World Cup crisis: Who could replace Infantino as president? | World Cup News | Al Jazeera
#FIFA #Infantino

t isn’t just football fans and Uefa executives who want to give Gianni Infantino the red card
for his plan to sell off 20% of the World Cup to a privately backed commercial enterprise.
The Fifa president is also in the crosshairs of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee in Washington and ranking Democrat member Jamie Raskin.
The reason?
Infantino’s plan,
which is backed by Joshua Kushner’s investment fund,
has, for some observers, president Tr…

Fifa’s sale of the century: how Kushners and Trump are at centre of a tangled web
Joshua Kushner is now the kingpin in driving the sale of the World Cup to investors and family ties are tight around the project

„FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition“ ist ein einziges Trauerspiel
Die FIFA ist zurück auf der Videospielbühne und liefert mit „FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition“ ein historisches Debakel ab: Passt perfekt, meint Josef Erl.

„FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition“ ist ein einziges Trauerspiel
Die FIFA ist zurück auf der Videospielbühne und liefert mit „FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition“ ein historisches Debakel ab: Passt perfekt, meint Josef Erl.

The Marlboro Best Western Hotel's parking lot didn't look so desolate when it was packed with World Cup fans the night before
#photo #photography #buildings

"Renewables met 68% of Brazil’s electricity demand during FIFA World Cup"
#Brazil #Energy #Renewables

Renewables met 68% of Brazil's electricity demand during FIFA World Cup - pv magazine Global
Brazil's power system handled record World Cup demand swings without supply disruptions, with renewable energy sources providing 86% of electricity generation during the tournament. Advance planning and enhanced grid monitoring enabled the operator to manage rapid load increases of up to 12.8 GW following matches.

Donald Trump fought to prevent USMNT's first Bay Area World Cup goal
https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/trump-usmnt-goal-folarin-balogun-22329566.php

Donald Trump fought to prevent USMNT's first Bay Area World Cup goal
https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/trump-usmnt-goal-folarin-balogun-22329566.php

Three people die in mass fan celebrations in Mexico City after World Cup victory... the three died from suffocation.
Smothered to death by mass hysteria
#mexico #worldcup2026 🇲🇽

FIFA scraps deal to sell World Cup stakes to investors : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/31/nx-s1-5915820/fifa-world-cup-gianni-infantino

@… Vai! Vai! Vai! Hopefully we'll meet at some point in this world cup!

World Cup (planet-sized genital protection device for sporting)

Corrupt narcissist DonaldTrump is slated to hand out the gold trophy
at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey
after the final World Cup match concludes.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/28/world-cup-2026/the-world-cups-final-…

GER and NED being knocked out so early, makes me think that maybe anything can happen in the World Cup now.

The World Cup in Las Vegas: Pool parties, star-spangled dungarees and 480 cans of Tennent's https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7382026/2026/06/22/world-cup-las-vegas/

The World Cup is breaking streaming records, including a 12M-viewer high for Brazil's CazéTV on YouTube and Telemundo's 6.1M viewers for Mexico vs. South Korea (Janko Roettgers/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/column/956756/world-cup-streaming

How the World Cup became a US streaming success story
Qatar’s hot summer and Venu’s failed launch contributed to better streaming options for US soccer fans. 

„It was a great game. A great game. Unfortunately the USA didn‘t win. I would have played, but they wouldn’t let me. We would have won, you know. I‘m that good, you know.“
https://universeodon.com/@memeorandum/116801473108821467

Trump will present the World Cup trophy. It could be VERY awkward (Zachary B. Wolf/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/25/politics/trump-present-world-cup-trophy
http://www.memeorandum.com/260626/p92#a260626p92

The US DOJ seizes nearly 400 domains for illegally streaming 2026 FIFA World Cup matches; last week, ACE, UEFA, and more shut down 44 domains linked to PirloTV (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

...in a country where more than 10 million people, about 20% of the population, were born abroad.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/20/world-cup-spain-feels-different-final-argentina-football

Vamos España? Why this World Cup victory for Spain feels so different from the others
The success belongs to many more people around the world from Gaza to Latin America – even if the collegiate spirit of the team has yet to be mirrored in our public life, says journalist María Ramírez

From Private Eye:
TO the surprise of the entire world, Iran's football team has over-performed in the World Cup, with two impressive draws against much stronger teams.
Iran's defence has proved steadfast and has impressed with their counter-attacks and in the air. Pundits have been baffled at their resilience against a barrage of shots at their goal.
Fox pundit Pete Hegseth said, "How could we have possibly predicted that this is how they would respond to repea…

World Cup Daily | The 90 Podcast
From unforgettable moments, match highlights, emerging stars, VAR technology, FIFA politics, major controversies and the stories shaping the tournament, The 90 brings you the key talking points from the FIFA World Cup 2026™ every day...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.

> Subject line: "FIFA - FAP - CONFIRMATION". Yes, FIFA's Agent Platform is officially called FAP. I cannot make this up. FAP CONFIRMATION. Moving on.
https://bobdahacker.com/blog/fifa-hack

From World Cup star to the NFL? Plus: Why Brendan Sorsby's waiting https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7395439/2026/06/25/from-world-cup-star-to-the-nfl-plus-why-brendan-sorsbys-waiting/

Trump doesn't like people from Somalia... The US is showing it's racism to the world during the FIFA WorldCup
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260608-somali-referee-denied-entry-to-us-for-world-cup-official

Somali referee denied entry to US for World Cup: official
Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan, set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup finals, was denied entry to the United States, a sports ministry official told AFP on Monday.

Mailbag: Bringing World Cup Passion to NFL? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-bringing-world-cup-passion-to-nfl

"Two World Cup matches were played in ‘severe heat’, analysis finds"
#Footballs #Sports #Heatwave

Antenna: the 2026 World Cup drove 2.8M subscriptions to Fox One in June, including 400K on June 11, eclipsing the 1.1M sign-ups during January's NFL playoffs (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/07/world-cup-million-sign-ups-fo…

World Cup Spurred 2.8 Million Sign-Ups To Fox One Streamer, June Data Reveals
The World Cup is credited with spurring 2.8 million new sign-ups to streaming outlet Fox One in June, according to research firm Antenna.

Iran and Egypt avoid talking about World Cup 'Pride Match' in Seattle (Andrew Destin/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-seattle-iran-egypt-gay-pride-lgbtq-c8243854034c3500b0a5663cb174f101
http://www.memeorandum.com/260626/p48#a260626p48

This top scorer at the world cup statistic is bollocks. Look how many games it took them to be at the top.
Just Fontaine did 13 goals in *one* world cup. He’s the true GOAT in that category! There’s no competition here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_Wo…

European nations agreed Thursday to boycott the World Cup and all other #FIFA competitions to protest Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in soccer’s biggest tournament to private equity investors. The North American soccer body rejected his plan later the same day.
Sod off you wanker #infantino

USMNT turn page to World Cup knockout round; LaMelo Ball trade grades; Prisco's Top 100 NFL players

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/usmnt-world-cup-lamelo-ba…

„FIFA World Cup“: Erstes FIFA-Spiel nach EA-Aus kommt von Netflix
Das erste FIFA-Spiel seit dem Bruch mit EA heißt „FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition“ und läuft auf Netflix. FIFA-Präsident Infantino schwärmt in höchsten Tönen.

„FIFA World Cup“: Erstes FIFA-Spiel nach EA-Aus kommt von Netflix
Das erste FIFA-Spiel seit dem Bruch mit EA heißt „FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition“ und läuft auf Netflix. FIFA-Präsident Infantino schwärmt in höchsten Tönen.

Mailbag: Bringing World Cup Passion to NFL? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-bringing-world-cup-passion-to-nfl

"World Cup stadiums were ‘built for yesterday’s climate’. Should the games be moved?"
#Sports #WorldCup #Climate

Should FIFA consider rescheduling the World Cup amid extreme heat?
Experts have called on World Cup stadium owners to retrofit their buildings to better deal with blistering temperatures.

TelevisaUnivision reports Q2 revenue up 10% to $1.3B due to FIFA rights in Mexico, US ad revenue down 29% to $323.3M, subscription and licensing up 40% to $621M (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/07/world-cup-televisaunivision…

World Cup Q2 Split At TelevisaUnivision; Mexico Results Boom But U.S. Sees 29% Ad Sales Drop
TelevisaUnivision's second quarter was shaped by the World Cup, which boosted Mexico but hurt the U.S. due to rival Telemundo controlling the rights.

Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry
“I had the right papers and everything,” Omar Abdulkadir Artan said in his first interview since he was turned back. He would have been the first Somali to referee a game in the tournament.

Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry
“I had the right papers and everything,” Omar Abdulkadir Artan said in his first interview since he was turned back. He would have been the first Somali to referee a game in the tournament.

Kalshi and Polymarket bets on the FIFA World Cup final top $5.69B; Dune Analytics says total wagers on the platforms surpassed $50B for the first time in June (Lauren McCarthy/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/business/world-cup-kalshi-polymarket…

World Cup Final Drives Billions in Bets on Kalshi and Polymarket
The soccer tournament has helped propel the prediction markets to new user records, creating what may be the largest gambling event in history.

FIFA clashes with Iran, Egypt over rainbow symbols at World Cup Pride Match (Adam Crafton/The Athletic)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7391986/2026/06/24/world-cup-pride-match-seattle-flags/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260626/p45#a260626p45

Raiders owner prioritizes grass at Allegiant Stadium amid World Cup turf wars https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-owner-prioritizes-grass-at-allegiant-stadium-amid-world-cup-turf-wars-3852079/

Claudia Sheinbaum is handling out medals at the World Cup final,
next to the fat pedophile
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/claudia-sheinbaum-trump-carney-world-cup-final/

Mexican president to attend World Cup final at Trump's invitation amid trade tensions
It will be the first meeting between President Trump and Sheinbaum since December after months of verbal sparring. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is also expected to attend.

George Kittle says World Cup shows NFL teams could play on grass fields if owners 'really gave a s--t'

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/george-kittle-world-cup-nfl-grass-fields/…

Sources: Netflix is paying $200M for US and Canadian rights to the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, making it one of the biggest media deals for women's sports (Vanessa Perdomo/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Gianni Infantino says Trump will be at the World Cup final to present trophy to winners (Graig Graziosi/The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fifa-president-trump-world-cup-finals-b3001390.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260623/p107#a260623p107

Harry Kane to the NFL? Cowboys' Brandon Aubrey says England World Cup star has the talent'

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/world-cup-england-harry-kane-nfl/

Alvarez’s 112th-minute goal helps lift Argentina past Switzerland 3-1 and into World Cup semifinals
https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-argentina-switzerland-score-d47ccb4ac5b3af67eca1f82228155174

Argentina and Switzerland head to extra time tied at 1-1 in World Cup
Argentina and Switzerland headed to extra time with their World Cup quarterfinal tied at 1-1, though the Swiss were playing a man short after losing Breel Embolo a red card late in the second half. Alexis Mac Allister scored in the 10th minute off a corner kick from Lionel Messi for the reigning champion. Dan Ndoye equalized for Switzerland in the second half, keeping alive its hopes of finally making a World Cup semifinal. The winner will play England on Wednesday in Atlanta. The Swiss had jus…

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup begins, there is still no clear replacement for "Sports Twitter", which was a perfect second-screen experience during live events (Andrew Webster/The Verge)

With the World Cup looming, there’s still no clear replacement for sports Twitter
The FIFA World Cup 2026 is about to kick-off, but social networks like X, Threads, and Bluesky aren’t the same as Twitter at its peak.

Lawmakers Join the World Cup Bandwagon (Igor Bobic/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/us-news/lawmakers-join-the-world-cup-bandwagon
http://www.memeorandum.com/260701/p29#a260701p29

Nielsen: the World Cup final drew 38.9M viewers on Fox, and 22M on Telemundo; taken together, the US audience size rivaled that of NFL playoff games (Dan Shanoff/The Athletic)
htt…

World Cup final smashes U.S. TV records on both Fox and Telemundo
Spain's Cup-winning triumph over Argentina drew 38.9 million viewers on Fox and 22 million more on Telemundo.

Grizzlies, Jazz, Wizards among NBA Draft winners; USMNT to close World Cup group play vs. Türkiye

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/grizzlies-jazz-wizards-nba-draft-usmnt-w…

Markwayne Mullin's celebration of Iran's World Cup exit is worse than poor sportsmanship (Zeeshan Aleem/MS NOW)
https://www.ms.now/opinion/markwayne-mullin-iran-happy-dance-world-cup
http://www.memeorandum.com/260702/p31#a260702p31

Mullin says he 'did a happy dance' after Iran's World Cup exit (Sophia Cai/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/30/mullin-says-he-did-a-happy-dance-after-irans-world-cup-exit-00982171
http://www.memeorandum.com/260630/p118#a260630p118

Harry Kane is the World Cup star with a Tom Brady obsession and a dream of playing in the NFL https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7377554/2026/06/23/harry-kane-tom-brady-nfl-world-cup/

USA Today is using AI-assisted, pre-written soccer World Cup "shell files" for breaking news to capture traffic before Google's AI Overviews generate summaries (Sara Guaglione/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/media/how-usa-today-co-is-tr…

How USA Today Co. is trying to beat AI Overviews on World Cup news
USA Today Co. is using AI tools to beat AI Overviews in the race for World Cup search traffic around breaking news.

Two dozen Americans have flown to the moon,
116 have sat on the Supreme Court,
25 have run a mile in under 3:51
and 76 have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry
More men have been elected president of the United States than have played for the U.S. in a World Cup game on home soil.
It is among the rarest of achievements in a country that has achieved so much.

U.S. vs. Paraguay World Cup live updates, start time and how to watch
The United States looks to open its World Cup slate with a win on home soil over Paraguay at SoFi Stadium on Friday at 6 p.m. PDT (Fox, Telemundo).

OpenAI has struck a partnership with Kalshi to show World Cup prediction market data in ChatGPT search results, its first deal with a prediction market (Mike Isaac/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/technology/kalshi-openai-chatgpt-worl…

OpenAI Is Showing Kalshi’s World Cup Odds in ChatGPT
The partnership, a first of its kind for the artificial intelligence company, will use the prediction market’s data to power some search results about the soccer tournament.

Trump to meet with travel industry CEOs as White House touts World Cup tourism boost (Luke Fountain/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/02/trump-travel-industry-world-cup-tourism-airlines-hotels.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260902/p60#a260902p60

UK culture secretary Lisa Nandy urges a deal to put some Rugby League World Cup games on free-to-air TV after Premier Sports acquired exclusive streaming rights (Aaron Bower/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/18…

Lisa Nandy urges deal to keep Rugby League World Cup on free-to-air TV
The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has spoken out after it emerged that this year’s Rugby League World Cup will not be shown on the BBC

Cubs enter Tarik Skubal sweepstakes ahead of MLB trade deadline; top 100 NFL players of all time

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/cubs-tarik-skubal-mlb-trade-deadline-top-…

Polymarket says its annualized revenue is now $1B ; Dune Analytics: daily volume on Polymarket's US platform rose from ~$50M in mid-May to $200M by June 20 (Davis Giangiulio/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/26/polymarket-annualized-revenue-1-b…

Polymarket annualized revenue surpasses $1 billion six weeks after its U.S. exchange launch
World Cup trading and the end of its U.S. waitlist are driving rapid growth for Polymarket's prediction market platform.

Mexico takes on England in a World Cup round-of-16 match in Mexico City at 5 p.m. PDT (Fox, Telemundo).
https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/live/mexico-england-world-cup-start-time-watch-results-highlights-news

Mexico vs. England in World Cup: Start time, how to watch and analysis
Follow along for live updates and highlights as Mexico takes on England in a World Cup round-of-16 match in Mexico City at 5 p.m. PDT (Fox, Telemundo).

Wyndham Clark wins second U.S. Open; NBA Draft a day away; will USMNT hold up in World Cup?

https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/wyndham-clark…

Donald Trump to present World Cup trophy at final, FIFA boss Gianni Infantino confirms (Mark Ogden/ESPN)
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49154827/donald-trump-present-world-cup-trophy-final-fifa-boss-gianni-infantino-confirms
http://www.memeorandum.com/260623/p123#a260623p123

Alex Freeman, son of ex-Packers WR Antonio Freeman, scores in USA's World Cup win over Australia https://www.nfl.com/news/alex-freeman-son-of-ex-packers-wr-antonio-freeman-scores-in-usa-s-world-cup-win-over-australia

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup begins, there is still no clear replacement for "Sports Twitter", which was a perfect second-screen experience during live events (Andrew Webster/The Verge)

With the World Cup looming, there’s still no clear replacement for sports Twitter
The FIFA World Cup 2026 is about to kick-off, but social networks like X, Threads, and Bluesky aren’t the same as Twitter at its peak.

A festive atmosphere in Baja California Sur turned tragic after a tourism worker, Roberto Arellano Acevedo, died from severe injuries inflicted by an angry mob during chaotic street celebrations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The tourism worker died after being lynched in Cabo San Lucas during the 2026 World Cup festivities,
where he ran over nearly 20 people.

Roberto Arellano died after being lynched for running over a crowd in Cabo during the 2026 World Cup celebrations
The tourism worker died after being lynched in Cabo San Lucas during the 2026 World Cup festivities, where he ran over nearly 20 people. CABO SAN LUCAS —

Spanish-language Telemundo captured 49% of the World Cup audience in the US through the first 48 matches, including viewers whose primary language is English (Nick Robins-Early/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/17/telemu…

Goooool v goal: English speakers flock to Telemundo for lively World Cup coverage
The Spanish-language broadcaster has won over millions of US viewers with its energetic commentary during games

I think you just have to watch the game and then you’ll know what I mean by "Messi things".
He can decide the game on his own, as we saw today.
Messi did indeed decide the game on his own on Tuesday, scoring a trio of clinically taken goals to bury Algeria and push Argentina to the brink of the knockout round.
He did so 20 years to the day after scoring his first World Cup goal for Argentina.
It feels sometimes like Messi is ageless, but rolling the tape on …

Trump's World Cup czar calls early entry for Iran team a 'goodwill gesture' (Sophia Cai/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/14/world-cup-2026/iran-fifa-world-cup-entry-united-states-00961750
http://www.memeorandum.com/260615/p50#a260615p50

How USMNT can clinch Group D in World Cup; Wyndham Clark builds huge U.S. Open lead

https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/usmnt-clinch-group-world-cup-wyndham-clark-us-open/…

Fox Sports hires TikTok influencers Austin Franklin and Kevin Akoto at $50K each to watch all 104 FIFA World Cup matches from inside a Times Square cube (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)
https://thedesk.net/2026/06/fox-one-world-cup-watchers-austin-kevin-tiktok/…

Fox One hires TikTok influencers to serve as World Cup "watchers"
June 9, 2026 - The pair will be paid $50,000 each to live in a "cube" for a month in Times Square while watching all 104 matches from the FIFA World Cup and posting their reactions to the games online.

NFL stars push to ditch artificial turf after World Cup proves natural grass is feasible

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-natural-grass-artificial-turf-world-cup-play…

The French aristocrat and the all-American idiot: Henry v Lalas is the World Cup's most compelling battle (Aaron Timms/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jun/21/thierry-henry-alexi-lalas-fox-world-cup
http://www.memeorandum.com/260621/p33#a260621p33

An NFL guide to dealing with the World Cup final’s extended halftime show https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7447458/2026/07/17/world-cup-final-2026-halftime-show-delay-super-bowl-nfl/

Asian broadcasters pushed back against soaring 2026 FIFA World Cup rights fees; FIFA made major concessions in China and India due to unfavorable match times (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/sports/world-cup-tests-asia-s-app…

World Cup tests Asia's appetite for costly broadcast rights
Overnight kickoffs, new viewing habits, streaming's rise complicate FIFA revenue push

What happens when President Trump attends major sports events - and why he does it https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6659006/2026/07/19/trump-major-sporting-events-ryder-cup-nfl-fifa-world-cup/

Meet Mark Fratto, the World Cup final PA announcer: 'I’m in the candy aisle of life' https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7446743/2026/07/18/mark-fratto-world-cup-final-announcer/

World Cup goals, 800m landmarks and Tour de France wins: Famous records that may soon be broken https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7397142/2026/06/26/famous-sporting-records-may-be-broken/

Why is food and drink for World Cup fans so much cheaper in Atlanta? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7361873/2026/06/15/world-cup-food-and-drink-prices-atlanta/

Chiefs are Argentina, Cowboys are USMNT: The World Cup equivalents for eight NFL teams

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Why is food and drink for World Cup fans so much cheaper in Atlanta? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7361873/2026/06/15/why-is-food-and-drink-for-world-cup-fans-so-much-cheaper-in-atlanta/

Even at the house Jerry Jones built, Dallas Cowboys owner makes way for FIFA and its World Cup VVIPs https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7443855/2026/07/14/world-cup-dallas-stadium-jerry-jones-owner-suite-fifa/

As Alex Freeman emerges for the USMNT, his Super Bowl-winning dad is a joyous wreck https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7384514/2026/06/23/antonio-super-bowl-alex-freeman-usmnt-world-cup/

NFL players advocate for natural grass playing surfaces after World Cup: 'Worth the cost' https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7452393/2026/07/17/nfl-natural-grass-stadiums-world-cup-nflpa/