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start of the World Cup, hotels at most of the cities hosting the tournament are facing a major problem: Bookings are running far below what they had expected. [ [Al Jazeera] Earlier this week, FIFA president Gianni Infantino defended [World Cup ticket prices](/sports/2026/4/23/why-are-fifa-world-cup-2026-tickets-so-expensive), insisting that football’s global governing body was obliged to take advantage of laws
2026? **With just a month to go until the biggest football tournament in the world begins, attention is turning not just to the teams and venues, but to the weather.** Heat, thunderstorms and even poor
starts. Playing primarily as a left winger, but sometimes also as an attacking midfielder or centre forward, Jasim found the net four times. After playing at the U-20 World Cup and the Paris Olympics
World Cup victory in 1986, had a history of cocaine and alcohol abuse. , the exciting 18-year-old Lille midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi, who has switched allegiances after representing France
starting the World Cup.” South Africa are in Group A and will face Czechia in Atlanta on June 18 and South Korea in Monterrey, Mexico, six days later. They are appearing in their fourth World
2026 FIFA World Cup Concacaf qualifier football match between El Salvador and Panama at the Cuscatlan Stadium in San Salvador on October 10, 2025. (Photo by Marvin RECINOS / AFP)](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/AFP__20251011__78EX9AA__v2__HighRes__FblWc2026ConcacafQualifierSlvPan-1774251131.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80) Panama forward Jose
2026 World Cup? Cape Verde – or Cabo Verde as they are known in Portuguese – [qualified](/sports/2025/10/14/cape-verde-clinches-historic-first-qualification-for-fifa-world-cup) directly after an excellent performance in the first round of CAF qualifying. They topped a difficult group, alongside Cameroon
2026. **José A. Alvarado Jr. for NPR** José A. Alvarado Jr. for NPR *The World Cup kicks off this week with* [*New York and New Jersey*](https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/usa/new-york-new-jersey) *among the 11 U.S. host regions
2026 FIFA World Cup will kick off,** drawing billions of viewers to the world's biggest sporting event. Mexico will compete against South Africa in the opening match in Mexico City. The lead
Cup races this winter in a remarkable comeback story.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4000x4000+1000+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F35%2F83%2Fce5b8d164775a1035bed25014626%2Fgettyimages-2256129431.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/02/03/nx-s1-5696376/lindsey-vonn-will-compete-olympics) ### [2026 Milan Cortina Olympics](https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-104526/2026-olympics) ### [Despite a 'ruptured' knee ligament, Lindsey Vonn says she will compete in the Olympics](https://www.npr.org
World Cup in America. Established stars such as Kevin de Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan, Jack Grealish and Ederson were allowed to leave in the summer and there were questions marks over the rebuild with a cohort
start in the best-of-seven series before their first home game of the finals on Monday. The New York side won two games on the road as French superstar Victor Wembanyama has failed
2026 in India? Experts say the kickoff times for the majority of the matches are the biggest concern for Indian broadcasters. With the tournament being staged in the United States, Canada and Mexico, many games
2026 World Cup squad due to hamstring injury Injured Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma has been left out of Japan’s [World Cup](/fifa-world-cup-2026/) squad in a major blow to their chances of progressing beyond