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L.A.’s SoFi Stadium Among U.S. Venues Chosen To Host 2026 World Cup
FIFA, soccer’s governing body, said Thursday that Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium, the home of the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams and Chargers and host of this year’s Super Bowl, is among the 16 venues that will host the 2026 World Cup.
The 2026 quadrennial global soccer tournament will feature an expanded 48 teams for the first…
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Fox Sports Reveals Qatar World Cup Broadcast Schedule; U.S.-England Rematch Set For Black Friday
Fox Sports, which will broadcast the 2022 World Cup in the U.S., has set the schedule for the 64 matches it will carry between November 21 and December 18.
The quadrennial tournament is being held at the end of the year because its customary mid-summer berth would create unworkably hot conditions in the host nation of…
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By Dade Hayes
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US Men’s Soccer Team Qualifies for 2022 World Cup In Qatar
Despite losing 2-0 to Costa Rica, the US will be in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The draw for who they play will take place on Friday at noon ET on FS1 and Telemundo. The 32 teams that have qualified will be split into four brackets as determined by their FIFA World Rankings released March 31.
Host Qatar is in Group A…
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By Bruce Haring
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Russian Soccer Teams Banned From Play “Until Further Notice”, FIFA And UEFA Say
A day after World Cup organizers FIFA and European soccer body UEFA said they would allow the Russian national soccer team to participate in World Cup qualifying games, the organizations Monday reversed course and ruled that all Russian teams, “whether national representative teams or club teams,” are suspended from…
FIFA Will Allow Russia In World Cup Qualifiers, Despite Czech, Poland, Sweden Boycott Threats – Update
SECOND UPDATE: 3 PM PACIFIC: World Cup producers FIFA will allow the Russian national soccer team to participate in World Cup qualifying games, the organization said today.
The moves comes as Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic have declared they will not participate in any matches with Russia in the qualifying…
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By Bruce Haring
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IOC Urges Sports Boycott Of Russia; Russian Tennis Star’s On-Camera Protest; UEFA Champions League Final Moved From Russia; Russian Grand Prix Axed – Update
UPDATED, 8:45 AM: The International Olympic Committee weighed in Friday about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calling it a “breach of the Olympic Truce.”
“The IOC EB today urges all International Sports Federations to relocate or cancel their sports events currently planned in Russia or Belarus,” it said in a statement…
World Cup Partnership Expanded By Fox Sports And Twitter For 2022 & 2023
Ahead of the men’s World Cup in Qatar this fall and the women’s tournament next year in Australia and New Zealand, Fox Sports and Twitter are expanding their partnership.
Building on the companies’ team-ups in 2018 and 2019, the new agreement will deliver match highlights in “near real time” to Fox’s handles on…
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By Dade Hayes
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Pelé Hospitalized For Cancer Treatment In Brazil, Second Time This Year
Arguably the greatest soccer player of all time, Pelé, was admitted to Sao Paulo’s Hospital Albert Einstein on Wednesday according to his doctors. It is the second time in the past few months the three-time World Cup winner has been admitted for treatment on a tumor in his colon.
In September, doctors operated on the…
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By Tom Tapp
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“A Dangerous Ideology”: Former Egyptian Footballer Mohamed Aboutrika Delivers Homophobic Rant On BeIN Sports
A former Egyptian footballer has described homosexuality as being “against humanity” and a “dangerous ideology that is becoming nasty” during a rant on Qatari network beIN Sports.
Mohamed Aboutrika, who played 100 times for Egypt from 2001 to 2013, was responding to a question last weekend on the UK Premier League’s…
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By Max Goldbart
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Telemundo Deportes’ Canada Vs. Mexico World Cup Match Is Its Most-Watched Sporting Event In Two Years
Telemundo Deportes scored big with the Tuesday presentation of the CONCACAF FIFA World Cup qualifying match between Canada and Mexico.
The match delivered 2.1 million total viewers and 1 million adults 18-49 during its window, becoming Telemundo's most-watched sporting event since the 2019 Copa America Final Brazil…
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By Bruce Haring
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Fox Sports Unmasks Upfront Pitch For “Year Of The Fan”, Touting “Packed Stadiums”, NFL & Fall World Cup In 2022
Although it had been in the works for a while, today’s virtual upfront presentation by Fox Sports packed uncanny punch after Thursday’s big mask news.
The Centers for Disease Control dramatically shifted its guidance, saying those vaccinated against Covid-19 could ditch their masks in most situations. Fox’s 45-minute…
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By Dade Hayes
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Fortnite World Cup Has $30 Million In Cash Up For Grabs This Weekend
The Fortnite World Cup starts today, and the three-day tournament for gaming’s most popular attraction offers a prize pool of $30 million for its competitors.
Contrast that to the prize pool for the Super Bowl: the winning players get $118,000, while the losing team gets $59,000 (this is in addition to their regular…
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By Bruce Haring
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