2026 World Cup faces empty seats. It’s not a new problem

Organizers have for years struggled to sell out stadiums for soccer's biggest competition.

FIFA booked tens of thousands of KC hotel rooms for World Cup, then canceled 75%

The global soccer organization was also able to drop most of those rooms without paying a cancellation fee, a perk that is ...

World Cup Commerce Will Play Out In An Era Of Protectionism

The 2026 World Cup arrives in a trade environment no one anticipated when the bid was filed. What that means for brands, ...
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FIFA faces empty seats as 180,000 World Cup tickets flood resale market

World Cup 2026 tickets flood FIFA's resale market as steep fees and weak demand send prices tumbling 20% before kickoff.

Hosting the World Cup makes US 'really ripe' for diseases, experts worry

The U.S. retreat from the world's public health stage amid disease outbreak has some experts concerned about infectious ...

Oak Cliff students to escort World Cup players onto FIFA field

For many students at Oak Cliff’s Puede Network, soccer is more than a game…it’s now a pathway to one of the world’s biggest ...

A Yearslong Effort to Woo Trump Culminates With the World Cup

Gianni Infantino, the FIFA president, has unabashedly courted the president’s favor. Soccer officials privately ask, who ...
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World Cup 2026: Trump and Infantino, a bromance scrutinised and criticised

FIFA President Gianni Infantino poke with reporters during a rare question-and-answer session on the eve of the opening match ...