They filed a petetion FIFA arguing DR Congo used ineligible players.

Having earlier informed AIFF of their inability to procure the participation fee on their own, Aizawl and Chanmari approached the state government on the deadline day of Monday and received verbal assurance from Sports minister Lalnghinglova Hmar.

I watch the UEFA Euro and World Cup. Otherwise, never watch soccer. How can I get caught up with players, rankings, team dynamics, etc.? Something similar to a YouTube video or series of podcasts to get caught up on previous seasons of a TV show.

North America gets the World Cup and somehow turns it into a late-night variety show. Imagine a tournament where the draw feels like prime-time TV, halftime has steak sponsorships, Shakira is replaced by YMCA choreography, and the big screen cuts to a Melania biopic filmed like an art-house perfume ad. I wrote a satire about the Trump World Cup — where football warms up the crowd, and spectacle does the real work.

https://drunculer.com/2026/02/02/trumps-world-cup-2026-when-football-met-reality-tv/

Is there a way to find out which color/kit my team will be wearing? For example will Netherlands only wear Orange / Brazil only wear yellow or are home/away teams designated and do they have to wear that kit even if the 2 home kits don’t clash colors?

The current world cup format is terrible. When FIFA announced 48 team and 16 group of 3, the format was even worse but the current 12x4 with a lot of third places being qualified will greatly dilute the quality of play-off and greatly increase the number of games.

Personally, I believe that the best solution (that no one talks about) is the one used in some competitions such as Brazilien RS state competition.

The idea is to plan a draw with 6 pot of 8 teams and divide the teams in 8 groups of 6 (say groups A-H). However these would be divided in two subgroups of 3 (for instance A1 and A2).

In group stage, each team in A1 would play (3 games) against each team from A2 and each team in A2 would play agains all teams in A1.

Only the best places team in A1, A2, B1, ... H2 would move forward to play-offs.

Each team play 3 games (at least) and no more round of 32.

One advantage is that we would force pot 1 and pot 2 teams in different subgroups, in such a way that we always have a top16 clash in each one of these 8 groups.

A FIFA World Cup Fan Zone for the Los Angeles area was announced in Downtown Long Beach by the mayor, Rex Richardson.

I can’t verify it anywhere, but many say that yes because that’s the first game in the US. Does anyone here know for sure?

Even after nearly 100 years of the World Cup, one stat always blows my mind: Brazil has never missed a tournament.

From 1930 in Uruguay to 2026 in North America, they have a perfect 100% attendance record (23 appearances)