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So now all three CONCACAF North American 2026 World Cup co-hosts are completely gone and eliminated, each in as many days within each other. Unfortunate none of them are going deeper in the later rounds. Most disappointing out of the three is definitely the USA. I got a lot to say on what happened last night in Seattle versus Belgium. Not happy about them right now. They teased us with great play and learning how to dig deep when it comes to adversity as the most talented American World Cup team ever and with everything breaking right for them, but they couldn't deliver in the end what lots of us hoped for as a home team in the World Cup. Qualities like grit and determination, beauty and belief, passion and a buzzing, rising feeling that indelible moments that Americans, soccer fans, casual ones, or not, would forever cap them. Not ever calling for them to win it all (don't quite have the talent and depth for that). But I feared what Turkey dramatically did would come back to bite them when faced with a tougher European opponent in the knockout stage not named France. They were sloppy and couldn't adjust. Got dismantled in a comprehensive, deflating way when they fail to rise up to the next level of opponent by a team who possess physical and mental toughness and experience despite some aging. I would understand if this was against France or Spain. Ultimately this wasn't a success--and people WILL remember that last game. So much for the hopes and dreams displayed on that massive FOX promo. Still hope to talk more on this soon. Not as worried about Canada. Because Canada Soccer doesn't yet have the consistent kind of lengthy multiple World Cup pedigree that Mexico's FMF and US Soccer both have (it's only been now to three WCs and sporadically until 2022-2026), their goal was make it out of their group and win a knockout stage game or two for the first time in each case. Mission accomplished there. Canada really should've made more World Cup appearances between 1986-2022. Like especially 1994 (when the USA was the host) and possibly 1998-2010. Hopefully it will further build the team depth ther. Despite and even with the disappointment and shame, FOX's broadcast of the USA-Belgium's Round of 16 game did become the most-watched soccer game in US TV history ranging at 30-36.8 million viewers with the former being the average. The most-watched combined U.S. audience (with Telemundo) during the World Cup before Monday night was the Mexico-Ecuador game with 29.3 million viewers. More Americans watched those than last month's NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs averaged 20.6 million viewers on ABC and ESPN, according to Nielsen, which was the highest mark on that since 1998: https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49298623/usa-belgium-most-watched-soccer-game-american-history

This World Cup has been nothing short of a massive blockbuster TV ratings hit for both FOX and Telemundo with, not surprisingly, the USA and Mexico matches bringing in the most viewers. Matter of fact, last night's USA's gritty Round of 32 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina in Santa Clara on FOX became the most-watched English-language televised soccer game in US TV history at 24.43 million, overtaking the 2015 WWC USA-Japan final in Vancouver at 22.32 million also on FOX! Telemundo and Peacock drew an additional 9.1 million viewers for the Spanish-language telecast of the match. So the combined total of 33.53 million shatters the previous U.S. record for a soccer match of 26.7 million viewers for both the 2015 women’s final (Fox and Telemundo) and the 2014 men’s final between Germany and Argentina that was on ABC/ESPN and Univision. On Tuesday, Telemundo and Peacock set an all-time US Spanish-language record for Mexico’s 2-0 victory over Ecuador in Mexico City, averaging 18.9 million viewers — with more than half of that (9.7 million) coming from streaming. We can best be sure ratings and viewership will continue to grow as long as both the USA and Mexico (and Canada too on Canadian TV with Bell Media's English and French TV/streaming entites there): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/fox-all-time-us-soccer-ratings-high-world-cup-1236636277/ https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2026/06/world-cup-viewership-group-stage-fox-most-watched-telemundo/ Been listening some 2026 World Cup matches live on my hometown radio station 104.9 FM The Patriot, a conservative radio station I don't listen to (I'm progressive), and on KXOK 102.9 FM, which carries the Spanish coverage from the Futbol De Primera (First Division Soccer) coverage like Tuesday's Mexico-Ecuador and a bit of the USA-Bosnia one. Neither carries all the 104 games, of course. Both have other commitments on the dial, of course. Just ones with major interest on the terrestrial radio side. If I had an app and streaming, I'd certainly listen. For Futbol De Primera, there's no concern of showing the action because the commentators all are doing their thing inside a studio together at a table. IHeartRadio has its own studio panel from Seattle but uses the direct FOX TV team feed in calling the action but doesn't play the anthems like Futbol De Primera does. You can watch and listen the games on these URL links below. Watching the FOX Sports Always On live vid with the Futbol De Primera on YouTube as I write this: https://www.youtube.com/@fdpradio1226/streams https://www.youtube.com/@fdpradio1226 https://www.youtube.com/@fdpradio1226/videos TCS in El Salvador has its Canal 4 showing the 2026 World Cup games but not all of them with its streaming service TCS GO!. Based on the TCA Ahora website, Canal 4/TCS GO! has 23 group games starting with the first one, 4 round of 32 matches, both semifinals, and the final (number of Round of 16 and quarterfinal matches Canal 4 plans to air aren't known right now): https://www.tcsahora.com/copa-mundial-fifa-2026/ Cook Islands' Vaka TV got some 2026 World Cup action as the biggest soccer event is going on and showed on either Vaka TV Channel 2 or Channel 3 there with the Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) sponsoring the broadcast: https://www.vakatv.com/rugby-netball-soccer/ https://www.cookislandsfootball.com/cifa-sponsors-live-fifa-world-cup-2026-coverage-on-vaka-tv/ With Uzbekistan having just seen their beloved White Wolves made their World Cup debut getting eliminated in group play and headed home, UZBEKS see all the games on its two Uzbek sports channels, its specific soccer channel Futboll and its regular sports channel Sport. Majority of the 104 matches are on Futboll with 13 of them on Sport, particularly on the final group stage round of matches. Funny how the Uzbekistan White Wolves matches are referred as the Businessmen in The Field: https://jch.mtrk.my/natijalar

Der Nationalmannschaft, you can now rightfully take your shameful place with those idiotic Americans from 2023 in the Permanent Hall of World Cup Shame. Yes, you advanced out of your group this time but you should've scored in full time. Like with those clowns, people WILL attack and rightfully blast you in the German sports media--and it will leave behind a (very negative) legacy. Questions and recriminations and accountabilities abound. Tah, Havertz, and Woltemade are all going to be blamed for sure, yet I feel the Tah goal should've went in well beforehand so what happened later wouldn't have happened. Neuer's legacy will be called into question and scrutiny. Nagelmann will be criticized. Germany was better than this--allegedly. You know what else is sad for Germany with its pedigree? They used to be so good when it came to penalties to the point of a lengthy streak in years past. But they blew it in the end this time. Everyone there, like with those no-good 2023 fools, should be ashamed of themselves and haunted for the rest of their lives for this.

So the other day I visited the Spanish version of Wikipedia's 2026 FIFA World Cup Broadcasting Rights List and noticed it contained a radio list along with the TV and streaming rights. The only other language that does this is the Portuguese version. Not even the English answer to them doesn't do it but should. Man, there's a lot of radio stations in multiple Latin American nations that are involved in carrying the 2026 FIFA World Cup action: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Derechos_de_transmisión_de_la_Copa_Mundial_de_Fútbol_de_2026 https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_transmissoras_da_Copa_do_Mundo_FIFA_de_2026 For example, RDP África is one of the official radio stations broadcasting the 2026 World Cup games throughout Sub-Saharan Africa in the Portuguese language. Live broadcast can be followed and listened completely free of charge via the internet, ensuring coverage of the football matches anywhere through RDP África live, access the following online channels like using the RTP Africa Live stream on RTP Play to listen to the official broadcast in audio directly in your browser. The 2026 FIFA World Cup broadcast is also available through RDP África on myTuner Radio or via the RTP Africa page on TuneIn. Some examples include 89.2 RDP Africa Radio in Maputo, Mozambique and RDP África in Lisbon on 101.5 FM. The Bermuda Broadcasting Company, the other BBC, has two of its TV stations, both of them happen to be American TV networks, showing all 104 games live between the two channels: ZFB Channel 7 (ABC) and ZBM Channel 9 (CBS). Both based in Hamilton and start times on the Atlantic time zone, one hour ahead of US/Canada Eastern time. All 104 2026 FIFA World Cup matches are shown live and on HD throughout the Pacific Islands through Digicel TV Pacific and SKY Pacific on TVWAN Sports with TVWAN Sports 2 coming in only for the 3rd and final group stage round: https://www.digicelpacific.com/tv/fj/fiji-fifa-2026 LiveMode TV, the new 100% owners and operators of the successful CazeTV at its YouTube Channel, decided to launch it over in Portugal and with that, this means the 2026 FIFA World Cup will also be broadcasted and transmitted there as well as CazeTV's native Brazil, showing 36 (now since went up to 104) games under a similar formula like in Brazil. It's intended to have strong connections with social media and content creators, a young and authentic language, and football personalities within its cast, in addition to the arrival of specialized commentators for analysis topics within the programming: https://www.lance.com.br/lance-negocios/dona-da-cazetv-lanca-canal-em-portugal-e-tera-direitos-de-transmissao-da-copa-do-mundo.html Now covering the action at the Casa CazeTV as a meeting place with 5000 people daily to visit and gather in Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro with reaching an agreement with Mercado Livre to sponsor the initiative with activations and interaction with fans: https://www.lance.com.br/lance-negocios/cazetv-anuncia-primeiro-patrocinador-para-projeto-da-copa-do-mundo-de-2026.html Sports Video Group visits NRK in Oslo over its 2026 FIFA World Cup coverage plans that includes a revamped NRK Sports' Oslo studio starting with the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and is using inhouse-developed graphics system Nora, with Pixotope as a tracking system and Unreal Engine to design the graphics, for the FIFA World Cup 2026. Optimism bounds with hopes of its numbers being better than the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and setting new ones with exciting world-class players like Erling Haaland. For NRK, there's World Cups with Norway and World Cups without. This World Cup is covered extensively on many of NRK’s platforms throughout the championship. In addition to studio broadcasts of the evening matches, the World Cup will feature on all of NRK’s broadcast platforms around the clock. Highlights from all World Cup matches will be available on NRK.no and on NRK TV--going out on our linear channels, on our app NRK.tv, and making a comeback on Instagram, and on all major social media with TikTok and Facebook as well, "and because FIFA also has cooperation with YouTube, we are doing highlights and so on YouTube.” NRK will broadcast 51 matches, which is its share of the split between itself and TV 2. This includes Norway’s group stage matches against Senegal (June 23) and France (June 26), a possible round of 16 involving Norway, the bronze medal match and the final. Ingerid Stenvold and Eirik Fure are presenters in NRK’s studio from Marienlyst in Oslo. They will be joined by experts including John Carew, Eirik Horneland, Magnus Wolff Eikrem, Andrine Stolsmo Hegerberg, Tete Lidbom and Aleksander Schau. Meanwhile, Christian Nilssen, Kasper Wikestad, Nora Johnsen – the first woman in Norway to ever commentate on a men’s World Cup – and Patrick Sten Rowlands will comment on NRK’s TV matches. Carl-Erik Torp, Kristoffer Løkberg, Jonas Grønner, Bengt Eriksen and Vegard Leikvoll Moberg will be expert commentators. On expected viewing figures, NRK’s Sommerseth and Martin Leinaas, production manager for NRK’s onsite and off site coverage as well as onsite team leader, are hoping for massive numbers, higher even that for the Winter Olympics which includes the Nordic sports that Norwegians love. Adds Leinaas: “Especially Norway versus France [playing on 26 June], which will be primetime here in Norway, a nine o’clock match. The highest viewed match [of any World Cup] was Norway versus Mexico from 1994 and that was 2.1 million.” https://www.svgeurope.org/blog/headlines/fifa-world-cup-2026-nrk-on-planning-for-recordbreaking-viewing-figures-from-its-revamped-studio-in-oslo/ This is how Sweden's SVT is shaping up its 2026 World Cup production--and it largely allows TV2 Denmark to mostly take care of the production at Dallas' IBC for all the Nordic rights holders there. When Sweden plays, SVT will grant it priority and even move it to SVT2 from SVT1 if programming time constraints mandate it. Its Sweden debut against Tunisia landed 949,000 Swedish viewers. Even landing success on the digital streaming and social media fronts. https://www.svgeurope.org/blog/headlines/fifa-world-cup-2026-the-inside-story-on-svts-extensive-coverage-and-hopes-for-team-swedens-success/ https://www.svgeurope.org/blog/headlines/fifa-world-cup-2026-swedens-svt-on-reaching-its-audience-on-socials-and-streaming/ A peak of 7.7 million viewers watched ITV’s coverage of the opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2026 across TV and streaming across ITV1 and ITVX, which saw tournament co-hosts Mexico secure a 2-0 win against South Africa at the historic Estadio Azteca on 11 June. Produced by ITV Sport Production, part of ITV Studios, the peak audience across ITV1 and ITVX is the highest peak audience of the year so far across UK commercial television and streaming. It is also ITV’s biggest 16-34 audience this year with 861,000. From kick off to final whistle, an average of 6.6 million viewers watched the match, with an average 5.9 million viewers watching the coverage from 7.50pm to 10.35pm. ITV’s coverage of the first of the opening ceremonies peaked with 4.2 million viewers. ITV also broadcast England’s first match of the tournament on Wednesday 17 June, with kick off at 9pm, as Thomas Tuchel’s Three Lions men face Croatia in Group L on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player. https://www.svgeurope.org/blog/headlines/fifa-world-cup-2026-itvs-opening-match-coverage-peaks-with-7-7-million-viewers/ ELTA Sports from Taiwan has all the 104 matches live from the 2026 World Cup that are currently being shown on ELTA Sports 1 on most days and ELTA Sports 2. Complete and ad-free versions of these games are televiSed on ELTA Sports MAX 9 and MAX 10. Even features daily 30-minute goal highlights recap show from each stage of the World Cup to end the competition day: https://eltaott.tv/fifa2026 Apparently, seems as though JTBC, the South Korean broadcaster to not only the exclusive World Cup but also both Olympic and Paralympic editions, bit off more than it can chew and hardly played nice with the major South Korean broadcasters KBS, SBS, and MBC in negotiations. Because of this, it just now went into financial liquidity issues and court receivership for not paying its full broadcasting rights fee. But vows to complete its 2026 FIFA World Cup coverage uninterrupted and never would be suspended. Because of the heavy financial burden, JTBC attempted to resell portions of the rights but ultimately formed a joint broadcasting partnership only with the terrestrial network KBS: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260624/jtbc-says-no-disruption-in-world-cup-broadcast-despite-financial-issues https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-it/2026/06/24/KZPUIA4ZANGNXBH2V6KS542Y2M/ Moldova's Jurnal TV hooks up with We Sport TV in showing 32 matches on the FTA side: https://www.jurnaltv.md/news/883c273ca9a73825/alaturi-de-we-sport-jurnal-tv-va-transmite-in-premiera-meciurile-campionatului-mondial-de-fotbal.html Arena Sport holds official FIFA World Cup 2026 rights in Serbia and selected Balkan markets including Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Slovenia with the network positioned as a full-tournament paid route. The Serbian page is built around Arena 1 Premium, Arena 2 Premium, and Arena Cloud access for all 104 matches. That makes Arena Sport the strongest option for viewers who want every fixture rather than a smaller public-TV selection. Arena Sport’s strongest claim is the full match count. The premium route is built for all 104 matches, which includes the group stage, Round of 32, Round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals, third-place match, and final. That matters because the expanded 48-team format creates more simultaneous match windows than older tournaments. Fixture-by-fixture channel placement is still a daily schedule issue. Arena 1 Premium and Arena 2 Premium should handle major live windows, while extra Arena Sport channels can support overlaps. Use the World Cup 2026 match schedule to check dates and venues before looking for the exact channel number. Serbia viewers and those from the should still understand the split between paid and public coverage before buying access. RTS World Cup coverage remains relevant for free public windows, while Arena Sport carries the broader premium plan. The wider country-by-country rights picture stays organized inside FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights. Streaming/app is on the Arena Cloud. Commentary is Serbian and local Balkan-language coverage by market Arena Sport is listed among the confirmed FIFA World Cup 2026 broadcasters for Serbia. Regional Arena Sport material also presents the tournament as a complete 104-match package across premium Arena Sport channels. That gives subscribers a clear full-tournament answer before match allocations appear in daily listings. The channel also appears in Balkan coverage for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia. Access still depends on the local operator, package, and streaming availability in each country. Viewers outside Serbia can compare local planning through Bosnia and Herzegovina football TV schedule and the regional broadcaster list: https://fwctimes.com/watch-fifa-world-cup-on-arena-sport/ Went to Georgia's Rustavi 2 and noted that its TV schedule with the World Cup matches only involves no prematch or postmatch analysis and commentary. The Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation allocated 44 full live matches from the 2026 FIFA World Cup to televise, likely from the French language, and digital streaming access. Were acquired from New World Televisions S.A., through its local agent, and cover French-language broadcast rights for the territory of Seychelles. SBC's transmission plan will air a total of 44 matches, including all matches from the quarterfinals onwards, ensuring that viewers can follow the most decisive and exciting stages of the tournament. From opening phase, selected group-stage matches featuring leading teams and high-interest fixtures like the opener, selected matches from the Round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals, and the final.

Not only that about Messi being the greatest FIFA World Cup goalscorer of all time, Lionel Messi has even also surpassed Brazilian great Marta, who's the greatest FIFA Women's World Cup goalscorer. Although with the next WWC being held in her native Brazil, she might want to have that crown back to finish off her stellar international career.

Lionel Messi now stands alone as the greatest World Cup goal scorer ever with his 2 goals against Austria in Dallas. Man, I wish New Zealand's All-Whites would have defeated Iran so they can be placed as a serious contender to advance out of their group. Iran was their best chance to make that happen. Did actually hope for a serious upset against Egypt. But didn't happen. Belgium is their next opponent, who haven't been looking so hot in group play right now--and NZ must beat the Red Devils to have a shot in advancing. Algerians are able to watch the Ferrencs/Greens national team's matches at the 2026 World Cup without relying on pay-TV channels. Algerian Television announced that it has acquired the broadcasting rights for the Greens' three first-round matches, as well as other games. The public broadcaster announced on social media this Tuesday, June 10, that it has acquired the broadcasting rights from BeIN Sport for a total of 13 matches of the 2026 World Cup, which will take place in the United States, Canada, and Mexico from June 11 to July 19. Among the matches to be broadcast by ENTV are those of the national team in the first round with Argentina, Algeria, and Jordan. ENTV has not specified which ten other matches it will broadcast, but very likely the final and semis along with the Mexico-South Africa first game are a part of it including any knockout game the Desert Foxes are involved in. BeIN Sport holds the broadcasting rights for the competition in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). In Algeria, the Qatari group offers all World Cup matches on a pay-per-view basis. On June 4, ENTV announced that it had concluded an agreement with BeIN Sports, concerning the acquisition of broadcasting rights for the team's matches as well as a number of other matches in the competition. There's even a show ENTV produces an Algerian-centric World Cup preshow that I saw on this link called 26' To The Match: https://www.lebuteur.com/article/detail?titre=mondial-2026-la-television-algerienne-entv-va-diffuser-13-matchs-dont-le-parcours-des-verts&id=103552 https://www.tsa-algerie.com/mondial-2026-la-television-algerienne-va-diffuser-13-matchs/#goog_rewarded In Cape Verde's excitingly fun World Cup debut and performance, all residents there in those group of islands are certainly watching the games on RTC's TCV. Made a social media star out of the brilliant goalie Bubisto. Including the RCV World Cup Diary with journalists Benvindo Neves and Moisés Évora who are on location with the Blue Sharks in America calling the action and analyzing games and press conferences witnessing the "blue goal," as it was dubbed by commentator Moisés Évora. Cape Verde's first ever goal in the World Cup, scored by Kevin Pina versus Uruguay in Miami to the euphoria of the fans who were in the stands at the Miami stadium. Guess that 35,000 contos invested are worth it. TCV is broadcasting the matches, with a focus on the group stage. RCV provides live coverage and reporting of the challenges and atmosphere surrounding the national teams. RCV reporters and journalists are on-site at and around the stadiums to bring you the details, training sessions, and behind-the-scenes information: https://www.facebook.com/rtc.caboverde/posts/acompanhe-na-tcv-mais-emoções-do-fifa-world-cup-2026-com-transmissões-dos-jogos-/1522378876600817/ Thais soccer fans' prolonged worry over when they'll see some World Cup 2026 action was over when Jasmine International Plc (JAS) has officially secured the broadcasting rights for the Fifa World Cup 2026 in Thailand, just hours before the first match kicks off, ensuring that all 104 matches would be available to them televised--and legal. The Thai government briefly hoped about taking over with hopes of recouping via sponsorships as FIFA sought 1.3 billion bhat like with 2022. But sponsors balked when the 2026 games would air during deep in the late night in Thailand. SET-listed Jasmine said all World Cup matches would be broadcast on the Monomax streaming platform under existing packages without the need for subscribers to pay additional fees. Mono on Thursday began promoting a one-year subscription package covering all its content including the World Cup, for 6,490 baht. In addition to its streaming service, Jasmine is expected to share part of the broadcasting rights with free-to-air television channels. The move is intended to widen access for viewers across the country, with reports suggesting that around half of all matches could be shown on free television, including the opening match and the final: https://www.bangkokpost.com/sports/3269334/monomax-to-show-all-world-cup-matches-in-thailand Sigma TV is the Cypriot source for watching all 104 matches live on its TV channels. Did air the opening ceremonies in Mexico City, Toronto, and Los Angeles. Some games like South Korea – Czech Republic, USA – Paraguay, Brazil – Morocco, Mexico – South Korea, and Brazil – Haiti get repeated later later that day or the following morning Cyprus time. When the simultaneous-mandated final group games are going on, HTV Sigma will take half of those games to air. The remaining matches henceforth are formed according to the results and qualification. Sigma TV offers two daily World Cup programming, both in the afternoon, called World Cup Zone and World Cup Express: https://www.sigmatv.com/news/mundial-2026-40-meres-mono-mpala-sto-sigma-programma-agwnwn https://www.sigmatv.com/news/fifa-world-cup-opening-ceremonies https://www.sigmatv.com/news/mundial-2026-40-meres-mono-mpala-sto-sigma Get to see how Panama's broadcasters, mostly TVN, are handling the Panamanian 2026 World Cup broadcasting multiplatform coverage on TVN (Channel 2), TVMAX, TVN Pass, and YouTube with exclusive content and 24/7 broadcasting. The programming will feature broadcasts available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, accompanying fans before, during and after each game. Heavy on Panama's Los Canaleros in their second World Cup campaign. Blas Perez is one of the analysts for TVMAX/TVN. More will come: https://www.tvn-2.com/videos/video-mundial-vive-tvn-contenidos-exclusivos_8_2245411.html ENet holds the exclusive broadcast rights for the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Guyana. Guyanese soccer fans can watch all 104 matches (and opening ceremony) of the expanded 48-team tournament live across the network's platforms, including fiber, wireless, satellite, and the ENet TV on-the-go mobile app that will also be available at local sports bars, restaurants, and hotels. Extending to live television broadcasts are airing primarily on ENet's dedicated sports channels E1 and E2, with supplemental coverage on Skar TV: https://www.facebook.com/enetworksgy/posts/watch-the-𝗙𝗜𝗙𝗔-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱-𝗖𝘂𝗽-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲-𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝗖𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆-𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆-𝗼𝗻-𝗘𝗡𝗲𝘁-this-thursday/1453070336862914/ https://newsroom.gy/2026/06/05/watch-fifa-world-cup-2026-exclusively-by-enet/ Zo'r TV, a private Uzbekistan entertainment TV channel, exclusively shows the 2026 FIFA World Cup with of course focusing on Uzbekistan's White Wolves' World Cup debut in Group K: https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/zor-tv-to-show-uzbekistans-world-cup-bow/

Some additional news and updates... Tunisia, after being slammed and humiliated by Sweden and specifically Yasin Ayiri's 2 goals 5-1, send their Lions of Carthage head coach Sabri Lamouchi to an unwanted and exclusive club of sacked World Cup coaches during the course, just before, or immediately after the World Cup after being appointed in January with only five games to his name there. Herve Renaud with his experience in African/Arab soccer and "firefighting jobs" takes over to fill the void and oversee the remainder of Tunisia's campaign: https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49075052/tunisia-manager-joins-exclusive-club-coaches-sacked-world-cup https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/tunisia-manager-sabri-lamouchi-world-cup-sweden-fired/ Man, I wish the new World Cup video games from EA Sports and Netflix had more than just the 48+ national teams to play. The plus is added because, at least from EA Sports, has teams like Ireland, Denmark, Italy, Wales, Iceland, Poland, Ukraine, Indonesia, Northern Ireland, and Hungary that didn't qualify but no Jamaica, Nigeria, Costa Rica, Honduras, Greece, Chile, Peru, Cameroon, Angola, Lebanon, India, Trinidad & Tobago, Finland, China, Vietnam, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Mali, Suriname, Thailand, Bahrain, UAE, Honduras, and New Caledonia. Just to name several. Would be nice if you can play to qualify them for a spot out of a continental zone or swap them in the place of another nation that qualified. Was shocked that there are only two World Cup video games--both from EA Sports-- that actually had some World Cup qualifications in them (1998 and 2010). I get that the licensing negotiations from the multiple national soccer federations and obtaining them can be painstakingly lengthy (more on that next time), but with so many nations participating like never before save for Russia and Belarus, it would've been worth the effort and planned for. Would be nice had Jamaica's Reggae Boyz qualified to provide an English-speaking West Indies nation representation in the World Cup for the JFF's second time, something that hasn't happened since Trinidad & Tobago's Soca Warriors made it to Germany 20 years ago. Their fans would certainly provide the fan atmosphere in whatever group game they're in like Curacao and Cape Verde are. Something must've went wrong on an institutional level since 1998. You would think with the USA, Canada, and Mexico already automatically in and not in the way in CONCACAF, Jamaica would have the easiest time to make it along with Costa Rica's Ticos. All the Reggae Boyz had to do was defeat any of Bermuda, Trinidad & Tobago, and Curacao to say nothing about DR Congo. The Haitian Football Federation and Seata get told by FIFA to forcibly remove an illustration referring to an image of freedom fighters in the Battle of Vertières in 1803, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution in its objection of “political, religious, or personal messages” on player jerseys. This doesn't make sense and it's ridiculous because this is a historical moment that helped remove Haiti from the yoke of slavery over 220 years ago. Thought it was a good thing. But I guess FIFA disagrees. Can pick on a small nation and its national soccer federation making a World Cup comeback trying to bring optimism for a nation in very serious crisis after a lengthy absence in a sense of distillation and how absurd its misaligned priorities are: https://news.sportslogos.net/2026/06/11/haitian-national-team-forced-to-alter-jerseys-just-days-before-world-cup-opener/soccer/ FIFA also instructs the Egyptian FA and its kit supplier Puma to remove the seven stars above its crest that actually represent the 7 African Nations Cup titles. Stars, according to FIFA regulations, only denoting World Cup championships can be worn on jerseys during the World Cup: https://news.sportslogos.net/2026/06/14/fifa-tell-egypt-to-remove-7-stars-above-crest-for-2026-world-cup/soccer/

The Faroe Islands are becoming very competitive recently when it comes to soccer. But still has yet to see a World Cup or Euro appearance. Maybe in the future. But its national public broadcaster KvF is showing this World Cup with so far showing a 1-2 games a day during the competition on its sole TV channel starting with Mexico-South Africa on June 11. Don't know regarding online but likely for other non-televised World Cup games. Because the Faroe Islands often receive Scandinavian sports TV broadcasts, Faroe viewers can also tune into Danish networks like DR and TV2, which also hold World Cup broadcasting rights in the region. Turkish state broadcaster TRT removes commentator Murat Ekrem Cimen from its 2026 FIFA World Cup broadcast team after he mixed up Iran and New Zealand during the opening minutes of their match last night before switching his narration to the correct team identifications. Cimen's error took place during the Iran-New Zealand game in the opening minutes of the broadcast, Cimen reportedly referred to Iran's attacks as New Zealand's moves, while New Zealand's All Whites' chances were presented as if they belonged to Iran. This quickly drew criticism from viewers, and, following a review process, would not continue broadcasting the World Cup on TRT after 30+ years of sports broadcasting experience, saying his error during the TRT Iran-New Zealand broadcast was "unacceptable under TRT broadcasting standards." TRT is currently broadcasting the 2026 FIFA World Cup on TRT1 and TRT Spor: https://www.turkiyetoday.com/sports/turkiyes-broadcaster-trt-pulls-world-cup-commentator-after-iran-new-zealand-mix-up-3222059?s=1 Portuguese broadcasters who hold the 2026 FIFA World Cup TV broadcasting rights there in RTP, SIC, and TVI are carrying a total 20 games on the free-to-air side that are divided among them, including all of Portugal's national team matches, the opening game, the two semi-finals and the final, as well as an extensive set of decisive matches from all stages of the tournament. RTP is showing six World Cup matches in North America, including the final, like Portugal's decisive group stage match against Colombia in Miami, France vs. Senegal, Switzerland vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina, a round of 32 match, and a round of 16 match, either on July 6th or 7th, that RTP will broadcast one of the matches before the final. Even Cape Verde will get involvement and will be broadcast on RTP Antena 1 and RTP África, with special broadcasts. SIC starts theirs with Canada vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina on June 12 and then Portugal-DR Congo June 17 with June 25's Germany-Ecuador. Plus, a Round of 32 game that Portugal may get involved with. Also a round of 16 and quarterfinal match, ending SIC's run with a semifinal airing if Portugal makes it that far. TVI had the opening Mexico-South Africa match and opening ceremony June 11 and returns June 20 with Germany-Ivory Coast and comes back June 26 for Norway-France. TVI will have a select round of 32 match before ending its share with a quarterfinal and semifinal: https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/selecao-nacional/rtp-vai-transmitir-jogo-decisivo-de-portugal-na-fase-de-grupos-frente-a-colombia-e-a-final-do-mundial-2026_d1745622 https://sicnoticias.pt/especiais/mundial-de-futebol-2026/2026-06-06-sic-vai-transmitir-sete-jogos-do-mundial-2026-incluindo-estreia-de-portugal-67d815d1 https://tvi.iol.pt/noticias/mundial-2026/mundial2026/mundial-em-sinal-aberto-ja-se-sabe-onde-ver-os-jogos-de-portugal https://www.instagram.com/p/DZXrnnukzN-/?img_index=3 RTS is preparing to broadcast all 104 matches of the 2026 World Cup live, from June 11 to July 19, on RTS2 and Play RTS. For the first time, 48 teams will compete in a tournament co - hosted by three countries (United States, Canada, Mexico), with kick-offs staggered between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Swiss time. The Swiss national team's matches (June 13, 18, and 24 at 9 p.m. CET) will be commentated on the Swiss-French from the North American continent by David Lemos and Léonard Thurre, who will also cover the round of 16, semi-finals, and final, RTS has announced. The other matches will be covered by a team of commentators based either on-site or in Geneva at RTS headquarters. Each match night, a daily program entitled "FIFA World Cup 2026: 24 Hours in America" will recap the day's events. It will feature several pundits and will usually be broadcast at 8:10 pm on RTS2. Radio is not to be outdone, RTS specifies: the Nati matches and the final will be commented live on RTS Première, where journalists Bernardin Allemann and Joël Robert, present on site, will also provide information. Swiss viewers don't want to watch TV in the middle of the night? No need to panic, Watson won't be left behind. It plans to cover not only the matches in detail, but also the juicy stories that are sure to pepper the competition: https://www.watson.ch/fr/suisse/sport/250004112-coupe-du-monde-2026-voici-ce-que-nous-reserve-la-rts But RTS turns out has indeed skipped some World Cup matches that were originally planned for RTS2 as part of the all 104 games it promised like the South Korea-Czech Republic one on the first day live. RTS spokesperson Christophe Minder explained to Watson, "The South Korea – Czech Republic match is one of 11 games (out of 104) that RTS will broadcast only on its digital platforms RTS and Play RTS, and without commentary. These 11 matches are broadcast in the middle of the night, at 3 or 4 a.m., and they are not major matches for the population residing in Switzerland." Among the 11 matches that French-Swiss viewers didn't see on television is the Sunday morning (3 a.m. Swiss time) one between Haiti and Scotland. https://www.watson.ch/fr/sport/football/576016262-la-rts-zappe-certains-matchs-de-la-coupe-du-monde https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/suisse-romande-decu-par-la-rts-pour-sa-diffusion-partielle-du-mondial-de-foot-103581195 This is how the two French World Cup 2026 TV broadcasters currently holding the rights, M6 (making its debut) and BeIN Sports, are organizing their respective coverage in France. Both will be heavy on the Les Bleues. TF1, the long-time broadcaster of the French national team's matches and having the likes of 1998 World Cup hero Bixante Lizerazu covering them, has suspended its broadcasts for a few months following the match against Colombia on Sunday, March 29. Indeed, for the first time since its creation in 1975, the TF1 channel will not be broadcasting the World Cup. In March 2024, the M6 Group acquired the rights to broadcast all 54 matches of the 2026 edition (as well as those of the 2030 edition) on free-to-air television for nearly €120 million. TF1 dropped out of World Cup broadcast bidding citing "a desire to maintain economic rationality and avoid investing under unreasonable conditions https://rennes.maville.com/sport/detail_--le-foot-ne-dormira-jamais-comment-et-avec-qui-m6-et-bein-sports-se-preparent-a-diffuser-la-coupe-du-monde-_54135-7257784_actu.Htm Social media users in France are upset over BeIN Sports only offer 60-second highlights online and social media as BeIN cites restrictions following negotiations with FIFA over the matter when promoting the World Cup. But French soccer fans aren't satisfied despite the assurance that "Every morning you have Good Morning America with all the highlights, all day long from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Mondial Replay offers 20-minute summaries of all the matches currently on B1… unfortunately, on our social media or digital platforms, highlight rights are very limited.”: https://www.sports.fr/medias/coupe-du-monde-2026-bein-sports-au-coeur-dune-grosse-polemique-1020859.html TDM Macau secured the rights in showing all 104 tournament matches of the World Cup with its own commentary team completely free of charge, with comprehensive coverage split across three major platforms on TDM Ou Mun (Cantonese commentary), Canal Macau (with both Portuguese and English commentary), and TDM Sport that's multi-language (Cantonese, Portuguese, and English). All are available on digital and terrestrial television, and the TDM app carries live and on-demand streaming at no extra cost. Starting with the Opening Ceremony live at 2:35 followed by the Mexico-South Africa match at 3:00 in Mexico City on June 12: https://www.tdm.com.mo/en/sport_topic/fifa_world_cup_2026 https://thebay.mo/living/sport/where-to-watch-fifa-world-cup-2026-greater-bay-area-macao-hong-kong-china/ FOX Sports' Pico Lot at Los Angeles' Century City is the production nerve center for its massive 2026 FIFA World Cup coverage while still maintaining a presence at the FIFA International Broadcasting Center in Dallas and at a Tempe, Arizona facility for transmission and distribution and has additional resiliency plans in place across its broader plant: https://www.sportsvideo.org/2026/06/16/fox-sports-turns-los-angeles-pico-lot-into-its-fifa-world-cup-production-nerve-center/ Radiosporten presents some World Cup coverage on the Swedish radio dial from Sverige Radio on P3 and P4 and SR's app with Jonas Enarson, Jon Persson Andreas Matz, Johan Elmander, Emanuel Nashed, Christian Olsson, Selma Jennervall, and Kristopher Karlsson all calling the action in select games including Sweden's Blagult matches. But Radiosporten does not have all 104 of them. Martin Marhlo, Johan Bengts, Sigge Sanner, Linn Nenzén, Samuel Sillén, Adrian Alebo Andersson, Jenny Rask, and David Nyström all are the hosts, but they won't all be doing this all the time too. The Talk – World Cup is a live podcast present with Susanna Andrén and Samir Yosufi talking, what else?, World Cup-related things: https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/radiosporten-sander-tider-och-innehall-i-p4--2 https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/har-ar-grupperna-i-fotbolls-vm TV6 and Go3 will provide broadcasts of all 104 matches of the final tournament, from the opening match to the decisive moments of the tournament in the Latvian broadcast with this year's FIFA World Cup currently held in the USA, Canada and Mexico. Channel TV6 will broadcast at least one match live per day, while Go3 will show all 104 matches of the tournament: https://sports.tvnet.lv/8451990/latvija-transles-visas-2026-gada-fifa-pasaules-kausa-speles TV2's World Cup promo combines the fact that Denmark did not qualify for this World Cup out of the European qualifiers and the then-upcoming Danish elections that were called. Suggestions have been named by Allan Simonsen out of the 48 World Cup-participating nations for the 6 million Danish soccer fans to support. Danish fans are offered to give their votes through an online ballot through June: All matches of the 2026 FIFA World Cup are officially broadcast on RTK and the TV Vala platform of Telekom of Kosovo. Disappointing that Kosovo couldn't make the final hurdle in qualifying, which certainly would pique the national interest, despite making it further than ever before in European WC qualifying. The world soccer tournament takes place from June 11 to July 19, 2026, and includes all 104 matches of this major event. The TV Vala platform the full coverage in broadcasts all 104 matches of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Meanwhile on the open broadcast side, Public Television of Kosovo (RTK) broadcasts 64 of these matches. For viewing on any device, a dedicated digital package has been launched through Vala TV accessing at a price of €19.99 (discounted from €30) on Vala Sport 1 and Vala Sport 2. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hysen-hundozi_i-am-pleased-to-share-that-all-matches-of-activity-7404494726776975360-7vRa https://valaboterori.kosovotelecom.com/ https://www.threads.com/@rtklivecom/post/DR41geDDd4g/fifa-kupa-e-botes-ne-rtk-dhe-tv-vala-te-gjitha-ndeshjet-e-fifa-kupes-se-botes The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) holds the official broadcasting rights for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Namibia through its NBC Sport label. The network is airing extensive coverage of the tournament across its television channels, including live build-ups, daily match broadcasts, and dedicated sports segments. Matches and tournament coverage are being broadcast across NBC's network, with specific build-up shows and live matches featured on platforms like NBC1 and NBC2 starting this past Thursday at 20:00 Namibian time with the live preshow on the latter. For additional highlights, community discussions, and digital updates in alternate viewing, Namibian fans can also tune in via the official NBC Sport X Feed. Heavily involved in local tournament coverage, NBC personalities and crews are on the ground across Namibia providing fan engagement, live watch parties, and pre/post-match analysis shows. Notable personalities and teams involved in this year's coverage include the NBC Field Teams in presenters and journalists like Michelle Shapange and Christel Janet Kotze anchor live segments from fan parks, such as the Temperature Lounge in Windhoek. Local Commentators in legendary figures like Gerson Ore-aob lead local language and sports commentary on platforms like Kaisames. NBC frequently collaborates with roving analysts (such as Kambungu) to provide match breakdowns and discuss team lineups (e.g., assessing the tactical options of squads like Senegal). NBC also brings in special guests in local sports figures like Benjamin Iyambo (Baller Boys Football Academy coach) to give predictions and interviews: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZX0BfcovXD/ https://www.instagram.com/nbcsportna/reel/DZcQNLsIzM_/ Sub-Saharan French Africa has Lome, Togo-based New World TV to thank in not only getting ample 2026 FIFA World Cup coverage with securing the exclusive pay-TV rights for all matches in the French-speaking Sub-Saharan territories, as well as the exclusive free-to-air rights for 34 matches of the former and 25 matches of the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027 across 19 French-speaking Sub-Saharan African nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo DR, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Togo. Extending its partnership with FIFA from its high-quality coverage from Qatar 22 and Australia/New Zealand Women 23. New World TV will also be in charge of sublicensing 34 matches (one match per day) of the FIFA World Cup 26 and 25 matches (one match per day) of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027 for free-to-air exploitation across 43 Sub-Saharan territories (Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo DR, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Princípe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe). New World TV’s coverage will include high-quality editorial expertise, in conjunction with well-known footballing experts. Studio and magazine shows will also be incorporated into the programming. Their innovative distribution approach with affordable subscription prices, as well as commentaries in French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and a number of local languages, which includes Ewe, Lingala, Wolof, Bambara, Hausa and Swahili, will ensure that football fans across Sub-Saharan Africa will have access to the competitions across New World’s TV channels that Orange serves. New World TV also announced a partnership with Orange Africa and Middle East (OMEA) to distribute its premium sports content through the Max it super-app across nine African countries through digital platforms and mobile devices. The agreement covers Ivory Coast, Senegal, Mali, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Madagascar and Guinea with a potential reaching 25 million users: https://inside.fifa.com/tournament-organisation/commercial/news/sub-saharan-africa-media-rights-world-cup-womens-new-world-televisions https://www.togofirst.com/en/telecom/1106-19215-new-world-tv-expands-2026-world-cup-distribution-through-orange-deal RTM Malaysia definitely gets committed to showing all 104 World Cup 2026 matches through RTM Klik and RTM channels on MYTV and Unifi TV on multiple devices. "Mobilizing" its resources for this world-famous and massive event in a nation and region where soccer is big involving local major telecommunication companies with government expenditure for the tournament had been reduced to RM26.2 million, compared with about RM33 million spent on the 2022 World Cup. Expecting an increase to above seven million downloads on devices, RTM will also collaborate with government agencies and private sector partners to organise various World Cup-related program nationwide, apart from the actual 104 matches: https://thesun.my/news/malaysia-news/people-issues/rtm-ramps-up-resources-for-full-world-cup-2026-coverage/

Went over to the tavern on Friday to watch the double World Cup bill of Canada-Bosnia/Herzegovina and USA-Paraguay on FOX. Area was packed of course for the latter portion. Gotta say the USA looked really good and dominant with their best-ever and most complete World Cup game performance ever against Paraguay. Everything was firing in Los Angeles! We can expect a really nice, deep run out of them if form largely holds--I would say up to the quarterfinals. Can't expect them to be like this exactly with every game especially against Australia's Socceroos (more on them later) next. What really interest me more was the Canada-Bosnia game. Did expect the gathering place down the street would be packed with Bosnians from where I live, which it was was, and was even shown a live look-in n FOX a few times! I expected the tavern would be packed with Bosnians too. While they were indeed present, it wasn't person to person packed. I predicted the end result would be a tie in Toronto, but I was more satisfied to see Canada earn a first-ever World Cup point with a much-needed Cyle Larin goal as a sub to break the blocking Bosnian defense. Would be fun to get a first-ever Canada World Cup win on that. Qatar awaits. Hey SirRols and Australian Fan, you'll enjoy this. Wouldn't you wish you were in this walk-up parade in downtown Vancouver along Robson St. to the BC Place like these (mostly) green and gold-clad Aussies celebratory did yesterday before the Australia-Turkey match? There are some Canada, South Africa, England, Brazil, Spain, and Jamaica jersey sightings too on-site at one of Australia's Commonwealth cousins big cities. With a on-location Nine News reporter with them--don't know his name but I would think you know him. They certainly must enjoy Vancouver when starting their campaign--with a win to boot that will send a message to the Americans later in group play. Now, it's going to be just quick travel further south to Seattle for that match Friday versus USA--but I will cheering on for the Socceroos then: Powerade has three special and exclusive limited edition World Cup-themed flavors celebrating the tournament as the red-white-blue Legacy Lineup: Blood Orange Kick (bold, tangy citrus flavor with a subtle warming kick), White Grape Wave (sweet and crisp citrus-grape flavor), and Cold Berry Burst ("blueberry-pomegranate blend with an icy finish"). McDonald's now has for a couple of weeks the FIFA World Cup Meal featuring the option of a Big Mac, Chicken McNuggets or a sausage either in biscuit or McMuffin form for breakfast. Also you can collect up to 9 cups with comic book-like likenesses of Alphonso Davies, Santiago Gimenez, Lamine Yamal, Christian Pulisic, Son Heung-Min, Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho, David Beckham, and Grimace as a goalie. Gotta get the three co-hosts stars involved in Pulisic, Davies, and Gimenez. But having Beckham in this is a bit odd because Beckham endorses Pepsi for years now, and McDonald's serves Coca-Cola products, another FIFA sponsor like McDonald's. Will come back to my regularly scheduled stuff here later...

Some teams have already qualified for the WWC at this point along with hosts Brazil: ASIA: Australia, Japan, China, South Korea, Philippines, North Korea (thanks to the Asian Cup) EUROPE: Germany, France, Denmark, Spain OCEANIA: New Zealand SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Colombia So far, the intercontinental playoff field has Uzbekistan, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Venezuela, Ecuador, and Papua New Guinea filling it with UEFA, CONCACAF, and CAF yet to be finalized.

It's time! Can't wait! Get excited! (but let's certainly not forget and be mindful of the disastrous and embarassing aspects to this) Excitement certainly in the air down in Mexico City on this day South Africa's Bafana Bafana, in their rematch of sorts from the 2010 opening match at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa against Mexico, arrived in Mexico City (or CDMX) yesterday. For their coach Hugo Broos, it's a return to the scene of the crime in facing Mexico right there 40 years ago when playing for Belgium's Red Devils, when both opened their World Cup campaigns then that eventually saw Mexico becoming part of the top 4: https://www.tudn.com/mundial-2026/mexico-vs-sudafrica/sudafrica-arriba-ciudad-de-mexico-enfrentar-a-seleccion-mexicana https://supersport.com/football/news/322a230a-4b6b-43a8-829d-4e4f44af4edf/-block-out-the-noise-bafana-brace-for-azteca-test-against-mexico Was gonna to bring this up about the Ivory Coast. Here's an article from SuperSport where Ivorian supporters aren't thrilled about this development and how the US government regards them, needless to say... https://supersport.com/football/news/c9573608-6e4e-4293-a434-ef585bb0ecf4/ivory-coast-supporters-banned-from-world-cup-says-fan-body Speaking of SuperSport, it announces its new slew of World Cup 2026 analysts in Nigerian star Alex Iwobi in representing the current African star soccer, former Nigeria captain William Troost-Ekong, Ghanaian legend Asamoah Gyan, South African icon Siphiwe "Shabba" Tshabalala, UEFA Champions League winner Salomon Kalou, and former St. Louis City and Philadelphia Union head coach from South Africa Bradley Carnell who will be US-based. The stellar anchoring line-up includes Uganda's Andrew Kabuura, the incomparable Carol Tshabalala, veteran presenter Thomas Mlambo, rising star Thato Moeng and charismatic Nigerian broadcaster Mozez Praiz. Put it this way, if Nigeria's Super Green Eagles qualified, Iwobi wouldn't be there with them: https://supersport.com/football/news/c7f77e4e-1031-4917-931a-62e31064d17f/nigerian-star-alex-iwobi-joins-supersports-dream-team-of-fifa-world-cup-2026-analysts ERT Greece's 2026 World Cup broadcast coverage plans with its large team that will cover the 3-nation hosted event on ERT1, ERT2 Sports, ERTflix, and ERT Sports: https://en.athinorama.gr/tv/3073030/to-mountial-erxetai-kai-auto-einai-to-programma-tou/#goog_rewarded Linda Mntambo and Lerato Kganyago preview and react to the biggest moments with Thabiso Mosia, Vusiwe Ngcobo, and Andile Ncube pregame, halftime, and postgame for SABC Sport's 2026 World Cup coverage. Sello Engakana, Andiswe Gebashe, and Milambo Jonathan Kebe conduct the sign language. Likely each will conduct in their respective languages: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZZsPCLFIVH/ For Albanians, From the first match, on June 11th, with Mexico-South Africa to the grand final on July 19th, every emotion, goal, story and every moment that will remain in the world's memory will be broadcast live on two dedicated channels on SuperSport, FREE with every Terrestrial, Satellite and DigitAlb subscription package , making the magic of this event closer than ever to every Albanian family. Moreover, during this month, Family and Premium packages on DigitAlb are discounted by up to 10 thousand lek to watch everything. This is the biggest tournament that soccer has ever known. A stage where legends seek history, where nations dream of glory and where billions of hearts beat in unison. This summer, the world will stop for the World Cup and the spectacle will live on DigitAlb. 48 national teams, 104 matches, a World Champion, a whole world of emotions, Live on DigitAlb/SuperSport. All in the richest sports package in the country, only on DigitAlb: https://top-channel.tv/2026/06/06/kupa-e-botes-2026-live-dhe-falas-me-cdo-abonim-ne-digitalb/ ZSports 2026 World Cup promo catering to Angola and Mozambique in Portuguese. No surprise you'll see (mostly) Cristiano Ronaldo (because he's Portuguese), Messi, and Mbappe prominently in this: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZKEOvzsy0i/ ZSports presents the World Cup House (A Casa Do Mundial) that will come before and after games. With Jaime Pedro as studio host and a panel that includes Luís Boa Morte, former Angola World Cup goalie João Ricardo, Tico-Tico, Miller Gomes, Irene Gonçalves, Mirian Jai, and Rossana Matias to analyze the great moments of the 2026 FIFA World Cup over at ZSports. The emotion of the games will be narrated by the voices of José Kissanga, Pedro Castelo, and João Queirós: https://www.instagram.com/ongoma_news/reel/DZZ8huKmi3U/ BeIN Sports releases its 2026 FIFA World Cup coverage plans in fuller details with 8 channels showing games in Arabic, English, and French each under 17 hours live daily. Moreover, BeIN Sports assembles the 80+ personalities who will cover it in those three languages, making it the largest 2026 World Cup on-camera team around: https://www.beinsports.com/en-mena/football/fifa-world-cup-2026/articles-video/eight-channels-and-17-hours-daily-bein-sports-unveils-coverage-plans-for-fifa-world-cup-2026-2026-06-07 https://www.beinsports.com/en-mena/football/fifa-world-cup-2026/articles-video/bein-sports-assembles-the-biggest-broadcast-team-for-the-biggest-fifa-world-cup-ever-2026-06-11 Just checking on TVM Malta's website. Looks as though it'll be TVM+ that will handle the matches live with TVM Sports+ airing the replays.

Here is how Bell Media's TSN channels, CTV, CTV2, Crave, RDS, and Noovo will present their eagerly anticipated comprehensive Canadian 2026 World Cup coverage providing details in both English and French. The first TSN press release shows no Canada players but the RDS one did with Alphonso Davies along with Messi and Mbappe. Later this was corrected with the more recent present releases in showing Davies, Allistair Johnston, and Jonathan David all featured in the June 3 one. Also TSN's soccer faces play-by-play broadcaster Luke Wileman and with analyst Steven Caldwell will call of Canada's games here. Veteran anchor James Duthie will host tournament coverage. The network has six hosts, six reporters and 13 analysts — including many former national men’s team players — on the broadcast team. Toronto hosted a Team Canada pep rally yesterday ahead of their first big World Cup game against Bosnia-Herzegovina. Given its a co-host nation, I hoped Bell Media go all out with World Cup-related programming in both English and French. Like having a documentary devoted to Canada's 1986 World Cup team, its first, on its 40th anniversary. More next time: https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/fifa-world-cup/article/2026-fifa-world-cup-on-tsn-broadcast-schedule/ https://www.rds.ca/soccer/coupe-du-monde/article/voici-lhoraire-et-comment-regarder-tous-les-matchs-de-la-coupe-du-monde-de-la-fifa-2026/ https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/tsn-unveils-broadcast-team-for-exclusive-coverage-of-fifa-world-cup-2026-beginning-june-11/ https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/bell-media-is-canadas-destination-for-every-fifa-world-cup-2026-moment/ https://www.bellmedia.ca/fr/salle-de-presse/presse/rds-devoile-son-equipe-de-diffusion-pour-la-couverture-francophone-exclusive-de-la-coupe-du-monde-de-la-fifa-du-11-juin-au-19-juillet/ https://www.bellmedia.ca/fr/salle-de-presse/presse/bell-media-est-la-reference-incontournable-au-canada-pour-ne-rien-manquer-de-la-coupe-du-monde-de-la-fifa-2026/ https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/fifa-world-cup/article/familiar-voices-tsns-wileman-and-caldwell-to-call-canada-games-at-fifa-world-cup/ Check out SuperSport's presentation and planned coverage for Sub-Saharan Africa not just South Africa at a time this is a milestone for African soccer with 10 teams participating. Matches and additional coverage including World Cup-themed programming will be live on SS Grandstand, SuperSport PSL, SS Premier League, SuperSport Maximo, and SuperSport LaLiga and done in seven languages: https://supersport.com/football/news/514ffec6-a76d-4af6-b6bd-8500e58c7a04/supersport-s-fifa-world-cup-2026-watch-all-matches-live-streaming-highlights-full-coverage Because people across Africa, not just in South Africa, have been watching World Cup matches and get into the World Cup fever that head well into overnight, they need their beauty sleep--and that costs the required normal morning services and responsibilities. This SuperSport 2026 World Cup promo gets exaggeratingly playful with this comic idea Also in South Africa, Sporty TV recruits South Africa's Bafana Bafana royalty with the aforementioned Benni McCarthy, Quinton Fortune, and Aaron Mokorena, along with Rugby World Cup winner Cheslin Kolbe, participating with SportyTV’s renowned presenters and pundits in the World Cup studio coverage: https://novuspressbulletin.co.za/blog/sportytv-assembles-bafana-bafana-royalty-for-landmark-r10-fifa-world-cup-2026-broadcast Brazil's CazeTV exclusively has all 104 games for its streaming 2026 FIFA World Cup coverage for free in Brazil, including the 2026 World Cup debuts of some of the competition's top teams. Argentina, Germany, Spain, and Portugal appear on the list of exclusive broadcasts. In addition to broadcasting the games, the channel will have 24-hour programming focused on the competition, featuring classic shows from the network, such as Copa Zona and the general CazéTV. The CazeTV team will be divided into several work groups, with reporters on-site at the competition venues, narrators and commentators in the studios , and presenters and influencers at Casa CazéTV. The broadcaster is betting on former athletes to feature prominently in its broadcasts. Names like Nenê, Rodrigo Caio, Ricardo Quaresma, Elias, and Djalminha are among those confirmed. The narration will be handled by Luis Felipe Freitas, Fernando Nardini, Marcelo Hazan, Raony Pacheco, Gonçalo Luiz, and Alezudo. Another professional hired last month is correspondent Fred Caldeira, formerly of TNT Sports, who will provide commentary for the World Cup matches. In the United States, Romário, Fernanda Gentil, Guilherme Beltrão, Chico Moedas, and Isabela Pagliari are responsible for closely following the World Cup. In addition to them, Diogo Defante will also be present to provide the humor and entertainment characteristic of the channel. In addition to officially broadcasting the games, the company will have a major activation at Pier Mauá in Rio de Janeiro and Villa-Lobos Park in São Paulo, featuring large screens showing the games, concerts, and interactive activities for the public. The CazeTV House project, developed in conjunction with the agency tm1, will be a large entertainment complex: https://diariodopara.com.br/copa-do-mundo/copa-do-mundo-2026-veja-onde-assistir-aos-jogos-de-graca-no-youtube/ https://www.lance.com.br/fora-de-campo/copa-do-mundo-saiba-tudo-sobre-a-transmissao-da-cazetv.html Denmark didn't qualify this time for the World Cup. Unfortunate. Nevertheless, DR is ready to bring the Danes together for this summer's big football party, with Tina Müller and Tobias Hansen being studio hosts taking turns in DR's World Cup studio in Aarhus and on the sidelines when some of the biggest matches of the final round are played. Andreas Kraul will have a permanent place in the commentary boxes around the stadiums of the World Cup finals. First together with expert commentator Mikkel Bischoff from Disney+ and later in the tournament with Per Frimann, former national team profile and current expert commentator at Viaplay. Another strong pair in the commentary box at the final round is Henrik Liniger, who has expert commentator Martin Jørgensen by his side, who has national team experience from three World Cup final rounds. Henrik Liniger will also be heard in the World Cup on P4, where he and Mathias Jacobsen will comment on a number of matches from the final round. For the final round, DR will also have experts on the sidelines, who will, among other things, provide football-related insight into the pre- and post-match broadcasts. These are football expert at Viaplay Francis Dickoh and national team player Josefine Hasbo, who has lived in the USA for several years and plays in the American league on a daily basis and knows everything about the country's football culture. The Danes will be very close to the World Cup final round. DR will show 53 of them, including Norway-France and Sweden-Netherlands, out of the 104 matches overall it shares with TV2, just as DR will also have matches with Germany, Brazil and Scotland in the group stage. The first match on DR is on June 12, when one of the three host nations, Canada, opens against one of the big surprises of the final round, Bosnia-Herzegovina in Toronto. Towards the World Cup final round, DR will make more announcements about experts, broadcast schedules, new programs and digital activities that will be part of DR's extensive World Cup coverage and a fantastic summer of sports: https://www.dr.dk/om-dr/nyheder/dr-samler-staerkt-hold-til-verdens-stoerste-fodboldfest Some additional details regarding STVR's 2026 World Cup coverage from Slovakia and of the STVR World Cup faces' predictions from Marcel Merčiak, Ľuboš Hlavena, Peter Zagiba and Michal Jantoška. The football studios will be hosted by Oľga Konečná, Ľuboš Hlavena and Tomáš Plavecký. Experts Marián Zeman, Ladislav Borbély, Ján Kocian, Peter Ďuriš, Vratislav Greško and Michal Hanek: https://spravy.stvr.sk/2026/06/ms-vo-futbale-2026-stvr-prenosy/ https://spravy.stvr.sk/2026/06/ms-vo-futbale-2026-favoriti-cierny-kon-experti-stvr/ All matches, goals and emotions of this magical tournament come free of charge everywhere in Albania on the Klan Television terrestrial broadcasting network, on the Klan TV and Klan Plus channels, as well as for all subscribers of the Digit-Alb and Tring platforms through the dedicated Klan Sport 1 and Klan Sport 2 channels. Albanians can also follow the most important matches on Radio Klan at 92.9 FM: https://www.tvklan.al Marina Vjollca, one of the premier faces of TV Klan in Albania, helps promote TV Klan's upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup coverage by playing the coach, ref, and the team's bus driver. The team Marina coaches are kids. She also hosts a 60-minute post-game show there called World Champions: ZEE5 and Unite8 Sports' promo for the 2026 FIFA World Cup that actually taken up from a 2026 World Cup short film: DD Sports, Doordarshan Sports, in India will broadcast LIVE the FIFA World Cup 2026 match between Mexico vs South Africa, Quarter Finals, Semi Finals & Final on DD Free Dish: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZZ0LDTuAva/ Chilevisión will be the official and exclusive Chilean TV channel broadcasting 34 group stage matches. Chileans can watch them on television and also online on MiCHV for the other games: https://www.chilevision.cl/noticias/michv-la-aplicacion-de-chilevision-que-transmitira-gratis-partidos-del-mundial-2026/ The 2026 World Cup in Colombia is broadcast through Caracol (Caracol Channel), official platform that broadcasts 35 of the 104 matches of the tournament, including all the matches of the Colombian National Team aka Los Cafeteros, the opening and the grand final. Exclusive matches: Enjoy the opening ceremony, the debut of the National Team and the most outstanding matches of the group stage and knockout stages on free television. Broadcast Team: Featuring commentary, analysis, and narration from the traditional Gol Caracol journalistic team. Online signal: All channel programming and live matches will be available through the official Gol Caracol website and its digital platforms. For those who prefer the audio format or cannot watch the games on television, Caracol Radio broadcasts a total of 70 games through its frequencies nationwide and its website: https://www.noticiascaracol.com/golcaracol/seleccion-colombia/que-partidos-del-mundial-2026-se-veran-en-vivo-en-gol-caracol-y-ditu-dia-y-hora-para-colombia-rg10 https://www.noticiascaracol.com/golcaracol/inauguracion-del-mundial-2026-en-vivo-hora-y-donde-ver-por-tv-en-colombia-y-gol-caracol-so35 https://caracol.com.co/2026/06/10/programese-con-el-mundial-2026-estos-seran-los-partidos-que-transmitira-caracol-radio/ Spain, the reigning European champs and 2010 World Cup winners in South Africa along with the reigning women's world title, is widely regarded as a very serious contender to win its second World Cup with a loaded and deep team filled with some of the world's best players like Lamine Yamal, Rodri, and Nico Williamson. RTVE is sending its biggest World Cup team ever to cover it and hope to see win it with La 1, Teledeporte, RNE, RTVE/Teledeporte Play, TVE, rtve.es Sports, RTVE Lab, and La2Cat in Catalan. All under the one word slogan "Ojala" ("Hopefully"): https://www.rtve.es/rtve/20260519/rtve-presenta-mayor-dispositivo-historia-para-mundial-2026-suena-con-copa-ojala/17075904.shtml One World - One Game soccer program on RTS Serbia's RTS 1 will feature the Opening Ceremony in Mexico City. This program will be shown in the evenings and will most often be reviews of the World Cup day. Sometimes a single match will be the center of attention, but even then viewers will be able to see other interesting details of matches that have been completed, as well as announcements of upcoming matches. The hosts of the shows will be Tijana Jevtić and Stefan Bendić. A special segment will be held by Nenad Đurović. Guests in the studio will be well-known faces of Serbian football, some of whom already have experience as football analysts: Rade Bogdanović, Miroslav Vjetrović, Aleksandar Janković, Milan Jovanović. RTS will try to bring you the atmosphere from the USA, Mexico and Canada and present the interesting facts that are always present when it comes to the world championship. The show starts on June 11th at 8 p.m., when the Mexico - South Africa match is played live from Mexico City's Azteca Stadium/Estadio Banorte: https://www.rts.rs/tv/rts1/5969380/jedan-svet---jedna-igra-sportski-program-fudbal---sp-ceremonija-otvaranja.html The biggest and most notable 2026 World Cup roster snubs and omissions: https://www.sportsnet.ca/fifa-world-cup/article/fifa-world-cup-all-snub-lineup-a-starting-xi-of-players-left-out-of-tournament/ https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/no-real-madrid-spain-ranks-141500322.html https://www.si.com/soccer/most-shocking-omissions-2026-world-cup-rosters https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/2026-fifa-world-cup-roster-snubs-best-xi-22274152.php

Now there's this no-good saga involving a couple of members from the Iraqi national team when landing in Chicago with one, not a player but a team photographer, denied entry. Making them not feel welcomed as a team. Disrespectful... https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/iraq-world-cup-aymen-hussein-detained-ohare-photographer-talal-salah-denied-entry/ https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/2-members-of-iraqs-world-cup-delegation-detained-at-ohare-1-denied-entry/#/questions/5880502

In full agreement with what Ian Wright says. But how much of this can and should be laid on the feet of the Americans who voted for Trump too? Because it is far more than just concerns of inflation but it's also other and far more ranging aspects that are impacted people here aren't always are conscious about--and how interconnected they all are in varying degrees, both domestic and worldwide. Still, as Ian Wright says, you feel bad for the Americans who genuinely aspire to be great co-hosts (we know the Canadians and Mexicans will definitely be) while striving to be really good at soccer on the field. Needless to say, this is a damn shame. The phones should be working to get him in. What M6 is doing in its debut World Cup broadcast in this promo here is selling the experience of not just the exciting World Cup action, the stars, and fan exhilaration but also the three nations co-hosting in Canada, USA, and Mexico: Some breaking news out of Canada Soccer: Who was going to replace Marcelo Flores for Team Canada? Jayden Nelson, A 23-year old from Brampton, Ontario playing professionally with Austin FC, is going to replace Marcelo Flores, who injured his knee/ruptured ACL while playing for Mexico's Tigres in Liga MX in their loss to Toluca. Nelson was one of three cuts who remained with the Canadian men’s national team after the initial 26-man roster was announced. Nelson has scored three times in 14 appearances for Canada’s senior team, including a stoppage-time goal in a 2-0 friendly win over Uzbekistan last week in Edmonton. Jesse Marsch went young and like for like, made astute decisions, and playing positive: https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/fifa-world-cup/article/nelson-replaces-flores-on-canada-roster/ https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/fifa-world-cup/article/who-might-replace-flores-in-the-canada-squad/ https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/fifa-world-cup/article/race-for-the-roster-who-replaces-flores-on-the-canada-roster/ Brazil's CBF Selecao has to say goodbye to Wesley because of his injury, a muscle injury in the adductor muscle of the left thigh, thanks to a MRI scan. Ederson Silva got called up as midfielder and joined Monday with the team in the USA: https://www.cbf.com.br/selecao-brasileira/noticias/selecao-masculina/a/ederson-e-convocado-pela-selecao-para-a-copa-do-mundo Bayern Munich star Lennart Karl has his own World Cup dream deferred with own injury, so German national team coach Julian Nagelsmann will call RB Leipzig midfielder Assan Ouédraogo, who narrowly missed chance to play on the original 26-player team, to take his place. But "it's not a like-for-like replacement in terms of position, but Nagelsmann did opt to give the spot to a promising youngster rather than a more established player": https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com/fifa-world-cup/212194/rb-leipzigs-assan-ouedraogo-to-take-lennart-karls-world-cup-spot-with-germany Terrible for a team set to make its World Cup debut and bringing national pride to the nation that an injury befalls them after the final roster is set. This is what Jordan's Nashama has to deal with when Croatia-based Ibrahim Sabra pulled lame with an injury on June 5 selecting Mohammed Abu Ghosh Taha later replacing him June 8. Following quotes are translated from Arabic separated on Jordanian Soccer Federation's Twitter After midfielder Baumgartner suffered a thigh injury on the Austrian national team during last Monday's 1-0 friendly win over Tunisia., OFB coach Ralf Ragnick decides against replacing him: https://www.flashscore.com/news/austria-won-t-call-up-replacement-to-world-cup-squad-despite-christoph-baumgartner-injury/8Kj5ez54/ In the Netherlands' Oranje, Jurriën Timber withdrew injured and thus ultimately dropped from the team with a lengthy groin injury "and hasn't been fit for a long time, still has complaints, and the situation isn't improving quickly" despite playing with Arsenal as a defender at the Champions League final against Paris Saint Germain. Replaced by Lutsharel Geertruida on June 8: https://nos.nl/artikel/2617697-jurrien-timber-mist-toch-wk-met-oranje-geertruida-opgeroepen-als-vervanger Iraq's Lions of Mesapotemia have called up Ahmed Hassan Maknzi to their 2026 World Cup squad to ‌replace Ahmed Yahya, who has been ruled out of the World Cup tournament with a hamstring injury, the national team announced on Saturday when touched base in Chicago: https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/makenzie-replaces-injured-yahya-iraqs-world-cup-squad-2026-06-06/ Leonel Balerdi is ruled out for Argentina, aka Las Scalonas, in their World Cup defense campaign with suffered a muscle injury in the soleus of his right leg: https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/argentinas-balerdi-out-world-cup-with-injury-2026-06-06/ Saw that USA Today also published its own World Cup preview. Will buy that too online--along with its Winter Olympics preview. SEN in Australia secured its third consecutive Australian radio World Cup broadcast with this one, set during Australian afternoon and primetime: https://www.sen.com.au/news/2025/10/08/fifa-world-cup-2026-streaming-rights-sen Argentina will have 8 different radio stations covering the World Cup for its defending national team champs, the Albaceleste Radio Continental, Cadena 3 Argentina, Radio La Red, Radio AM 750, La 990, LT4, Radio Nacional Argentina, DSports Radio: https://bolavip.com/ar/qatar2022/Mundial-de-Qatar-2022-donde-escuchar-por-Radio-los-partidos-de-Argentina-radio-la-red-emisora-copa-del-mundo-seleccion-F22-Q22-20221025-0050.html Is the Iranian diaspora portion in Los Angeles and elsewhere in the USA and Canada gonna be enough to fill the World Cup stadiums in the Iranians' place with the latter's tickets gone? https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/fifa-world-cup/article/iran-fifa-pulled-fans-world-cup-ticket-allotment/

MLS soccer here in the USA and Canada is undergoing 7-week World Cup break that's going on right now since last week. A record-setting 44 active Major League Soccer (MLS) players have been named to national team rosters for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, representing 21 different clubs and 17 countries. The United States and Canada lead the way with the heaviest league representation, with 8 players called up from each. Top Represented Teams: Los Angeles FC (LAFC) leads the league with 4 call-ups. Eight other clubs have 3 representatives each. Star Power: The overall contingent is of course headlined by Inter Miami's Lionel Messi (Argentina), and also features high-profile names like Miguel Almirón (Paraguay). As far as the league's standing is concerned, with these 44 players, MLS has the most representatives of any league in the Western Hemisphere, and the second-most of any league outside of Europe's top five divisions. VRT/Sporza got plenty of material for its upcoming 2026 World Cup broadcast in a matter of days. Already I showed and linked, more accurately, the Sporza 2026 World Cup promo. Man, Sporza's is loaded with stuff for it on the Flemish side with of course being Red Devils-centric on VRT 1, Sporza.be, VRT MAX, Sporza on Radio 1, Radio 2, MNM, Studio Brussel, Ketnet, and on podcasts. Let's not forget there will be live audio descriptions and AI-generated multiple subtitles for 57 games there. All begins with a kick-off preview show on June 10 and later a documentary on members of the Belgium 1986 World Cup team revisiting a Mexican orphanage for street kids called Casa Hogar they set up as its legacy there. Even as Sporza sets up a new look unveiled this month: https://communicatie.vrt.be/beleef-de-sportzomer-live-bij-vrt-en-ontdek-de-nieuwe-branding-van-sporza Magenta Sport, a Deutsche Telekom creation, is the only outlet from Germany that will show all 104 matches from the 2026 World Cup, which includes 44 exclusive matches that ZDF and ARD won't air. The 104-match lineup includes all of Germany's games and pre- and post-match coverage as well as daily breakfast club with analysis, info, and guests. Thomas Muller, Mats Hummels, Jurgen Klopp, Johannes B. Kerner, Tabea Kemme, Laura Wontorra, and Wolff Fuss are the on-air talent. Magenta Sport also is shown in Austria and Switzerland: https://www.telekom.de/sport/magenta-tv-fussball SRF will provide comprehensive coverage of the tournament, which for the first time features 48 teams, across TV and radio, online platforms, and social media with the hopes of making it attractive on all its platforms from overseas in North America. SRF will broadcast all 104 matches live on TV at SF2. Talk shows, analyses, and magazine programs will complement the live coverage with the Swiss national team, aka Nati, is the focus of SRF's Swiss-German coverage. Sascha Ruefer provides live commentary on the Swiss matches, while reporter Jeff Baltermia captures the emotions and voices of the Swiss players. In the daily "Nati-Magazin" (National Team Magazine), presenter Paddy Kälin and SRF expert Benjamin Huggel go behind the scenes at the Swiss national team's base camp in San Diego. They present analyses, news, and background information from the Swiss camp and shed light on the rest of the World Cup with commentary on srf.ch/sport and in the SRF Sport App, as well as almost all matches on TV. In the World Cup studio in Zurich, Annette Fetscherin, Lukas Studer, Rainer Maria Salzgeber, and Mevion Heim host the daily live program. Together with experts such as Martina Moser, Fabian Frei, Marc Schneider, and Fabian Lustenberger, they analyze the matches. Guests in the studio also include Martina Voss-Tecklenburg, Diego Benaglio, Bruno Berner, Mladen Petric, and Heinz Lindner. Sascha Amhof is covering the World Cup as a referee expert and joins the broadcast remotely to provide commentary on critical decisions. The game commentators there are Ruefer, Dani Kern, Mario Gehrer, Manuel Köng, Dominic Ledergerber, Calvin Stettler, and Rachel Rinast. Reto Müller, Mevion Heim, Jeroen Heijers, and Silvan Schweizer will also be providing commentary. And also on Swiss radio on Radio SRF 3, Peter Schnyder, Lionel Mattmüller, and Kathrin Lehmann will provide full commentary on the Swiss matches and the final. For the other games, there will be regular updates, and early in the morning, Radio SRF 3 will broadcast analyses and reactions to the games that took place overnight. The program will be rounded out with background stories and reports – directly from the Swiss national team camp. On srf.ch/sport and in the SRF Sport app, users will find a comprehensive World Cup special with results, match reports, analyses, interviews, and additional stories. Users can watch all matches via live-streamed commentary. The popular prediction game , where participants can compete in their own prediction groups and against celebrity tipsters like Lutz Pfannenstiel or Berner, is also back. SRF Sport's social media channels will publish results, highlight clips, and match summaries. In addition, 15 selected World Cup matches will be streamed live on YouTube. Roland Mägerle, Head of SRF Sport: “The FIFA World Cup is one of the major sporting highlights of 2026. I am delighted that we can make the World Cup overseas accessible to our audience – with the broadcast of all matches, an attractive program on all channels and a focus on the Swiss national team.” Varied supporting program will exist like in the ongoing series "Super League World Cup," players from the Swiss Super League introduce the country they will represent at the 2026 World Cup. SRF profiles, among others, Lawrence Ati Zigi, goalkeeper for FC St. Gallen, and Metinho, midfielder for FC Basel. SRF 3 presenter Tom Gisler and Zwölf editor-in-chief Mämä Sykora offer their own perspective on the World Cup in the special editions of their award-winning football podcast «Sykora Gisler» – with attitude, heart, humor and an exciting guest. The SRF podcast series «King Gianni – The Infantino Story» tells the story of the Swiss man at the top of world football in four episodes To kick off the World Cup, former Swiss national team players Stéphane Chapuisat, Benjamin Huggel, Pascal Zuberbühler and SRF sports presenter Paddy Kälin will compete at the Jass table in the «Samschtig-Jass» World Cup special on Saturday and philosophize about the chances of our national team: https://www.srf.ch/sport/fussball/fifa-wm-2026/fussball-wm-2026-srf-zeigt-alle-104-spiele-der-fussball-wm-2026-live HRT announces its 2026 World Cup broadcasting team the Croatian broadcaster assembled in Zagreb with Valentina Miletić, who is a trademark for soccer in Croatia, and as for commentators, has filled its ranks with colleagues from various television stations. From Arena Sport we took Toni Živković and Mario Glavan. From Sport Klub, HRT haS Ivan Hodoba and Zoran Grgić, and there are Željko Vela, Andrija Cmrečnjak. There is also a colleague from radio Marko Šivak. Regular studio guests and analysts on the show "Americana" will also include Tomislav Ivković, Tihana Nemčić Bojić, Krunoslav Rendulić, Darko Jozinović, Anton Samovojska, Vedran Ješe, Robert Matteoni and Željko Sopić, and we are also preparing special surprise guests for individual matches. The production part of the project on the ground in North America will be handled by Stjepan Krsnik , and in Zagreb by Saša Mlađenović, Matteo Čengić and Zvonimir Sunara. The directing team, led by Dražen Iričanin, will make a major contribution to the visual part of the show "Americana", a show lasting 40 days usually coming in at 8pm Croatia time, and the entire World Cup project. Marko Šapit and Valentina Miletić will be the duo in the studio in Zagreb for that americana show who will guide viewers through all the most important events of the championship and, with the help of commentators and guests, will convey the atmosphere. HRT commentators Luka Petrinec and Viki Ivanović are traveling to the United States, from where they will broadcast key matches for Croatian Radio and Television (HRT) with Petrinec covering all the Croatian games onward to the end and Ivanovic gets based on the American east coast and starting with covering the Bosnia-Herzegovina team in Toronto against Canada and later also England, Germany, and Norway. Along with them, Robert Jelečević and Marko Šivak will also guide Croatian Television viewers through the record 104 matches of the tournament. Croatian Radio will also cover the World Cup, mainly focusing on the activities of the Croatian national team, whose broadcasts will be on the Second Channel, and will broadcast all the matches of our national team and the final, that is, from the quarter-finals onwards. Other matches will be summarized in its morning shows every day on the Second Channel from 9.35 and in the afternoon from 18.00. There are two shows, American Dream on the Second Channel and on the First Channel every day for a half-hour block and on the weekends also on the First Channel from 14.15. For HR in America, the commentators will be Dameo Ramić Kovačić and his colleague Krešimir Gotlin and will be Samir Toplak: https://magazin.hrt.hr/zabava/hrt-predstavio-svoju-reprezentaciju-komentatora-i-voditelja-za-pracenje-svjetskog-nogometnog-prvenstva-2026-12747859 The 2026 FIFA World Cup cannot escape K-Pop. All the more so considering that BTS is going to involve themselves in the World Cup Final halftime show in East Rutherford, New Jersey on July 12. Certainly not in South Korea as fellow boy band TWS engages and encourages South Korean viewers to "let's watch the World Cup together" and cheer on South Korea's Taeguk Warriors on JTBC with the presentation using the red, blue, and white colors from the South Korea flag, keepin with the "thrilling and colorful" JTBC theme carrying over from the Winter Olympics: From the Dutch-speaking South American nation of Suriname, a nation whose national soccer team ALMOST qualified as a debutant in the World Cup like neighboring island Curacao to its northern coast... PARAMARIBO — Algemene Televisie Verzorging (ATV) and Telecommunicatiebedrijf Suriname (Telesur) announced on their social media channels on Tuesday afternoon (today) that the FIFA World Cup will also be broadcast on their stations. Earlier, the Surinamese Television Foundation (STVS) had announced that it had secured the broadcasting rights for the 2026 World Cup. In the social media posts, ATV refers to itself as the "official broadcaster." "As the official broadcaster of the FIFA World Cup 2026, ATV brings you closer to all the action." The global tournament, which will be held from June 11 to July 19 in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, can be followed via channels 12.1, 12.2, and 12.3. It is also possible to stream the matches via Telesur+, which is designated as the "official streaming partner." "Telesur+ brings you closer to every match, every goal, and every historic moment. As the official streaming partner, you can experience the FIFA World Cup 2026 wherever and whenever you want." https://dwtonline.com/wk-voetbal-2026-ook-op-atv-en-telesur/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DY0AqBHk58p/?img_index=1 Tim Ream named Team USA Stars And Stripes' World Cup captain: https://www.starsandstripesfc.com/usmnt/43942/tim-ream-to-captain-usmnt-at-world-cup