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World Cup fans will have to pay 0 for NY stadium train ticket, officials say

World Cup fans will have to pay $150 for NY stadium train ticket, officials say

Published by Sam Flores

World Cup fans will have to pay $150 for the 58-km roundtrip train ride between New York and Meadowlands stadium when it hosts eight matches including the final, local officials said Friday. Just 40,000 train tickets will be available for each of the games to be played at the New Jersey sports complex, a return rail trip to which is typically just $12.90, officials said at a briefing. “We are going to charge $150 for our roundtrip ticket on our system. So from New York to MetLife, MetLife back to New York,” said Kris Kolluri, the president and CEO of NJ Transit, using another name for the stadium. Read moreAmnesty warns 2026 World Cup across North America risks becoming a ‘stage for repression’ After reports first emerged in The Athletic of the plans to charge World Cup fans far in excess of normal fares, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill blamed FIFA for the price hikes. She pointed to a $48 million bill the state faces to ensure the safety of fans going to the eight …

New trial over football great Maradona’s death begins in Argentina | Football News

New trial over football great Maradona’s death begins in Argentina | Football News

Published by Sam Flores

The trial will, once again, seek to determine if Maradona’s medical team was responsible for his death in November 2020. Published On 14 Apr 202614 Apr 2026 A new trial over the death of Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona will begin on Tuesday, a year after a scandal involving a judge caused the first trial to collapse. Maradona, considered one of the world’s greatest players ever, died in November 2020 at the age of 60 while recovering from brain surgery at a private residence. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list He died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema – a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs – two weeks after undergoing surgery. The new trial, which will hear from some 120 witnesses, will again seek to determine if Maradona’s medical team was responsible for his death. Seven members of his medical team were charged with negligent homicide in a trial that began on March 11. The defendants have denied the charges of “simple homicide with eventual intent” in Maradona’s treatment. They …

Mediacorp to offer all 104 World Cup matches from S

Mediacorp to offer all 104 World Cup matches from S$98

Published by Sam Flores

Subscribers will be able to stream the matches on existing devices like smart TVs, tablets and smartphones via mewatch. Activation of subscriptions is instant, and subscriptions are contract-free. “More matches, same price – we think that’s the right thing to do for football fans in Singapore,” said Mediacorp’s chief customer officer Angeline Poh. “With mewatch’s instant activation and no-contract flexibility, all 104 matches are just a tap away – the best seat in the house, wherever you are. “It’s our honour to bring this tournament to fans across Singapore, and we can’t wait to experience every moment together.” Mediacorp said on Feb 5 that it had secured exclusive rights to the tournament, and would be providing free coverage of 28 of the tournament’s 104 matches on Channel 5 and mewatch. This is an increase from the nine games it covered free-to-air at the 2022 World Cup. The 28 matches comprise the opening match, 23 other group-stage matches, both semi-finals, the third-place playoff and the final. Argentina will go into the tournament as the defending champions, …

The Best 2026 FIFA World Cup Uniforms, Ranked

The Best 2026 FIFA World Cup Uniforms, Ranked

Published by Jenni Sidey

One of my most boomer takes is that pretty much every modern sports uniform is awful. Gradient coloring, nutty patterns, neon hues galore—none of it pleases my eyes more than their traditional, classic-looking predecessors. The best uniforms in sports are the ones you never have to change, like the Celtics’ kelly greens, the Yankees’ pinstripes, or North Carolina’s white basketball jerseys. A team constantly changing its look just means it keeps coming up with bad looks. That being said, the 2026 FIFA World Cup offers a wide array of every style of uniform: the untouched classics, the new-age stunners, and the kooky but ultimately garish flops. Here, we have a definitive ranking of every country that has officially released their home and away kits via Nike, Adidas, and Puma, the main outfitters of the 2026 World Cup. Of the nations that have already qualified for the tournament, the following have yet to release their kits and/or official product shots: Cape Verde Curaçao Haiti Iran Jordan Panama South Africa Tunisia Uzbekistan However, 32 countries have already …

Trump says Iran team would risk their ‘life and safety’ by playing in World Cup

Trump says Iran team would risk their ‘life and safety’ by playing in World Cup

Published by Sam Flores

US President Donald Trump warned Iran’s football team Thursday their “life and safety” would be at risk if they took part in the upcoming World Cup in North America. Trump’s comments came just two days after he told FIFA chief Gianni Infantino the Iranian players would be welcome despite the Middle East war. “The Iran National Soccer Team is welcome to The World Cup, but I really don’t believe it is appropriate that they be there, for their own life and safety,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform. The war, triggered by US-Israeli strikes on February 28, has thrown into doubt Iran’s participation at this summer’s men’s football World Cup, jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico and the US. Read moreIran’s new supreme leader will keep Strait of Hormuz shut as oil prices spike Infantino, the head of world football’s governing body, said earlier this week that during a meeting with Trump at the White House they had discussed the “current situation in Iran.” “President Trump reiterated that the Iranian team is, of course, welcome to …

Iran cannot participate in World Cup, sports minister says

Iran cannot participate in World Cup, sports minister says

Published by Sam Flores

IRAN DRAWN TO PLAY IN LA AND SEATTLE In the draw last December, the Iranians were grouped with Belgium, Egypt and New Zealand. All three of their Group G matches were scheduled to take place in the US, two in Los Angeles and one in Seattle. Iran, which dominated the Asian qualifying rounds to qualify for the tournament in March last year, was the only nation missing from a FIFA planning summit for World Cup participants held last week in Atlanta. Reuters has contacted the Iranian Football Federation for comment, while there was no immediate comment from FIFA on a replacement if Iran followed through with a boycott. FIFA regulations for the World Cup state that any team that withdraws from the tournament “no later than 30 days before the first match” will be fined at least 250,000 Swiss francs (US$320,800) by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee. “Disciplinary sanctions may include the expulsion of the participating member association concerned from subsequent FIFA competitions and/or the replacement of the participating member association with another member association,” FIFA’s …

Morocco coach Regragui leaves months before World Cup, Ouahbi appointed

Morocco coach Regragui leaves months before World Cup, Ouahbi appointed

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Morocco parted company with coach Walid Regragui on Thursday, three months before the World Cup, with the country’s football federation naming Mohamed Ouahbi as his replacement. Regragui leaves despite having led the Atlas Lions to the World Cup semi-finals in 2022 and to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations at the beginning of this year. “I leave my post with loyalty, gratitude, and the certainty that I have served my country,” he declared during a ceremony broadcast live on television, confirming weeks of persistent rumours that he was on his way out. Read moreMexico will make ‘a strong show of security’ ahead of World Cup, expert says Ouahbi, 49, is promoted to the role having overseen Morocco’s triumph at the Under-20 World Cup in October, with the federation describing the move as “a strategic transition” in the run-up to the World Cup in North America in June and July. “It’s a desire not to waste time and to take a different direction,” a source close to the Moroccan Federation said. “By appointing Mohamed Ouahbi and …

The World Cup Is Coming to America. Here’s How to Make the Most of It

The World Cup Is Coming to America. Here’s How to Make the Most of It

Published by Jenni Sidey

When Roger Bennett and Michael Davies started Men in Blazers in 2010, in the run-up to the World Cup in South Africa, that their silly podcast (two British transplants to New York City translating English football to an American audience) would grow into the largest soccer-focused media network in the country was so resolutely unlikely that to call it a dream come true would be insulting to actual ambition. Much more likely was that a World Cup might return to the US in their lifetime—and this summer’s 2026 World Cup, co-hosted by the US, Mexico, and Canada, will serve as a culmination for the stoking of soccer enthusiasm in America that Men in Blazers has been responsible for over the last decade-and-a-half. Bennett, who moved to the US in 1994, right as the country was on the verge of hosting its first World Cup, recalls for me that a poll taken three weeks before the tournament found that 71% of America didn’t know the World Cup was about to start and the other 29% didn’t …