The World Cup is bigger than what happens on the field. Our global sports editors take us behind the scenes in this new show by Reuters. They break down the politics, culture and the business of sports as the global game finds a foothold in the USA.
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Hungary’s main opposition Fidesz party re-elected former Prime Minister Viktor Orban as its leader on Saturday for another year despite the party’s loss of power in an April 12 election to the centre-right Tisza party.
Canada’s opening ceremony had dancers dressed in the red and white of the national flag, a performance by Michael Bublé, and a possible wardrobe malfunction for one of the figures on the giant inflatable World Cup trophy.
Ghana’s government on Saturday called Canada’s decision to deny midfielder Thomas Partey a visa for his country’s World Cup game against Panama next week “high-handed and extremely unfair”.
England have suffered a theft of training equipment ahead of their arrival in Kansas City, local police said, after a vehicle transporting the gear to their World Cup base was broken into.
The funeral for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will begin in Tehran on July 4 and conclude with his burial in his hometown, the northeastern holy city of Mashhad, on July 9, state media reported on Saturday.
Balogun scores twice as U.S. win 4-1
Days before the kickoff of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, there was no outward sign that this desolate, trash-strewn parking lot in New Jersey would soon become one of the priciest stretches of asphalt in the tri-state area.
In a quiet cafe popular for its free Wi-Fi and good coffee, a Russian interior designer logs onto a virtual private network so she can chat with friends abroad using the U.S. messaging service WhatsApp, which is blocked inside Russia.
Republicans want President Donald Trump to put his money where his mouth is: behind his scandal-plagued ally, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.