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Tourism needs to respond to a desire from American visitors for an immersive experience when they come here, say travel experts

Surprise decision made for tournament which brings in 80% of CAF's revenue

Fifa’s lack of concern for African football’s key money-spinner has led to inadequate preparation time

Fifa announces 50% increase in World Cup prize money with $50m for 2026 winners

Allocation will comprise just 0.8% of available tickets and will be distributed through associations

Gianni Infantino is deploying a deliberate strategy to benchmark the World Cup against the most expensive live event in sports

Prices are five times more expensive than for the 2022 Qatar World Cup

Applications for tickets can be made from December 11th on Fifa’s system

Organisers confirm ‘Pride Match’ activities will take place

Seattle fixture pits two nations with a history of hostility toward same-sex relations

World Cup draw took place against a backdrop of Europe being continually told it no longer matters

Gianni Infantino can be Johnny, but Rio Ferdinand is no Pele

Thoughts on Pep Guardiola’s character, Alexander Isak’s attitude and another strange night in Istanbul

It is not much better for supporters planning to go as getting to games is a convoluted and expensive challenge

Irish manager focused on playoffs to make tournament first of all

World Cup draw was for tournament to be jointly hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico

Manager Heimir Hallgrímsson says it’s a group ‘we would fancy qualifying from’

Tickets would be available at initial prices, rather than inflated by Fifa’s dynamic pricing model

Everything you need to know about the draw in Washington DC

Fifa suspends two fixtures of three-match ban following red card in Dublin

Reserves of hope were low until two implausible victories over Portugal and Hungary

In the News podcast: Winning in Prague would mean a home game in the Aviva

There’s a number of variables in play ahead of Thursday’s draw as the final qualifier groups are completed

Any child can tell the difference between a real prize and a fake one – how is the US president not dying of sheer mortification?

Worst case scenario could be Carla Ward’s team drawn with world and European champions, Spain and England

US president has drawn the 2026 World Cup into his culture wars with American cities

US president again raises idea of moving games in next year’s World Cup from host cities deemed unfit or unsafe

Gianni Infantino, president of global soccer’s governing body, has made it his business to be where Trump is

Uefa ban would take in Nations League and Europa League

Lionesses want to avenge World Cup defeat to Spanish, who are hoping to put Rubiales ‘kiss’ controversy behind them

Footballers James McClean and Ruesha Littlejohn, former rugby internationals Tony Ward and Trevor Hogan among signatories

Chelsea to face Brazilian side Fluminense in last four, PSG to play Real Madrid

Sport has become a victim of climate change, even as it is complicit in it

That the US gets hot in the summer is hardly breaking news. Even if it may not give any one team an advantage, it puts players, fans and officials at risk

A new book looks at forces such as geopolitics and social values that lie behind the shirts we see, wear and root for

Inter Miami were held to a scoreless draw by Al Ahly as the opening ceremony outshined the football on the pitch

Governing body cannot avoid the dark political backdrop to its tournament opening as Trump’s authorities flex their muscles

It is time to stop insisting footballers play for only one country even if they could be eligible for more

For five decades Massapequa Soccer Shop in New York fanned a passion that has spread to a level that few foresaw

Enrique’s brilliant Paris Saint-Germain triumphed in most one-sided final in Champions League history