Events and Attractions

Tennis players Venus and Serena Williams are making a return to doubles tennis at Wimbledon with a wild card, and it is a “huge coup for the championships” in the absence of Carlos Alcaraz due to a wrist injury, according to Tom Kershaw of the London TIMES. Serena made a winning return in doubles af...

Bengals EVP Katie Blackburn and VP Elizabeth Blackburn said that they “hope Cincinnati will be in the rotation” to host the NFL Draft, according to Kelsey Conway of the CINCINNATI ENQUIRER. Blackburn said, “We are exploring it and seeing whether we can have an opportunity to do that. We would love i...

USWNT coach Emma Hayes on Monday highlighted how the World Cup’s hydration breaks “can be used to enhance the viewing experience,” even as the stoppages “appear universally unpopular,” according to Sam Lee of THE ATHLETIC. While working for ITV Sport in the U.K., Hayes “presented a very short, very ...

MLS “already has momentum” leading into this year’s FIFA World Cup, but the question is whether the tournament can “transform that into lasting popularity, creating a legacy for the domestic game beyond the month-long soccer party,” according to Ben Steiner of SI. The “challenge” for MLS will be to ...

The first day of the N.Y./N.J. area’s foray for the FIFA World Cup “felt dead,” with everything for the Brazil-Morocco game feeling “efficient, lifeless and sanitized,” according to Tom Hindle of GOAL. Everything “ran smoothly for the masses.” There were plenty of helpful people around, but the “mag...

Many content creators, including Scottish soccer fan Craig Ferguson, are using the World Cup as a “reason to explore America,” which comes “just in time” for the country’s semi-quincentennial, according to Mary McNamara of the L.A. TIMES. The “churning waves of social media discontent have parted” a...

The official attendance for Saudi Arabia’s 1-1 draw with Uruguay Monday at Miami Stadium (Hard Rock Stadium) was 62,764, but there appeared to be “many more empty seats than that,” leaving FIFA with “more questions about its ticketing policy,” according to Marty Ziegler of the London TIMES. The list...

PHILADELPHIA — As fans flooded out of Lincoln Financial Field and into the adjacent NRG Station subway stop following Sunday’s World Cup match between Ecuador and Côte d’Ivoire, some reflexively stopped at the turnstile to pay the fare.

K.C. will realize a “long-held dream of hosting the World Cup born of an unlikely source” -- its Super Bowl-winning American football team the Chiefs -- when Argentina and Algeria kick off on Tuesday, according to Benjamin Wilhelm of the FINANCIAL TIMES. The high cost of hosting this year’s tourname...