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FIFA World Cup draw ‘like Christmas Eve’ for host cities
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Host city leaders have been waiting three years to find out which 2026 FIFA World Cup matches are coming to their markets. Friday’s final draw at the Kennedy Center helped narrow down the possibilities, but they’ll have to wait until Saturday for FIFA to release the final schedul...
World Cup draw runtime receives criticism
FIFA held the 2026 World Cup draw Friday in Washington, D.C., where the show was “almost as long as a soccer match, with the actual draw for the expanded 48-nation tournament starting in the 87th minute” (AP, 12/5). Spanish TV presenters were “starting to get clearly nervous about the length of the ...
MLS Cup watch party in Vancouver may outdraw in-person crowd
The MLS Cup Final watch party at B.C. Place, the Vancouver Whitecaps’ home stadium, on Saturday between Inter Miami and the Whitecaps “may outdraw the crowd that will be watching the final in person in Florida.” The Whitecaps “are prepared to have as many as 25,000 or so,” the rough maximum capacity...
Behind the scenes at the Charlotte Invitational
The Charlotte Invitational brought together top talent for one of the region’s most respected tennis events. We take a behind-the-scenes look at this year’s installment featuring Venus Williams, Madison Keys, Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe.
Trump’s growing influence on the FIFA World Cup looms over D.C. draw
When the soccer world gathers Friday at the Kennedy Center in D.C, President Trump is “expected to play a starring role,” and the much-anticipated World Cup draw will “unfold under a political haze impossible to ignore,” according to Rick Maese of the WASHIGNTON POST. A simple procedure has “instead...
World Cup draw marks ‘milestone week’ for host cities as preparations accelerate
Having “clarity in both form and function” makes Friday’s World Cup draw in Washington, D.C., what KC2026 CEO Pam Kramer called a “milestone week,” according to Vahe Gregorian of the K.C. STAR. K.C. Mayor Quinton Lucas said, “It is fair to say that this week you really do cross a Rubicon in a way. …...
Las Vegas solidifying its spot as epicenter for rodeo with NFR competitions
The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo for the past 40 years has “made Las Vegas the center of the universe in the sport,” and due to that, other rodeo competitions “continue adding to the NFR experience,” according to Patrick Everson of the LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. The biggest of those events is the A...
MLS Cup sees steady drop in get-in ticket price, international interest surge
The star power provided by international stars Inter Miami F Lionel Messi and Vancouver Whitecaps F Thomas Müller created an initial interest surge for Saturday’s MLS Cup, but as the game has approached, the get-in price for the matchup has only become more affordable for fans.
MLS eyes viewership increase for championship match
MLS’s final match before its groundbreaking media rights deal with Apple delivered the type of audience the league had sought for years. An average of more than 2 million Americans watched the 2022 MLS Cup between LAFC and the Union across ABC and Univision/TUDN, the largest TV audience for the leag...
Venus Williams draws excitement at Charlotte Invitational
A crowd of 10,592 people was on hand to watch Venus Williams face No. 7 Madison Keys in yesterday’s Charlotte Invitational, a “one-night tennis exhibition held in the Spectrum Center.” Williams, despite being the lowest-ranked player of the four in the event, “drew the loudest cheers.” Getting to se...
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We've been pointing to this moment this weekend for as long as I've been involved, and certainly prior to that. So to have it be here and to have some certainty around at least the teams that will play here is a huge moment, and I think it’s a point where we can start getting excited about soccer.KC2026 CEO Pam Cramer, on the importance of the World Cup draw for local organizers.
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