Events and Attractions

Four players at the World Cup so far have had their jerseys “ripped in one circumstance or another, in three cases requiring them to go off the field and change into a replacement,” with all four shirts manufactured by Puma, according to Daniel Austin of BBC.com. In all four cases, the tears happene...

Boston has held three games so far with four remaining for the World Cup and local organizers are “already declaring victory,” according to Banks & Higgins of the PROVIDNECE BUSINESS FIRST. Boston Soccer 26 President & CEO Mike Loynd looked back on the matches and said, “I love the way Bosto...

If this FIFA World Cup has been “marred by astronomical ticket prices and an opaque system for selling them,” that “hasn’t put a damper on the tournament” in the Pacific Northwest, according to Kevin Baxter of the L.A. TIMES. Tens of thousands of people poured into Seattle on Friday morning for the ...

The Tartan Army has invaded South Florida for the World Cup, and its latest stop was loanDepot park, where thousands of Scots turned a Marlins-Rangers game into a “pregame party two days before Scotland’s World Cup showdown with Brazil,” according to Tom D’Angelo of the PALM BEACH POST. The announce...

Purses across women’s golf have continued to rise in recent years, and that will continue this week at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. The tournament at Hazeltine National Golf Club will have a $13M purse, the largest ever for a women’s tournament and an increase from $12M last year.

Wimbledon debenture prices have “more than tripled in two years,” as the type of bond guaranteeing a seat on Centre Court for five years from 2026 sold for as much as $510,000 in April, according to Feif & Nimmo of BLOOMBERG NEWS. The current prices are more than triple the $153,166 issue price ...

France has returned as the No. 1 digital brand among World Cup teams in the latest Sports Social Pulse rankings, developed by the Univ. of South Carolina’s Social Media Insights Lab in partnership with Sports Business Journal.

The Univ. of Oklahoma “completed an epic postseason heater” Monday night with a 13-2 win over the Univ. North Carolina to take the College World Series title. OU, “one of the more unlikely recent CWS victors,” captured its first title since 1994 and its third baseball title overall. They also “exten...

The get-in ticket prices for three World Cup games on Tuesday are coming in at or above $1,000, according to TicketData.com. Portugal -- led by F Cristiano Ronaldo -- faces Uzbekistan in a Houston matchup that costs $1,936, up 104% since the start of the tournament, and the only of the four matches ...

Fans at Philadelphia Stadium were “evacuated out of the stands” and “told to seek shelter as severe thunderstorms” moved through the region during the World Cup game between France and Iraq on Monday evening. The delay began at halftime, around 5:50pm ET, with France up on Iraq 1-0. Some fans “trick...