Events and Attractions

Sally Bolton keeps the Monday after Wimbledon concludes each year completely free in her diary. It’s a chance to breathe after weeks of preparation and a fortnight of glad-handing, weather-watching and, just occasionally, a spot of fire-fighting. This year, though, will feel a little different for t...

With nearly 60,000 soccer fans gathered in Charlotte for the U.S. men’s national team’s World Cup tune-up against Senegal, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein used the moment to pitch his state’s largest city as a potential host for the 2031 Women’s World Cup. He also acknowledged that he will be watchin...

FIFA takes on a Darth Vader role with World Cup ticket snafus.

Ticket prices for NBA Finals Game 3 and 4 at Madison Square Garden on Monday and Wednesday “continued to skyrocket” after the Knicks took a 2-0 lead against the Spurs on Friday. As of Saturday, the lowest-price resale tickets for Game 3 stood at $9,866 per seat on StubHub, $10,260 on TickPick and $1...

The city of Toronto said that “only a fraction of the 2026 FIFA World Cup tickets it bought as an investment remain unsold, with the soccer gamble looking set to pay off a week before the games begin.” Fifty-two of the tickets were “put aside to run a sweepstakes,” while the city also “shelled out m...

The final tuneup for the U.S. before the World Cup -- a Saturday send-off against Germany at “sunny, sold-out Soldier Field -- was part party, part pep rally but mostly one last semi-serious chance” for the U.S. team to prepare for the tournament. The 2-1 loss took place before 63,636. While Chicago...

Around 2,000 hospitality workers at SoFi Stadium “overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike.” The stoppage “could occur at any time,” though union officials “made it clear that the U.S. national team’s opening World Cup match against Paraguay would be an opportune moment.” A strike at SoFi Stadium ...

FIFA has “u-turned on a u-turn, declaring that water bottles will be allowed at World Cup stadiums this summer” -- but the new rule does “not yet apply to venues in Mexico.” Last week, FIFA changed its policy on reusable water bottles so that they could “not be brought into” stadiums. FIFA then “rec...

Florida Panthers owner Vinnie Viola now has two Triple Crown race victories to go with his two Stanley Cups as Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo again rallied from last and won the 158th Belmont Stakes by 1 1/4 lengths Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. Viola, of St. Elias Stable, dedicated the win ...

The Argentina men’s national team will face Honduras at Kyle Field in a friendly Saturday in what will “likely” be the “biggest crowd” F Lionel Messi has played in front of in his career. The stadium seats 102,733 people, topping the 99,354 that Camp Nou, home of Messi’s former team Barcelona, holds...