FIFA

• Is hosting the FIFA World Cup worth it? Canadians are divided in new poll

  The B.C. government says the costs of the event will be offset by estimated revenues of between $448 million and $478 million, which is higher than it originally estimated in 2024.

  Politics

  Nov 17
  
• Toronto to develop wastewater surveillance program to detect diseases for FIFA World Cup

  Toronto will launch a wastewater surveillance pilot during the 2026 World Cup to monitor diseases like COVID-19, flu, and measles in busy fan zones.

  Sports

  Oct 17
  
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• 2026 FIFA World Cup organizers start search for some 65K volunteers

  Organizers say volunteers will provide support across 23 functional areas at official and non-official sites such as stadiums, training sites, airports, hotels and more.

  Sports

  Aug 11
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• FIFA may need to rethink World Cup calendar due to climate change: experts

  With temperatures rising worldwide, scientists warn that staging the World Cup and other soccer tournaments in the Northern Hemisphere summer is getting increasingly dangerous.

  Sports

  Jul 16
• FIFA World Cup 2026 hospitality tickets released — starting at $2,500 each

  "What they are going to see is the greatest sporting spectacle and it's going to be here, for seven games," Kingsley Bailey with Vancouver Ticket told Global News.

  Sports

  Jul 14
• Trump, unfazed by boos, crashes trophy ceremony at Club World Cup final

  The match fell on the one-year anniversary of the assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pa., while he was campaigning for president.

  Trending

  Jul 14
• Cost of hosting FIFA World Cup in B.C. could be as high as $624M, province says

  The province estimates that hosting seven matches will result in more than one million out-of-province visitors, generating more than $1 billion in spending.

  Sports

  Jun 24
• Vancouver to host the next FIFA Congress ahead of 2026 World Cup

  The FIFA Congress is traditionally held in the World Cup host country the year of the tournament. In earning hosting rights, Canada wins out over co-hosts the U.S. and Mexico.

  Sports

  May 15
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• $25 million World Cup training field upgrades head to Vancouver Park Board

  In July, the City of Vancouver announced Killarney Park and Memorial Park South would undergo upgrades to serve as official training grounds for the 2026 tournament.

  Sports

  Dec 9, 2024
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• Toronto councillor resigns from FIFA committee amid sex assault trial

  The decision comes in the middle of an Ontario Court of Justice trial in which Michael Thompson is fighting two counts of sexual assault, following a 2022 Muskoka cottage weekend.

  Politics

  Oct 25, 2024