President Donald Trump delivers his speech after receiving the FIFA Peace Prize during the draw for the 2026 FIFA Football World Cup taking place in the US, Canada and Mexico, at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, DC, on December 5, 2025.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will kick off six months from Thursday. Here's a deep dive into how the tournament could shape up and the top teams to watch.

Soccer fans have accused FIFA of a “monumental betrayal” after latest prices for World Cup tickets began to circulate.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup begins in June and Portugal's opponents have finally been revealed. By securing its bid as UEFA Group F winners, Portugal is back in the World Cup after last qualifying in 2022. Following the 2026 World Cup draw on Dec. 5, Portugal will begin its World Cup campaign in Group K.

FIFA said Friday that it had received 5 million ticket requests in the first 24 hours of the third phase of ticket sales for the 2026 World Cup, despite widespread backlash from supporter groups to the prices being charged.

The BBC and ITV will once again bring the entire World Cup tournament to everyone, everywhere, free-to-air sharing coverage of its biggest fixtures

You can purchase a maximum of four tickets per household for each match, and no more than 40 tickets in total for the entirety of the World Cup, according to FIFA’s FAQs. If you need more than four tickets for a match, FIFA encourages fans to explore hospitality packages.

Applying through official football associations is still significantly cheaper than going through FIFA’s resale platform.

Proud immigrants, soccer-mad tourists and more are already preparing for what promises to be a cultural exchange unlike any the city has experienced next summer during the World Cup.

Here is England's World Cup group stage opponents, which stadiums they will play at, and the times for the games.