October 28 – FIFA and Global Citizen have announced the formation of the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund Advisory Board, marking the next step in the initiative’s goal to raise $100 million to expand global access to education and football for children.
October 28 – FIFA has launched the second sales phase of World Cup tickets, with another one million tickets up for sale.
October 28 – The World Cup is a spectacle on the pitch. However, the event also has the power to move the needle in the community. In Washington’s Puget Sound region, that spirit is already taking shape with two new mini-football fields at Lummi Nation School.
October 28 – No one does events quite like New York City and next summer, the greatest show on earth will be a major attraction in the ‘Big Apple’ as the iconic Rockefeller Center, better known for its ice rink and Christmas tree, will transform into a World Cup wonderland from July 4 to 19.
October 27 – The Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission (LASEC) has named Archer its exclusive Air Taxi Partner, which is potentially good news for anyone who’s ever spent half their life on the 405 freeway.
October 23 – The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the biggest in history, and for Fox Sports, the “biggest production ever.” The network promises wall-to-wall coverage, which translates to 69 matches on its main broadcast channel, a huge increase from 34 matches shown in 2022.
October 22 – NBA star and global icon, Luka Dončić, has been named an Official Community Ambassador for the Los Angeles World Cup 2026 Host Committee.
October 22 – World players’ union FIFPRO has brought together key stakeholders to discuss player welfare, rights and benefits at a meeting in the United States.
October 17 – FIFA have sold more than one million tickets for the 2026 World Cup in the first presale draw, the world governing body said on Thursday.
October 17 – Miami is gearing up for its 2026 World Cup party at Bayfront Park. The downtown waterfront has been chosen as the home of the FIFA Fan Festival during the tournament. Booked out for 23 days to include 88 live match broadcasts, three stages of music and culture, and room for 30,000 fans a day, Miami is going all out.
October 17 – Hosting platform, Airbnb, has announced a $1 million investment with the FIFA World Cup 26 New York New Jersey Host Committee to build five soccer mini-pitches across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and New Jersey.
October 16 – FIFA has signalled that it would allow U.S. President Donald Trump to remove cities from the list of World Cup hosts, following his threat to drop Boston earlier this week.
October 15 – Saudi Arabia and Qatar will fill the two remaining AFC automatic qualifying places for the 2026 World Cup after topping their groups in the final winner takes all ties against Iraq and the UAE.
October 16 – With two match days to go in the international window next month, Concacaf’s remaining three automatic qualification slots are set to go down to the wire.
October 15 – US President Donald Trump has said 2026 World Cup games could be removed from Boston over the city’s politics, the third city to be threatened by Trump. He said he’d call FIFA boss Gianni Infantino if he wanted to make it happen.