SportyTV secures South African World Cup rights

April 14 – SportyTV has secured pay-TV rights to the World Cup in South Africa, meaning all 104 matches from the tournament across Mexico, the United States and Canada will be available on the African sports platform’s OTT service and mobile app. Pre- and post-match coverage will come from studios in Cape Town and Madrid. 

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Trump puts squeeze on FIFA to change transgender policy

April 13 – The White House is using the 2031 Women’s World Cup as leverage, and the message to US President Donald Trump’s favourite sports administrator Gianni Infantino is clear: change your policy on transgender athletes in women’s soccer, or the government guarantees needed to stage the tournament in the United States won’t be coming.

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