2026 World Cup

FIFA organizers shelved an aggressive recycling plan in place at Hard Rock Stadium and instead will only provide single-use plastic water bottles.

"Most successful World Cup they've ever had," Trump said June 10 at the White House. "They've never sold tickets at that level. They've never sold that many tickets so quickly."

Now that the FIFA World Cup is underway in Mexico, Canada and the U.S., the drama has shifted to the fields, where there have been several surprising results heading into the first full week.

On Saturday, Haiti will hit the World Cup stage for the second time in its history. The team is not scheduled to play in Miami, but WLRN went to Philadelphia, where it will play a group stage game — and found expectations are high among the diaspora. “This is literally the start of a new era,” said Pascal Marcellus.

COMMENTARY The World Cup should dedicate Haiti's opening game to a Port-au-Prince boy who embraced soccer — the game, not the greed — as sanctuary from the gangs that killed him last month.

There has been a surge of global interest in Haitian culture across social media over the past few years, and Haiti’s participation in this year's World Cup is supercharging that momentum.

With a record 48 teams and 1,248 players, there's an endless number of stats about the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Here are a few to get you started.

At a press conference Wednesday outside FIFA World Cup headquarters in Coral Gables, the advocates condemned FIFA for doing little to protect athletes and fans from ICE and other federal authorities carrying out the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement efforts.

This summer, 48 men's national teams will compete in the World Cup's biggest tournament ever. Here are a few of the basics to get you started.

The World Cup is offering the 16 host cities a chance to take action against one of the biggest problems they face — homelessness.

When the FIFA World Cup comes to South Florida, the world may see it as Miami but the seven matches will be held at Hard Rock Stadium — in Miami Gardens. While the city has come to rely on business from the venue, the stadium was once a contentious project and a catalyst for residents in a predominantly Black community to fight back.

At Miami's Nu Stadium, South Florida's Haitian diaspora gave a joyful send-off to their national soccer team as it prepares to take part in its first World Cup in five decades.