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With less than 500 days until the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Miami is ramping up preparations to welcome an estimated 600,000 fans to South Florida next summer. The new CEO of the Miami Host Committee spoke to WLRN about her vision for the event.

Ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, an interactive soccer mural during Miami Art Week has fused art with tech and the history of Overtown, Miami's historically Black neighborhood.

Lionel Messi’s first MLS Cup playoff match with Inter Miami will be on Oct. 25. And it’ll be aired live on a massive screen spanning an entire block of New York’s Times Square.

Inter Miami says it will not open a long-awaited new stadium near Miami International Airport until 2026. Jorge Mas, one of the team’s owners, previously told multiple outlets that he was targeting a 2025 opening for the stadium.

This summer, Florida International University and the Argentina Football Association partnered to launch a 10-week sports leadership global program.

The first lawsuits have been filed in connection with last weekend's melees that broke out when fans without tickets forced their way into the Copa America soccer final at South Florida's Hard Rock Stadium. Court records show that at least four lawsuits have been filed.

An Argentinean government official said Messi, who is the team captain, and the president of the country’s soccer federation, Claudio Tapia, should apologize after a video was shared on social media showing members of Argentina’s triumphant squad singing a racist chant about French players with African heritage.

COMMENTARY The loutish example of soccer bosses like Ramón Jesurún helps explain the hooligan behavior of soccer fans like those who stormed Hard Rock Stadium at the Copa America final.

Miami-Dade police say Colombia’s soccer federation president and his son were among 27 people arrested during the crowd control issues that broke out at the Copa America final. Ramón Jesurún and his son Ramon Jamil Jesurun were detained after the event at Hard Rock Stadium and charged.

With some fans in handcuffs and others getting medical treatment, the chaos caused the game to be delayed and raised concerns ahead of the high profile World Cup games the venue will host in 2026.

Emotions were high for soccer fans in South Florida on Sunday as they packed bars and restaurants to watch Argentina take on Colombia in the Copa America final. In Doral, Colombian fans hoping for their first title since 2001 spoke about their pride despite mourning a tough loss.

On Thursday in Atlanta, the Argentine national soccer team will kick off the 2024 edition of Copa América, whose final will take place in Miami next month. Will this be the last time superstar Lionel Messi, who turns 37 next week, wears the blue and white Argentine uniform in a major tournament?