Soccer
SuccessAfter forcing workers back to the office, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase are now letting their staff work remotely—but only for the World Cup
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJune 23, 2026
North AmericaWorld Cup teams will be paid a record $871 million: Each team will get $12.5 million as a bare minimum for playing and ‘preparation money’
By Emma BurleighJune 21, 2026
Travel & Leisure‘I didn’t want a refund, I didn’t want my money back’: meet a grandma who paid $485 for World Cup tickets and never got them
By R.J. Rico, Emilie Megnien and The Associated PressJune 20, 2026
SuccessCape Verde’s Roberto Lopes was working at a bank when he was recruited on LinkedIn to play soccer—he thought it was spam, now he’s at the World Cup
By Preston ForeJune 20, 2026
SuccessTeam USA star Ricardo Pepi grew up in a trailer in El Paso—and his parents pawned their car title to fuel his soccer dream. Now, he’s in the World Cup
By Preston ForeJune 15, 2026
By Indrani SenJune 14, 2026
HealthAs the World Cup draws millions to 11 U.S. cities, measles—not Ebola—may be the biggest concern
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJune 5, 2026
North AmericaThe ‘soccer’ vs. ‘football’ war has a 160-year history — and your snobbish friends are wrong about which one is right
By Kirk Bowman and The ConversationJune 5, 2026
Travel & LeisureFIFA ‘just priced everyone out’: Soccer fans are skipping the World Cup over extreme prices
By R.J. Rico and The Associated PressJune 5, 2026
MagazineInside the $9 billion World Cup: How Gianni Infantino built a FIFA-dom with a tight grip on soccer’s biggest global event
By Vivienne WaltJune 4, 2026
EconomySome of the biggest U.S. sporting towns decided not to host any World Cup games, fearing a ‘major financial burden to our cities’
By Tristan BoveJune 3, 2026
ConferencesU.S. Soccer is using AI to scout 70 million teenagers. The former consulting CEO running the federation calls it a ‘paradigm shift’ for the sport
By Nick LichtenbergJune 2, 2026
North AmericaFIFA’s foray into dynamic pricing may be backfiring by keeping actual fans out of the World Cup—and sending some prices lower as backlash hits demand
By Sasha RogelbergJune 2, 2026
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