Category: 2026 FIFA World Cup

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Curaçao Confirms Boca Raton as FIFA World Cup Base Camp Destination

Curaçao will prepare for its first FIFA World Cup campaign this summer at a base camp in Boca Raton, Florida. It was announced that the “Blue Wave” (La Familia Azul) will use Florida Atlantic University (FAU) as its principal training facility, while the team and staff will stay at the Boca Raton Marriott at Boca […]

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Argentina Picks Kansas City, Kansas, for FIFA World Cup Base

The Argentine Football Association (AFA) announced that reigning FIFA World Cup champion Argentina will be based in Kansas City, Kansas, during this year’s edition of the tournament. Lionel Scaloni’s team will set up at Compass Minerals National Performance Center, the training facility for Major League Soccer’s Sporting Kansas City, for its team base camp training […]

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Uruguay Selects Playa del Carmen for 2026 FIFA World Cup Base Camp

The Uruguayan Football Association has confirmed that its men’s national soccer team will be based in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, in Mexico during the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States. La Celeste (Sky Blues) will stay at the Fairmont Mayakoba during the tournament, while its training camp will be […]

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FIFA Launches Nationwide Canada Celebrates Program

FIFA has announced the launch of Canada Celebrates the FIFA World Cup 2026, a program that it says will unite communities across the tournament co-host country from 11 June—19 July 2026. Delivered as a series of free-to-the-public, one-day community celebrations across the country, FIFA says that Canada Celebrates will “bring football fans together for live […]

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Chattanooga to Host Spain’s Men’s National Team at 2026 FIFA World Cup

The Spanish Men’s National Soccer Team will base itself in Chattanooga, Tennessee during the group stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States. The FIFA World Cup champions from 2010, reigning European champion and current number one ranked team in the world, Spain will stay at Embassy Suites by […]

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Colombia Selects Guadalajara as Base Camp Location for 2026 FIFA World Cup

FIFA has confirmed that the Colombian national soccer team will be based in the city of Guadalajara, Mexico during the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States. The team’s base camp will be at the Atlas AGA Academy, a complex that opened in September 2023. The site has six professional courts, […]

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New Sports Venues to Watch in 2026

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect new information. This will be a bumper year for global sports events, with both the Olympic Winter Games in Milano-Cortina and the FIFA World Cup in North America this summer. That will put a spotlight not just on athletes but on new and renovated venues, from […]

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A-Z: The SportsTravel Alphabet of 2026 Sports Events

It’s finally here. Six years after winning the right to host the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup, the tournament will finally kick off this summer across North America. While that event’s return to the U.S. for the first time in 32 years will be the signature domestic sporting event of 2026, there’s plenty more on […]

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The Akron Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico, where South Korea will begin their FIFA World Cup campaign (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Guadalajara Confirmed as 2026 FIFA World Cup Base Camp for South Korea

The South Korean national soccer team will have a base camp in Guadalajara, Mexico, during the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States. The Korea Football Association announced on January 22 that the team would be based at the Chivas Verde Valle training facility, which belongs to Club Deportivo Guadalajara. After […]

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Croatia to Set Up 2026 FIFA World Cup Base Camp in Alexandria

Alexandria, Virginia, has been confirmed to host the base camp for the Croatian national team during the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States this summer. The Croatian Football Federation said that Alexandria was its first-choice destination for a base camp after visiting 60 potential venues before and after the 2026 […]

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