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Arsenal won its first Premier League title in 22 years last season. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

2026-2027 English Premier League Schedule Confirmed

The schedule for the 2026-2027 English Premier League season, which begins on August 21, 2026, has been confirmed. Premier League reigning champions Arsenal will kick off the new season against promoted Championship champions Coventry City, who return to the top flight for the first time since the 2000-01 season. Elsewhere across the opening matchday, fellow […]

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Frisco, Texas, has become a focal point for the World Cup, including serving as the base camp for Sweden. (Photo by Ted Keith)

Scenes from the World Cup: Celebrating Soccer in Frisco

FRISCO, TEXAS — The World Cup belongs to everyone. It is being celebrated across the globe, contested by 48 nations and hosted in three countries in North America. Its final will be played in the United States. But if there is a capital city for this event, it might be in Dallas. Nine matches will […]

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The spectacle of Netherlands-Japan from inside "Dallas Stadium," also known as AT&T Stadium. (Photo by Ted Keith)

Scenes from the World Cup: ‘Very Hot, Very Clean, Very Expensive’

DALLAS — The morning rain had stopped, giving way to abundant sunshine and rapidly escalating temperatures, when down the sidewalk came a storm of a different kind. An Orange army, their smiles as bright as their jerseys, approaching the 3 million-square-foot spaceship that is Dallas Stadium, nee AT&T Stadium. The supporters of the Netherlands numbered […]

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From the Publisher: A World Cup on the Rocks

Journalists have written entire internet volumes about the 2026 FIFA World Cup and its impact, including thousands of words right here by our own team at SportsTravel. But has anyone written about the rocks yet? Here’s a World Cup angle you won’t see anywhere else because I’m not sure what family would be as willing […]

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Lionel Messi led Argentina to the World Cup title in 2022 and has a chance to make history in his sixth Cup this summer. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, FIle)

2026 FIFA World Cup: The Road to Glory Begins

On June 13, 2018, FIFA awarded hosting rights for the 2026 men’s World Cup to North America. Nearly eight years to the day, the largest World Cup in history is finally ready to kick off, with the opening match on Thursday in Mexico City between Mexico and South Africa. It has been a long journey […]

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SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, will play a major role in the Games and help L.A. do something that hasn't been done in 80 years. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong, File)

2026 FIFA World Cup Host City Guide: Los Angeles, California

In advance of this summer’s FIFA World Cup, SportsTravel is delving into each of the 11 U.S. cities that will host matches during the event. This year’s edition will be the largest ever, with 48 teams (up from 32), and it will be the first to be staged in three countries — Canada, Mexico and the United […]

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Five of the Most Creative Fan Activations at the World Cup

What started out as merely a soccer tournament for 13 national teams in 1930 has become a global phenomenon with 48 teams, and organizers now see the FIFA World Cup as a significant tourism driver for their local and national economies. Almost a century later, as the United States, Canada and Mexico prepare to welcome […]

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More than 85,000 fans came to Texas A&M's Kyle Field in June 2024 for a friendly between Brazil and Mexico that helped bring $2.6 million to the school's athletic department. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Gig ‘Em Economy: College Station, Texas, and the New Game of Revenue Generation

Historically, June is a little slower in college towns. Students have mostly departed, and communities from Athens to Eugene can feel more like the smaller villages they once were. Yet for the benefit of every parking space that is suddenly available near campus there is a downside: fewer people using those spaces to go shopping […]

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Lumen field in Seattle, which will be renamed Seattle Stadium during the 2026 FIFA World Cup (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

2026 FIFA World Cup Host City Guide: Seattle, Washington

In advance of this summer’s FIFA World Cup, SportsTravel is delving into each of the 11 U.S. cities that will host matches during the event. This year’s edition will be the largest ever, with 48 teams (up from 32), and it will be the first to be staged in three countries — Canada, Mexico and the United […]

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The Iran Men's National Soccer Team (AP Photo/Riza Ozel, File)

Iran Moving World Cup Base Camp from U.S. to Mexico

Iran has moved its World Cup training base out of the United States because of the war in the Middle East, according to the Associated Press. Mehdi Taj, president of the Iran Football Federation, said Saturday that his nation had been given approval from FIFA to move the base, which had been scheduled for Tucson, […]

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