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FIFA World Cup 2026

  • <p>Africa CDC Director General Dr. Jean Kaseya is leading the response to a deadly Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda. Africa CDC was the first to declare the emergency on May 15. He warns the Bundibugyo strain is more violent than previous outbreaks, with at least 80 deaths and no approved vaccines or treatments. Funerals and population movement are fueling spread. As global travel rises ahead of the FIFA World Cup, Kaseya is urgently calling for stronger screening, health worker protection, rapid diagnostics, and international funding to contain the outbreak.</p>
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  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 14: (L-R) Kaká, Hugh Evans, Founder & CEO of Global Citizen, Shakira and Gianni Infantino, FIFA President, appear onstage at the announcement of the FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show during Global Citizen NOW 2026 at Spring Studios on May 14, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Global Citizen)
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  • Team captain Ryan Mendes is an attacking winger who helped Cape Verde qualify for their first-ever FIFA World Cup. The island nation, off the coast of West Africa, also reached the 2013 and 2023 AFCON quarterfinals.
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    The World Cup debutants determined to prove ‘nothing is impossible’
  • Shakira performs on stage during a show at Copacabana beach on May 2 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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    Shakira, Madonna and BTS to headline 2026 World Cup Final halftime show
  • FIFA president Gianni Infantino (R) presents US President Donald Trump a FIFA world Cup ticket for the final match in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 22, 2025. Trump announced the 2026 World Cup draw will be held on December 5 at Washington's Kennedy Center. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Foreigners with World Cup tickets won’t have to pay bonds to enter US, Trump administration tells AP
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  • Trionda, the official match ball of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, in Mexico City, Mexico, on April 23, 2026. (Photo by Solrac Santiago/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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    There’s one month until World Cup 2026 kicks off. Here are 5 things to know
  • Mexico City's Estadio Banorte will host the opening game of the World Cup next month.
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    Mexico’s ‘out of reach’ World Cup tickets cause discontent among fans
  • Andreas Brehme of West Germany at the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final between West Germany and Argentina on July 8, 1990 in Rome, Italy.
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  • Sep 9, 2025; Columbus, Ohio, USA;  US Men's National Team forward Christian Pulisic (10) controls the ball during the first half against Japan at Lower.com Field. Mandatory Credit: Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images
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  • The FIFA World Cup Trophy is seen on stage at the Kennedy Center ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Official Draw on December 03, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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  • Italy's Marco Palestra, left, and Leonardo Spinazzola console each other after losing a penalty shootout during the World Cup qualifying playoff final soccer match between Bosnia and Italy in Zenica, Bosnia, Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
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    Italian soccer is in a nightmare that it can’t wake up from
  • HONG KONG, CHINA - JUNE 6: Sardar Azmoun of Iran (L) handles the ball during the FIFA World Cup Asian 2nd qualifier Group E match between Hong Kong and Iran at Hong Kong Stadium on June 6, 2024 in Hong Kong, China.(Photo by Yu Chun Christopher Wong/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images)
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    Iran striker Sardar Azmoun kicked off national team for disloyalty, say reports
  • Players of Iran pose for a team photo prior to the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers Group A match between Qatar and Iran, at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar, June 5, 2025. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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    Iran negotiating with FIFA to move World Cup games to Mexico from US
  • <p>The Atalanta and USMNT midfielder Yunus Musah is in the midst of a challenging season, not getting the minutes he would have hoped for at the Serie A side, ahead of a huge summer. The USMNT Young Player of the Year in 2022 – who could have represented four different nations – finds himself fighting for his place in the squad, with a World Cup looming, as he has been explaining to CNN Senior Sports analyst Darren Lewis. </p>
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  • <p>Iraq's participation in the inter-confederation playoffs in Mexico that will decide two berths at this year's World Cup is in doubt because of the travel chaos triggered by the conflict in neighbouring Iran. The Iraqis are scheduled to play the winners of an earlier tie between Bolivia and Suriname in Monterrey on March 31 for a spot at the World Cup finals but are concerned they might not be able to get everyone to Mexico. Their head coach has been speaking with World Sport's Don Riddell.</p>
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  • <p>With 100 days to go until the 2026 World Cup, soccer fans have a new book to enjoy, as the entertaining and eloquent Roger Bennett, founder and CEO of the Men In Blazers Media Network, has published a love letter to the tournament, as he reflects on multiple World Cups, and how profound they have proved both on and off the pitch, for him and countless others. Rog has been in conversation with CNN World Sport’s Don Riddell.</p>
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  • <p>2025 was a dream year for Ousmane Dembélé. An astonishing six trophies with Paris Saint-Germain, including a much feted inaugural Champions League crown, and individually reaching the summit of world football by being recognized as the best player in the world. Not just on one occasions but three times, the most recent of which was at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai.</p><p>But as he's been telling CNN's Amanda Davies he has his sights set on the big footballing prize of 2026: World Cup. </p>
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  • Iran's national team poses for a photo before its World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan in March 2025.
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  • A bus set on fire by organised crime groups in response to an operation in Jalisco to arrest a high-priority security target, burns at one of the main avenues in Zapopan, state of Jalisco, Mexico, on Sunday, February 22.
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  • Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter speaks with members of the media as he leaves the tribunal after getting acquitted off corruption charges against him in Muttenz, Switzerland, March 25, 2025. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
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  • <p>Six months on from the tragic passing of Diogo Jota and his brother, André Silva, the pain is still real for their close friend, Vitinha. Speaking with CNN's Amanda Davies at the recent Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai, the Portugal midfielder says their memories will be the fuel that drives his, Portugal's ambitions at this summer's World Cup. The midfielder, who has become an integral part of his club and country, began by reflecting on his superb 2025 and whether it may already be the best of his playing career. </p>
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  • Paris Saint-Germain's Portuguese midfielder #17 Vitinha (C) runs with the ball during the UEFA Champions League Quarter final first leg football match between Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) and Aston Villa (ENG) at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on April 9, 2025. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP) (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images)
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    ‘We want to win it for him’: Vitinha tells CNN Sports why memory of Diogo Jota fuels Portugal’s World Cup dream
  • Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - FIFA World Cup 2026 Draw - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., U.S. - December 5, 2025 General view of the FIFA World Cup trophy during the draw.
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  • Ousmane Dembélé speaks during an interview at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai on December 28, 2025.
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    ‘We have a mission in the US’: France star Ousmane Dembélé tells CNN Sports he’s targeting World Cup glory after huge 2025
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