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- WSJ.com The Wall Street Journal provides comprehensive coverage and analysis of the FIFA World Cup. News articles discuss the latest developments in the tournament, while videos provide highlights, commentary and interviews. The site also offers up-to-date standings and results, as well as team and player profiles.
Players from the England women’s team appear to have reached an agreement with the country’s soccer federation regarding a dispute over bonuses and commercial structures. England captain Millie Bright said at a news conference on Thursday that the players “feel really confident moving forward about the structure we now have in place” with the Football Association. In a statement released before the recent Women’s World Cup in Australia, the England squad expressed disappointment at the dispute having not been resolved before the tournament and said the players had decided to pause talks with the intention of revisiting them.
FIFA is at the centre of escalating tensions with the Kroenke family, the owners of Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium, over the terms of the agreement to be a host venue at the 2026 men’s World Cup. The 2026 World Cup is to be staged across sixteen cities in the U.S., Mexico and Canada and the venues were announced last year. Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Miami, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia, San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle are the other U.S. cities, with Mexico represented by Guadalajara, Mexico City and Monterrey and Canada by Toronto and Vancouver. However, tensions...