Politics

Vancouver learned to stop worrying and love mega-events

The city that defined modern anti-Olympic resistance has made its peace with ...

What Jordan's ambassador wants you to think about wh...

Dina Kawar is hoping Jordan's first-ever World Cup will get Americans see bey...

Sports is the Gulf's favorite soft power play. The W...

Middle Eastern petrostates have poured billions into the game. Their national...

Paws. Dish. Draw. Repeat.

Sunday presents another test for both Belgium and Maximus Textoris Pulcher, t...

Which members of the prospective ’28 field are hitti...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is leaning into the “once-in-a-lifetime” World...

The world came to play. Southeast Asia came to sell.

Our trade editor explores the FIFA gift shop — and finds Donald Trump's influ...

FIFA plays flag football against Iranian protesters

A California court says FIFA can ban a pre-revolutionary Iranian flag favored...

What does it cost to air-condition a World Cup?

Dallas is using the most power among U.S. stadiums, according to one analysis...

What SoFi Stadium traffic is teaching LA politicians...

Los Angeles is about to host its fourth match of the tournament, the most of ...

Donald Trump's least favorite country seeks remontada

No European country has infuriated Donald Trump more than Spain.

Gallego tapped campaign cash for family travel, Supe...

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) has deployed donor funds to cover travel for his...

World Cup fuels ticketing reform demands

Advocacy groups urge Congress to get tough on scams.

Smallest team, biggest pitch

A 158,000-person nation just made the World Cup. Now it wants your investment.

The happiest World Cup game

POLITICO has been crunching the numbers to see how all 48 of this year’s Worl...

In the World Cup’s missing country, failure sparks b...

Giorgia Meloni’s government is keen to extend control over Italian football a...

Exclusive: Iran declares Mexico to be World Cup winner

After striking a ceasefire deal with U.S., regime officials are striking at t...