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GENEVA (AP) — FIFA ended a The deal struck collectively with the European Broadcasting Union ended nine months of Infantino repeatedly aired his anger with the broadcasters — which all have national teams playing in the 64-game tournament — for offering as little as 1% of the fees they paid for the men’s World Cup. The July 20-Aug. 20 World Cup is being hosted by Australia and New Zealand with many group-stage games scheduled through the night and early hours of the European morning. No price was announced for adding the five countries plus Ukraine to the 28-nation rights deal FIFA already struck with Instead, FIFA did hail European broadcasters committing to screen more women’s soccer from next season. “As part of this agreement,” Infantino said in a statement, “the EBU has committed to working towards broadcasting at least one hour of weekly content dedicated to women’s football on its own digital platform and broadcaster network.” This would be a “substantial additional commitment … thus helping to further grow the sport,” FIFA said. "We see women’s football as being central to our content strategy and one of the cornerstones of the new digital platform we hope to launch next year,” EBU director general Noel Curran said. Tensions between FIFA and broadcasters like Britain’s BBC, Germany’s ZDF and Italy’s Rai rose last month when Infantino suggested the tournament could be blacked out in those countries. That would have been hugely damaging to the fast-flourishing women’...

National Albany Albuquerque Atlanta Austin Baltimore Birmingham Boston Buffalo Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dallas Dayton Denver Greensboro/Winston-Salem Honolulu Houston Jacksonville Kansas City Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami/Fort Lauderdale Milwaukee Minneapolis/St. Paul Nashville New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland Providence Raleigh/Durham Sacramento San Antonio San Francisco Seattle Silicon Valley St. Louis Tampa Bay Washington, D.C. Wichita A recent FIFA decision could give Philadelphia up to three more matches to host during the 2026 World Cup than it originally planned, causing a “ripple effect” that would boost visitation and economic impact for the city, according to local organizing group Philadelphia Soccer 2026. In mid-March, the Philadelphia Soccer used five to six matches as the framework during the bidding process from 2017 to 2022, but with the additional 24 games, Kane estimates Philadelphia could end up getting as many as nine. The city is qualified to host matches up through the quarterfinal round. “The ability to host matches, and any number of matches, is an honor. To be able to have more matches in Philadelphia is just an even greater opportunity for us to share the city, share our passion and share everything that's great about our city, including our diversity, with the world,” she said. An increase in matches is also expected to expand the length of the tournament, which was originally anticipated to ...

The 2022 FIFA World Cup closed with a bang as Argentina claimed their first title since 1986 with a It featured two goals by Lionel Messi, a hat-trick for Golden Boot winner Kylian Mbappe, two dramatic French comebacks, and a spectacular save by Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez that foiled a late French winner at the end of extra time. Meanwhile, MORE: World Cup 2022 tournament format The 2022 World Cup followed along the lines of recent editions, with a 32-team group stage that whittled the field down to 16 teams — only the top two teams from each of the eight groups survived. Those 16 group-stage qualifiers advanced to the single-elimination knockout stages — Round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals, and final — where the winner moved on and the loser went home. There had to be a winner on the day for every knockout-round match, and extra time and penalty kicks were used, if necessary, to determine the victor. MORE: What time did World Cup games start in Qatar? There were up to four matches daily during the group stage with simultaneous matches held on the final day of the group-stage phase for competitive integrity. Throughout the knockout rounds, there were only a maximum of two matches per day up to and including the quarterfinals. There was only one featured contest in the final four matchdays that remained (two semifinal dates, third-place and the final). Every time zone in the world got a chance to watch matches at decent times throughout their day, which was g...