Copyright Variety
Fox Sports will dramatically increase the volume of live FIFA World Cup tournament coverage when the 2026 edition of world’s most-watched sports arrives next summer. Fox has committed to airing all 104 games in the five-week tournament live on the Fox broadcast network and the FS1 cabler. All games will also stream live on the Fox One streaming platform and the Fox Sports app. The tournament runs June 11 through July 19 and will stretch across 16 host cities in the U.S., Mexico and Canada, including Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Seattle and San Francisco. “Fox Sports’ presentation of FIFA World Cup 26 is going to be the biggest production in our company’s 32-year history, and we couldn’t be more excited to showcase this once-in-a-lifetime event with more matches on broadcast television than ever before,” said Eric Shanks, CEO and executive producer of Fox Sports. “The largest World Cup ever means this is going to be a television event unlike any other with more teams, superstars, storylines and moments that will captivate audiences everywhere.” In total Fox plans to serve up 340 hours of World Cup-related programming during the tournament — 100 hours more than it produced during the previous World Cup tournament in 2022. The 2026 round will mark Fox Sports sixth time as the exclusive English-language TV rights provider of World Cup coverage in the U.S. NBCUniversal’s Telemundo has Spanish-language rights for the U.S. The U.S. Men’s National Team Group Stage matches will be held June 12 (Los Angeles), Friday, June 19 (Seattle) and Thursday, June 25 (Los Angeles). The full broadcast schedule will be announced following the FIFA World Cup 26 Final Draw, which is set to air live Dec. 5 on Fox from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. (Pictured: Players for the U.K.’s Chelsea F.C. exult at the FIFA Club World Cup Final match against Paris Saint-Germain at MetLife Stadium on July 13 in East Rutherford, N.J.)
