News blog for the 2026 World Cup
Confusion due to technical glitch: FIFA reacts
Updated June 14, 2026 – 6:52 a.mReading time: 9 minutes
The World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada has begun. You can find out all the important news about the tournament here.
From June 11th to July 19th, the Football World Cup, the largest tournament in the history of football, will take place in the USA, Mexico and Canada. A total of 48 national teams are fighting for the title in 104 games over five and a half weeks.
The three hosts have now all started the tournament. While Mexico (2-0 against South Africa) and the USA (4-1 against Paraguay) celebrated victories, Canada played a draw (1-1 against Bosnia and Herzegovina). The DFB team enters the tournament on Sunday evening against Curaçao. With the t-online news blog you won’t miss any important news about the 2026 World Cup.
Neuer’s decision for the DFB opener is finally final
The status of the German number one for the start of the World Cup was unclear for a long time. But now national coach Julian Nagelsmann has ended the speculation. Read here whether the goalkeeper is playing.
Scotland with a historic victory
A dry spell of over 35 years is over: Scotland narrowly beat outsiders Haiti 1-0 (1-0) at the start of the World Cup, celebrating their first victory since the 1990 World Cup.
England equipment resurfaced
The English national football team can breathe a sigh of relief after the theft of training equipment. As goalkeeper Dean Henderson reported after the first training session on Saturday at the World Cup headquarters in Kansas City, “everything is back. So everything is good.”
Earlier, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said authorities at the “local, state and federal levels” were investigating after vehicles transporting equipment from Florida to the Swope Soccer Village training site were broken into. Defender Dan Burn also confirmed that his equipment and shoes were back.
Superstar saves Brazil from initial defeat
In the top game of Group C, Brazil had to cope with an early shock against Morocco early on Saturday evening local time in New York. A superstar then prevented the “Seleção” from having a complete false start. You can read the report on the 1:1 (1:1) here.
Confusion due to technical glitch: FIFA reacts
A technical glitch caused confusion among the TV audience during the World Cup game between Switzerland and Qatar (1-1). Because a brief disruption prevented the creation of the onside graphic animation before the penalty awarded to Switzerland, spectators and experts puzzled over a possible offside position before Qatar goalkeeper Mahmud Abunada’s foul on Remo Freuler.