Cup 2026

• Shakira ha annunciato una nuova collaborazione con la star dell'Afrobeats Burna Boy intitolata 'Dai Dai' per la FIFA World Cup 2026, anticipandola da New York. • Il brano è posizionato come un collegamento ufficiale per il torneo mondiale di calcio previsto per il 2026 in diverse nazioni ospitanti, tra cui gli Stati Uniti. • Questo segna il ritorno di Shakira a progetti musicali di alto profilo dopo le sue passate esibizioni ai Mondiali, fondendo il pop con influenze Afrobeats.

• Kulletira Kodava family defeated Cheppudira 3-1 in the final of the Kodava Family Chenanda Cup on Saturday at Napoklu, Madikeri, securing their fourth title. • Roshan Lokesh equalized in the 44th minute, followed by Avanish Mandappa's goal in the 48th and Shubham's decisive strike in the 57th minute. • The victory celebrates Kodava hockey tradition in Karnataka's Coorg region, highlighting family-based regional sporting heritage often underreported outside India.

The earnings from the tournament in the US, Mexico and Canada will make it the most lucrative competition in the history of sport, even if some of the 48 competing countries say they are struggling to make ends meetA World Cup that Fifa’s president, Gianni Infantino, billed at the draw last December as “the greatest event that humanity has ever seen” will certainly be the most lucrative competition in sporting history.Fifa has spent the last few years upgrading its revenue projections, with the most recent financial report stating that the world governing body will make $13bn (£9.6bn) from the four-year cycle culminating in this summer’s tournament, almost $9bn of which will be brought in this year. Continue reading...

Special envoy to Donald Trump suggested the idea‘Firstly not possible … secondly not appropriate’The Italian sports minister, Andrea Abodi, has described a proposal for his country to replace Iran at the World Cup as “not appropriate”, rejecting any idea that the Azzurri will be granted a last-minute berth at this summer’s tournament.On Wednesday it emerged that Paolo Zampolli, a special envoy to Donald Trump, had suggested Italy should be fast-tracked to the World Cup despite their shock defeat by Bosnia & Herzegovina in last month’s playoffs. Zampolli proposed the four-time winners Italy replace Iran and said they would “have the pedigree to justify their inclusion”. But Abodi said that football’s showpiece tournament should remain meritocratic. Continue reading...