COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The 2026 FIFA World Cup begins this week. Games will be televised on KQFX. Thursday FIFA World Cup Live: Noon to 1:45 p.m. Mexico vs. South Africa: 1:45 to 4 p.m. FIFA World Cup Postgame: 4 to 4:30 p.m. FIFA World Cup on FOX After Hours with James Corden: Midnight to 1
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Note: This is story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our daily newsletter on all things World Cup. To subscribe, click here. It’s now just two days to go until the start of the World Cup and it’s safe to say that things are heating up
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By Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN (CNN) — The 2026 World Cup is almost here in all its glory and that means non-stop action for fans to watch during a newly expanded tournament. A record 48 teams will be playing a total of 104 matches across three countries for the most prized trophy in world soccer.
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The World Cup starts this month, and there’s been no shortage of buzz here in Mid-Missouri, with games set to be played in nearby Kansas City. It’s been a great time to be a young soccer athlete here. Meanwhile, local first responders are training in case they’re called to help. Local businesses are hoping they
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The first match of the FIFA World Cup is Thursday, and some Mid-Missouri agencies are working and training for kick-off. The Boone County Office of Emergency Management started planning for the World Cup about a year ago, deputy director Jacob Waller said. “We kind of started planning internally some of the issues
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By Esteban Campanela, CNN (CNN) — Predictions about who will be the next World Cup champion often miss the mark. The pressure at this tournament is as intense as it gets for any player, and the margins are so fine that even a powerhouse can be knocked out. Still, only eight countries in history have
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By Katie Hunt, Jeremy Harlan, CNN (CNN) — When the World Cup starts next week, no one will be watching the pitch more closely than John Trey Rogers. The players will have their eyes on the ball; the referees will be studying the gameplay. Rogers will be focused on the grass beneath their feet. Rogers,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri is in the midst of the most soccer-crazed summer in the state’s history, as the first World Cup game in Kansas City is just under two weeks away. As those match ups quickly approach, the excitement spans all the way from adults to kids, who are just getting interested in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced that seven bars and restaurants in the city are partaking in the “Adopt-A-Team” program for the FIFA World Cup. The program enables the business to be an “official home base” for fans of their chosen teams, according to the application webpage. The bars and
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By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — 104 games, 48 teams and 1,248 players. The soccer stars taking to the pitch will have plenty of opportunities to shine during the World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico this summer. In the meantime, it’s the creative types behind the squad reveal videos who can take a
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) The FIFA World Cup is about two weeks away, and Kansas City is preparing public transit for hundreds of thousands of visitors from across the world, the nation and Missouri. KC2026 is the nonprofit that is planning events and preparing Kansas City to host the World Cup, which has matches from June
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As over 650,000 people are expected to arrive in Kansas City this summer for the anticipated FIFA World Cup, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has partnered with national nonprofit Safe House Project to address human trafficking.
Hanaway reports that large-scale international events have led to spikes in trafficking activity.
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