Eight-year-old Nathaniel Salhani was bouncing on his toes when he blurted out his excitement about Canada co-hosting the World Cup. His team had just finished playing on a perfect Ottawa evening, but all he could think about was the Ireland match coming up. His mom, Nathalie, echoed that pride—"We’v
The 2026 World Cup draw brought excitement and nerves to U. S. soccer fans across the country. In Los Angeles, a star-studded watch party celebrated the city's role as a host for the first 48-team World Cup. Meanwhile, in New York's Times Square, fans packed a fan zone to see the groups revealed on
In Amsterdam, the police didn't take any chances. After recent violence targeting fans of an Israeli soccer team, the city's mayor banned all protests for the weekend. Despite the ban, dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators took to the streets. Police quickly stepped in, arresting over 50 people an
Amsterdam authorities revealed that five people were hospitalized and 62 were arrested after a night of violent attacks on Israeli soccer fans. The violence, linked to anti-Semitism, happened after a match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Both Dutch and Israeli leaders condemned the attacks, and I
