{"id":2997,"date":"2026-03-03T15:04:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=2997"},"modified":"2026-03-03T15:04:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:04:33","slug":"fox-sports-marks-100-days-to-fifa-world-cup-2026-with-company-wide-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=2997","title":{"rendered":"FOX Sports Marks 100 Days to FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 with Company Wide Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The countdown is underway and with just 100 days to go until the world\u2019s greatest sporting event begins on Thursday, June 11<\/u>, FOX Sports, America’s English-language home for the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122, today commemorates the milestone mark with an all-out, company-wide celebration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

From multiplatform initiatives and on-air activations blanketing network programming, to high-impact community events capturing the philanthropic spirit of the beautiful game and special guest appearances by FOX Soccer broadcasters on fan-favorite shows, FOX Sports is leading the way in building momentum across the country on the road to the opening match.<\/p>\n

Eric Shanks, <\/strong>CEO & Executive Producer, FOX Sports,\u00a0underscored the importance of the day as the network advances into its next phase of FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 preparation.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m incredibly proud of how everyone at FOX has come together to ring in 100 days to this iconic tournament as we prepare to deliver the most ambitious production in sports broadcast history,” said Shanks. “The coordination, dedication and planning taking place behind the scenes, here at home in the United States and in Mexico and Canada, reflect our commitment to creating the best presentation ever around the historic competition and we look forward to being America\u2019s home where fans unite to watch and celebrate FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122\u00a0over 39 days this summer.”<\/p>\n

FOX FAMILY SYNERGY AND PROMO ROADBLOCK<\/strong><\/p>\n

FOX Sports debuts today a commemorative promotional roadblock across FOX Sports networks, FOX broadcast, FOX Television Stations, FOX News, FOX One and FOX Sports Digital and social platforms (WATCH HERE<\/u>). Additionally, a special FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 on-screen bug will also appear throughout the day on FOX Sports networks to mark the milestone.<\/p>\n

FOX Soccer broadcasters Alexi Lalas<\/strong>, Stu Holden<\/strong>, Maurice Edu<\/strong>\u00a0and Rob Stone<\/strong>\u00a0will also get fans excited nationwide for the tournament with scheduled guest appearances throughout the day on FOX programming, including FOX & Friends, FOX Television Stations,\u00a0FOX Weather, LIVE NOW from FOX, WAKE UP BARSTOOL and THE HERD WITH COLIN COWHERD on FS1. Additionally, U.S. Men\u2019s National Team defender and reigning 2025 U.S. Soccer Male Player of the Year award winner Chris Richards will join FIRST THINGS FIRST on FS1.\u00a0<\/p>\n

FOX SPORTS DIGITAL AND SOCIAL PLATFORMS<\/strong><\/p>\n

FOX Sports Digital will deliver exclusive FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 content across\u00a0FOXSports.com, the FOX Sports App and @FOXSoccer channels to commemorate the 100-days-to-go mark, including:<\/p>\n

COMMUNITY IMPACT\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

FOX Sports and Boys & Girls Clubs of America <\/i>team up to celebrate the beautiful game today with a high-energy community soccer festival in Southern California. The festival brings together more than 100 youth from Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach for soccer skills clinics, games, friendly competition and the chance to share the pitch with FOX Soccer broadcasters Alexi Lalas<\/strong>, Cobi Jones<\/strong>, and Jenny Taft<\/strong>, and U.S. Women’s National Team icon Danielle Slaton<\/strong> who are helping to inspire the next generation of fans and players.<\/p>\n

The festival supports U.S. Soccer\u2019s efforts to create opportunities for communities nationwide to celebrate, connect and experience soccer\u2019s power as a force for good through the Soccer Forward Foundation and FOX Sports nonprofit partner Common Goal\u2019s \u2018Soccer Forward Fests\u2019 movement. This event marks the first of many Soccer Forward Fests FOX Sports and Boys & Girls Clubs of America will host across the country leading up to and throughout FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 impacting thousands of Club Kids nationwide.<\/p>\n

During the largest FIFA World Cup\u2122 tournament in history, FOX Sports continues its historic collaboration with global, soccer-forward charitable organization Common Goal<\/i>\u00a0to share\u00a0the story of soccer for social impact in the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ABOUT FOX SPORTS AND FIFA WORLD CUP 2026<\/strong>\u2122<\/p>\n

FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 marks FOX Sports\u2019 sixth all-time presentation of the celebrated tournament following its award-winning and record-breaking coverage for the Men\u2019s tournaments in 2022 (Qatar) and 2018 (Russia) and the Women\u2019s tournaments in 2023 (Australia & New Zealand), 2019 (France) and its inaugural presentation in 2015 (Canada). The network has won multiple prestigious awards over its 10 years presenting FIFA World Cup\u2122 coverage, including eight Sports Emmy Award wins and numerous nominations.<\/p>\n

The biggest-ever edition of the global showcase, FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 will be the first tournament hosted by three countries \u2013 United States, Mexico and Canada \u2013 with 48 teams competing across 16 host cities. Eleven cities will be hosting the tournament in the U.S. including Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York New Jersey, Philadelphia, Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES\u00a0\u2013 The countdown is underway and with just 100 days to go until the world\u2019s greatest sporting event begins on Thursday, June 11, FOX Sports, America’s English-language home for the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122, today commemorates the milestone mark with an all-out, company-wide celebration.\u00a0 From multiplatform initiatives and on-air activations blanketing network programming, to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}