Soccer (FIFA)
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3 days agoBBC or ITV? Inside how World Cup broadcast picks are made
BBC and ITV alternate picks to split live World Cup matches equally, with priority games valued highest; BBC picks first for 2026, sharing the final.
Fifa says it will include three-minute hydration breaks in each half of every game at next year's World Cup, not just those played in hot weather. The referee will stop the game 22 minutes into each half for players to take drinks, regardless of the temperature, the host country the United States, Canada or Mexico or whether the stadium has a roof and air conditioning.
Both teams gotta deal with it," coach Lincoln Riley said. "We gotta handle it well, our crowd needs to handle it well. At the end of the day, it's a game, it's being played, it's being played in the Coliseum, and we expect to win and we expect to have a really good crowd behind us. We're not going to make excuses about it.