Chelsea won the FIFA Club World Cup final against Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday, 3-0, which has nothing to do with President Donald Trump, but that didn’t stop the spotlight-loving former reality TV star from trying to steal some of their shine by staying onstage for the winning celebration. “Wait, wait, …
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The FIFA Club World Cup final between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain commenced today at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, and the halftime included a surprise performance by Coldplay, along with sets from the previously announced international lineup of Doja Cat (representing North America), Tems (representing Africa), and J Balvin (representing …
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The FIFA Club World Cup final between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain is just two days away, and Rolling Stone has an exclusive first look at the high-tech stage set up for the halftime show starring Doja Cat, Tems, and J Balvin. Global Citizen, which is leading the charge of the …
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The 2026 World Cup is exactly one year away — and the tournament is kicking off the 365-day countdown in a killer way. On Wednesday, FIFA began to roll out the names of the celebrity ambassadors for each city hosting matches, and Rolling Stone can exclusively announce that Killer Mike …
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The cameras rolled on Tuesday as PresidentDonald Trump held his first 2026 World Cup task force meeting in a public spectacle that included several Cabinet members, as well as FIFA president Gianni Infantino. Millions of foreigners from around the world are expected to visit the United States for soccer’s most …
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A federal judge vacated convictions of former Fox executive Hernán López and an Argentinian marketing company in a FIFA bribery case that accused them of bribing soccer officials to secure broadcasting rights for big tournaments, including the World Cup. U.S. District Judge Pamela K. Chen granted a motion for the …
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Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), which governs international soccer and organizes the World Cup, suspended Spanish football federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales on Saturday after he kissed forward Jennifer Hermoso on the lips as the Spanish national women’s team celebrated its historic firstWorld Cupwin. “The chairman of the FIFA …
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A former 21st Century Fox executive was convicted of paying millions of dollars in bribes to secure broadcasting rights to the World Cup and other soccer tournaments, Reuters reports, while a second ex-executive was acquitted on Thursday. A Brooklyn federal jury found Hernan Lopez, the former CEO of Fox International …
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The controversial 2022 FIFA World Cup had its first pitch invader. During the second half of Monday’s match between Portugal and Uruguay at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar, a man with an LGBTQ flag in hand ran on the field to protest the World Cup host, while calling attention to …
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UPDATE 3/13 — Four months after this story was published, Myriam Fares’ team confirmed to Rolling Stone that they had “successfully trimmed“ the controversial footage from the “Goumi” video. “We are now very well aware of the offensiveness that escaped our judgment when we launched the music video as it …
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