Fifa Women's World Cup

Fifa has launched an invitation to tender (ITT) process for media rights to the next Women’s World Cup in territories across Europe and Central Asia, in what it hopes will be a smoother process than it endured for the previous edition.

Fifa has gone to market in Thailand with media rights to the next men's World Cup, with pay-television operators able to bid to show the tournament for the first time following a change in regulation.

The expansion of the men's World Cup to 104 matches leaves public broadcasters ARD and ZDF looking for partners or to sell on rights after Fifa went to market in Germany.

In what represents Netflix's first move into live football rights, every game from the 2027 and 2031 tournaments will be streamed on the platform in both English and Spanish language.

Fifa has launched a tender in the Philippines for media rights to the 2026 World Cup, as it enters the last stages of its Asian sales process for the tournament

Fifa has begun the sales process in the host country of Brazil for media rights to the 2027 Women's World Cup, in what is expected to be a highly competitive auction

Women's World Cup media rights are being sold by Fifa on a standalone basis for the first time in the United States.

Fifa has come under fire for its sponsorship deal with Saudi oil giant Aramco after more than 100 female footballers signed a scathing letter urging the governing body to ditch the agreement.

Chinese technology company Lenovo has signed as a top-tier sponsor for the coming World Cup cycle, taking over the seventh Fifa Partner berth with world football’s governing body.

Verizon is the third US-based brand in a month to sign up as a 2026 Fifa World Cup sponsor, after Bank of America and Frito-Lay.

Infront will act as Fifa’s ‘media rights sales advisor’ in selected Asian markets, after world football’s governing body took back World Cup media rights in the region from the agency two years ago. In

The Fifa Women's World Cup is heading to South America for the first time in 2027, after Brazil today (Friday) defeated a joint proposal from Belgium, Netherlands and Germany.

Brazil is the favourite to stage the 2027 Women’s World Cup after Fifa’s evaluation report scored its bid more highly than its European rival from Belgium, Netherlands and Germany.

World governing body FIFA enjoyed income of $1.17bn (€1.07bn) in 2023, boosted by strong commercial revenues from the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

UK Sport has published its major event hosting target list for the coming decade, with the Commonwealth Games and Olympics omitted from a list that includes the Fifa Women’s World Cup.

Fifa is locked in a dispute with Dalian Wanda, one of its highest-paying sponsors, and has ceased activating the company’s sponsorship rights after the company missed scheduled payments in its contract with the federation.