The Chiefs’ loss in Super Bowl LIX set a record with 127.7 million U.S. viewers across television and streaming platforms. But as FIFA president Gianni Infantino noted this week, those numbers won’t come close to the viewership expected for the 2026 World Cup.

Standing before European soccer leaders, Infantino expressed a desire that Russia may soon be welcomed back into the international fold. Meanwhile, UEFA has made its stance clear.

Infantino said he was hoping for Russia's football return as this would signify that the war was over and "everything was solved".

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has stated that he hopes for Russia's swift return to international football competitions. Source: Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravda's holding company;

Soccer is a sport that has seen exponential growth in the United States in recent years, and FIFA president Gianni Infantino is confident the 2026 World Cup is sure to expedite that growth.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino claims the 2026 FIFA World Cup will surpass the Super Bowl in viewership, equating it to '104 Super Bowls in a month.'

Aleksander Cheperin, president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), criticized FIFA's expansion of World Cup participants. After the UEFA General Assembly held in Belgrade, Serbia on the 3rd (Korea time),

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has reunited with Italian legend Alessandro Del Piero at a restaurant the ex-striker owns in Los Angeles.Infantino and Del Piero met at the N10 Restaurant in Los