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The end of the FIFA Men’s World Cup is nigh. Here’s how to watch the final games and the first ever World Cup halftime show.

The end of the FIFA Men’s World Cup is nigh. Here’s how to watch the final games and the first ever World Cup halftime show.

FIFA’s network was vulnerable to anyone with even minimal access.

The video assistant referee system, or VAR, has led to some controversial calls at the 2026 World Cup. Here’s why.

A recent study tracked hundreds of soccer fans until their favorite team reached the final of a tournament. Their stress levels skyrocketed, and their heart rates jumped too.

English and Norwegian players will face off under extreme and dangerous levels of heat stress, scientists say, thanks to a Wet Bulb Index over over 90°F.

An MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, famous Knicks superfans, and even some of Taylor Swift’s wedding guests. Labels included “LGBTQIA,” “DO NOT HOST,” and low to high “risk.”

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are betting on AI, health tech, and startups. Mohamed Salah is taking a more traditional route beyond football.

New tech has changed the game with the latest generation of pickleball paddles. Here's what to know and what to buy.

Holes in socks have become a curious sight at this year’s World Cup. The reasons why are a weird mix of biomechanics, perception, and player habits.

Penalty kicks are already proving critical to big wins at this year’s World Cup. But the advantage in penalty kicks has more to do with psychological effects than who kicks first.

The days of simply sitting in a plastic seat, eating a lukewarm hot dog, and watching a game with nothing but a physical scoreboard for context are officially over. Today, the sports world is undergoing a massive, tech-driven paradigm shift. Stadiums are no longer just concrete arenas; they are hyper-connected, edge-computing data centers . At the same time, live broadcasting is shifting from a passive, one-way viewing experience to an interactive, gamified reality. By combining next-generation stadium infrastructure with real-time, algorithmic micro-betting, the sports industry has figured out how to extract attention—and revenue—from fans every single second of a match. Here is a deep dive into the tech stack and engineering principles turning modern sports into a live-action video game. 1. The Smart Stadium Tech Stack: Infrastructure at Scale To engage tens of thousands of fans simultaneously in a single physical location, stadiums require enterprise-grade infrastructure capable of handling massive spikes in data throughput. When a touchdown is scored or a goal is disallowed, thousands of devices instantly pull video replays, refresh betting odds, and upload content. High-Density Wi-Fi 6E/7 and Private 5G Networks Traditional cellular networks quickly collapse under the density of 70,000+ fans. Modern venues like SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles or Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas solve this using localized high-density networks: Wi-Fi 6E/7: Operating in the 6 GHz spectrum, these routers utilize wider channels (up to 320 MHz) and MU-MIMO (Multi-User, Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output) to beam dedicated streams to thousands of individual devices simultaneously without interference. CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) & Private 5G: Teams deploy private 5G networks using millimeter-wave (mmWave) technology. This provides ultra-low latency (< 10ms) and massive bandwidth, reserving dedicated lanes for stadium operations, point-of-sale systems, and premium fan applications.

FIFA says hydration breaks protect players from heat. They also create new annoying commercial breaks—and fans are calling foul.

Original post: tachiosports.com What we're building By the end of this guide, you'll have a Discord bot that posts live CS2 match scores to a channel, updates every 60 seconds, and shows team names, current map, and odds. No database required — everything comes straight from the API. Prerequisites You'll need Node.js installed (v18 or newer), a Discord bot token from the Discord Developer Portal, and a free Tachio Sports API key. Sign up on the homepage with GitHub to get yours. Step 1 — Create the Discord bot Go to discord.com/developers/applications and create a new application. Under the Bot tab, click Add Bot and copy the token. Invite the bot to your server with the 'bot' and 'Send Messages' permissions. Keep your token secret — it's like a password for your bot. Step 2 — Set up the project mkdir cs2-discord-bot cd cs2-discord-bot npm init -y npm install discord.js Step 3 — The complete bot code const { Client , GatewayIntentBits , EmbedBuilder } = require ( " discord.js " ); const DISCORD_TOKEN = process . env . DISCORD_TOKEN ; const API_KEY = process . env . TACHIO_API_KEY ; const CHANNEL_ID = process . env . CHANNEL_ID ; const client = new Client ({ intents : [ GatewayIntentBits . Guilds , GatewayIntentBits . GuildMessages , ], }); async function fetchLiveMatches () { const res = await fetch ( " https://api.tachiosports.com/esports/live/cs2 " , { headers : { " x-api-key " : API_KEY } }, ); if ( ! res . ok ) return []; const data = await res . json (); return data . matches ?? []; } function buildEmbed ( match ) { const home = match . teams . home . name ?? " TBD " ; const away = match . teams . away . name ?? " TBD " ; const score = match . score ?. display ?? " vs " ; const map = match . current_map ?? "" ; const format = match . match_format ?? "" ; const league = match . league . name ?? "" ; const oddsHome = match . odds . match_winner . home ?? " – " ; const oddsAway = match . odds . match_winner . away ?? " – " ; return new EmbedBuilder () . setColor (

General Atlantic has tapped tennis legend Novak Djokovic to serve as a global strategic advisor.

A database of almost a million passports from around the world was leaked online. Note what happened. A high-value credential—a passport—was used in an ancillary low-value authentication system: ID verification for cannabis dispensaries. And it’s the low-value system that got hacked, putting the high-value credential at risk.

Qatar has become the place where FIFA experiments with the next generation of football technology. The results are already visible across this year’s World Cup.

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. The 2026 World Cup is breaking streaming records around the world: Brazil's CazéTV YouTube livestream of that country's opening game against Morocco surpassed 12 million concurrent viewers, a new milestone […]

This curious phenomenon was documented by the seismometer at the University of Bergen, which recorded slight vibrations whenever the national team scored a goal.

The next season of Formula E will feature a new race format and three new race locations when it starts in December to go with the new Gen4 electric cars. The schedule released today by the FIA includes the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, and the Zandvoort circuit […]