{"id":105461,"date":"2026-01-27T09:43:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/infantino-calls-to-celebrate-2026-world-cup-global-unity-against-boycott\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:43:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:43:29","slug":"infantino-calls-to-celebrate-2026-world-cup-global-unity-against-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/infantino-calls-to-celebrate-2026-world-cup-global-unity-against-boycott\/","title":{"rendered":"Infantino calls to celebrate 2026 World Cup: global unity against boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"BRASILIA \u2013 Gianni Infantino, FIFA president, emphasized the relevance of the 2026 World Cup as a unifying event globally.\n\nAmidst debates about a possible boycott of the tournament, due to the US government&#8217;s immigration policies, Infantino met with the President of Brazil, Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, at the Planalto Palace.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Football, in both its men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s versions, should serve to unite people and nations.<\/p><cite>Gianni Infantino<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nInfantino highlighted the unprecedented interest in the 2026 World Cup, jointly organized by the United States, Mexico, and Canada.\n\nMore than 500 million ticket requests have been registered, a record figure for the tournament.\n\nFaced with calls for a boycott, Infantino responded that football is a collective celebration.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>People want to go, they will go, and they will celebrate together. We always celebrate football together.<\/p><cite>Gianni Infantino<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe leader also highlighted the need to strengthen ties between nations, especially in an international context marked by political tensions.\n\nThe 2026 World Cup, which will be played between June and July, will be the largest in history, with 48 teams, 104 matches and 16 venues in Canada, Mexico and the United States.\n\nThis competition will mark the return of the World Cup to U.S. territory since 1994.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRASILIA \u2013 Gianni Infantino, FIFA president, emphasized the relevance of the 2026 World Cup as a unifying event globally. Amidst debates about a possible boycott of the tournament, due to the US government&#8217;s immigration policies, Infantino met with the President of Brazil, Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, at the Planalto Palace. Football, in both its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[7703,10827,2283,641],"class_list":{"0":"post-105461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-2026-fifa-world-cup","9":"tag-boycott","10":"tag-gianni-infantino","11":"tag-united-states"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}