Beer and sombreros rain down as Mexico's World Cup takes flight https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7353105/2026/06/11/mexico-world-cup-take-flight/ Mexico's World Cup began amid excitement, nostalgia and about 43 metric tons of opening-day nerves #Soccer #Football

Breaking down the dirtiest World Cup opening game we've ever seen – or was it? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7352942/2026/06/11/world-cup-mexico-south-africa-red-cards/ Analyzing the record-breaking three red cards shown by referee Wilton Sampaio in Mexico's game with South Africa #Soccer #Football

Stars of Soccer: Son Heung-min, South Korea's greatest ever player looking to roll back the years https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7353047/2026/06/11/stars-of-soccer-son-heung-min-south-koreas-greatest-ever-player-looking-to-roll-back-the-years/ #Soccer #Football

Stars of Soccer: Christian Pulisic, USA's trailblazing talisman with the weight of a nation on his shoulders https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7353022/2026/06/11/stars-of-soccer-christian-pulisic-usas-trailblazing-talisman-with-the-weight-of-a-nation-on-his-shoulders/ #Soccer #Football

So I go YouTube to watch the #WorldCup opening ceremony from Azteca Stadium in Mexico City; and the first 3 videos I hit are all #AI generated slop. Even the ‘official’ FIFA video was garbage. It took me like five minutes to find an actual video of the REAL show, with no AI elaborations. Now I use AI myself as a research assistant and to brainstorm; those are legit, best practice uses imo. But to sully the real-world opening ceremony with such obvious BS is not ok. Shocked, I was. Shocked I tell you‼️This is the beautiful game, it belongs to the fans. And it is SPORT, not ‘entertainment’ (though the game itself can be wonderfully entertaining). The NFL was ruined when they turned it into a 3-hour entertainment extravaganza surrounding 20 minutes of actual game play. #sport #ArtificialIntelligence #Soccer #football #futbol

⚽ #FediFC #FIFAWorldCup #Soccer #Football We also went to commercial in New Zealand during the Hydration Break but came back in time to avoid missing any action ...

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