Several football matches in Mexico were postponed after violent unrest broke out following the assassination of Nemesio Ruben Oseguera

Activists took to Mexico City’s Zócalo to protest the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a symbolic football tournament. Players kicked balls covered in Donald Trump masks, emblazoned with slogans like “dispossession” and “FIFA go home,

Here's a full guide to Mexico in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Mexico, one of the three host countries for the 2026 World Cup, will open the tournament at home against South Africa. El Tri, ranked 15th, play the tournament's opening match on June 11 in Mexico City against South Africa. Mexico will then play South ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO — Feb. 18, 2026 — The National Football League has announced that the San Francisco 49ers will be one of the participating teams for the upcoming 2026 NFL Mexico City game, presented by Banorte.

A tip about drug lord Nemesio Oseguera's romantic liaisons led Mexican authorities ⁠to the ⁠cartel leader's hideout in a small town of Jalisco state where he was ⁠killed, Mexican authorities said on Monday in the first account of the ambush that spawned violence across much of Mexico.

The schedule and venues for the Group A matches of the upcoming World Cup have been confirmed for Mexico. Football fans across the country can now mark the key dates to closely follow the participating teams. Javier Aguirre's team will have the honor of ...

The fallout from the operation that took out ‘El Mencho’ has already led to the cancellation of football matches. Could the World Cup be affected too?