A Paraguayan commentator has been banned from calling any more games at the FIFA World Cup after a wild outburst over Miguel Almirón’s controversial red card against Turkiye.
Almirón was given his marching orders just before halftime after a VAR check found that he was covering his mouth during a confrontational moment with a Turkish opponent.
Almirón’s red card made headlines around the football world, and prompted a fierce tirade from Paraguayan commentator, Jorge Vera. He labelled Salvadoran referee Ivan Barton a “thief” and pointed the finger of blame at FIFA president Gianni Infantino for ruining the sport.
In response to the outburst, FIFA decided to ban Vera from commentating any more matches at the World Cup after stripping the Paraguayan of his media credentials.
Of course they did.
Just think what might have happened if the World Cup wasn’t being held in the land of free speech.
Fox Sports added that USA v Australia was the best Friday afternoon telecast on any broadcast network since USA v England at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar on November 25, 2022.
Except that’s not what your own image says.
That statement was from Fox Sports press release on June 20, when the early ratings for USA v Australia came in.
Which is redundant with the adjusted figures, so there wasn’t a need to add it.
📌 While U.S. Hispanics represent 20% of the population, @Telemundo and @peacock have captured 49% of the combined World Cup audience through the first 48 FIFA World Cup™ matches.
— NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises (@NBCUTelemundo) June 26, 2026
Bottom line: nearly 1 out of every 2 World Cup viewers in the U.S. is watching in Spanish. pic.twitter.com/yU3ZXgm0SS
TVNZ+ missed out on the Spain goal while it got cut to a advert break
England’s 2-0 victory over Panama saw ITV attract a 13.76 million peak audience across its channels.
“Operation Offsides” 
Think it’s actually Series 18 on ITV (if my maths is correct!)
That performance set the record as the most-watched soccer telecast in English-language U.S. history.