The BBC might be about to get very lucky with the Mexico v England game set to be moved from 1am UK time to 7pm due to predicted storms in Mexico.
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FIFA has reversed the decision to bring the game forward.
It did seem unfair in several respects including fans who were travelling to the game but would not arrive in time. Unusual to being a game forward rather than delay it.
CONFIRMED: Following backlash from both teams, Sunday’s England vs Mexico World Cup game will remain unchanged.
— sᴜᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴠ (@superTV247) July 3, 2026
Kick off is 1am Monday morning for the UK. pic.twitter.com/S8YlVmlr6Q
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Jane Hill’s pronunciation of ‘Socceroos’. I think she thinks it’s a player who’s missed 2 pens. pic.twitter.com/rBA1FUlprS
— rich (@richrd31) July 3, 2026
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RATINGS! Figures are in for Sunday’s late / Monday’s early England #WorldCup game.
— sᴜᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴠ (@superTV247) July 7, 2026
An average of 5.8 million watched from 2am with a peak of 8 million, in the middle of the night. An enormous 86% share.
The BBC Two morning repeat brought in another million viewers. pic.twitter.com/0nNQtOHP6O
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Telemundo’s live telecast attracted an audience of 23.1 million in preliminary figures.
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In addition to Fox’s ratings of 30m another 12m watched on Telemundo
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Less than half of a typical US Super Bowl audience for a World Cup Round of 16 match and more than an MLB World Series, NBA Finals or NHL Stanley Cup Final
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Reporting keeps pushing the USA-Belgium rating higher.
USA-Belgium's World Cup match drew 50.1 million viewers on Fox and Telemundo, while Mexico-England drew 46.7 million.
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) July 10, 2026
The two World Cup games are the most-watched non-NFL sporting events in the U.S. since the 1994 Winter Olympics. pic.twitter.com/AHd6ttASqH
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Maybe Trump made a phone call.
The World Cup semi-final between France and Spain on July 14th attracted 20.24 million viewers for M6 in France. According to ratings body Médiamétrie, 73.1 per cent of the French audience over 4 years-old and 86.3 per cent of women under 50 saw the match.
The pay-TV audience on beIN Sports audiences, as yet unreleased, will also be added to these figures.
In the UK, a peak audience of 14.2 million viewers watched the gane on ITV. It represented the biggest peak audience for a major men’s tournament semi-final that didn’t feature England since Italy vs Spain in Euro 2020, which took place in July 2021.
Deadline reports Fox’s coverage of England v Norway quarter final is now the most-watched FIFA World Cup non-USMNT telecast in English-language U.S. history, with nearly 22 million tuning in.
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