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31. 'Cancel your tickets': Calls grow to boycott US-hosted FIFA World Cup over Trump admin

Tue Jan 13, 2026, 10:39 AM

18 hrs ago

The World Cup needs to be cancelled or moved. “Visiting the United States simply isn’t safe.”

â€˜Cancel your ticketsâ€™: Calls grow to boycott US-hosted FIFA World Cup over Trump admin

www.rawstory.com/world-cup-26...
— br00t4c (@br00t4c.bsky.social) 2026-01-10T19:24:16.357Z

https://www.rawstory.com/world-cup-2674872045/

With the 2026 FIFA World Cup set to be hosted in the United States this summer, calls have grown for a global boycott and ticket cancellations in protest of the Trump administration and its increasingly aggressive deployment of federal immigration agents.

“I had to cancel my World Cup plans,” wrote Ramy Abdu, a Palestinian academic and assistant professor of law and finance, in a social media post on X Friday. “Visiting the United States simply isn’t safe.”.....

However, in the wake of the killing of 37-year-old Renee Good – the Minnesota woman who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Wednesday – and Trump’s subsequent deployment of over 100 more agents to the state, critics have increased calls for sports fans worldwide to boycott the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

“Would you have gone to watch the Olympics in Nazi Germany in 1936?” asked Pekka Kallioniemi, a Finnish social media analyst with a focus on propaganda and disinformation, in a social media post on X Friday. “If the answer is no, it’s time to cancel your US World Cup tickets.”

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Overnight 16,800 fans cancelled their FIFA World Cup 2026 tickets. FIFA is scheduling an emergency meeting next week [View all] riversedge Yesterday OP

The World Cup should be hosted by Mexico and Canada malaise Yesterday #1

Thank you to all that canceled their tickets !!! SamKnause 23 hrs ago #2

Wow. I wonder if FIFA sites will become venues for protest Raven123 23 hrs ago #3

This one? malaise 23 hrs ago #5

kick riversedge 22 hrs ago #8

Dont blame them BlueWaveNeverEnd 23 hrs ago #4

Do you have a source for this allegation other than a tweet? Thanks. NT mahatmakanejeeves 23 hrs ago #6

I found this: AllyCat 21 hrs ago #15

Have you found "BallerAlert" to be a a credible source? sl8 21 hrs ago #17

"BallerAlert" doesn't provide a source either. It says this: mahatmakanejeeves 21 hrs ago #19

I've yet to see anything credible to back up the claims. sl8 21 hrs ago #20

I have never heard of it. That's why I posted this one from msn.com AllyCat 12 hrs ago #34

Msn.com is just an aggregator, the article was from Balleralert. sl8 11 hrs ago #37

You can't cancel WC tickets, and the linked article doesn't even load rictofen 23 hrs ago #7

You can resell WC tickets on FIFA platform HipChick 22 hrs ago #9

If they meant reselling, they should've said that rictofen 21 hrs ago #12

The story at Roya News consists of AI-generated audio. mahatmakanejeeves 21 hrs ago #21

They are going to need a lot of peace prizes to win those fans back. EarthboneArt 22 hrs ago #10

If this is true, I love it.Especially after seeing photos of our community's protest Sunday draw laughter reactions... Alice B. 22 hrs ago #11

But, but, TSF says the world loves us and we're hot. sinkingfeeling 21 hrs ago #13

Here's another source: AllyCat 21 hrs ago #14

Have you found "BallerAlert" to be a credible source? nt sl8 21 hrs ago #16

The source is msn.com as far as I can see. AllyCat 12 hrs ago #35

No, it's an "Balleralert" article. Msn.com is just the aggregator. sl8 11 hrs ago #36

FIFA will give him a second peace prize IronLionZion 21 hrs ago #18

Anyone traveling to this country for a sporting event is in peril. ICE doesn't care who you are, what you're here for Vinca 21 hrs ago #22

You can't cancel World Cup tickets obamanut2012 20 hrs ago #23

These events are not safe to be held here for the fans Johnny2X2X 20 hrs ago #24

Jesse Owen's & Hitler Dread Pirate Roberts 18 hrs ago #25

Maybe give him another Peace Award to get him to lay off for a while? dem4decades 18 hrs ago #26

FIFA look like idiots C_U_L8R 18 hrs ago #27

What did they expect? TBF 18 hrs ago #28

The world should cancel FIFA World Cup LetMyPeopleVote 18 hrs ago #29

ICE maybe lurking at the events here in the US.................... Lovie777 18 hrs ago #30

'Cancel your tickets': Calls grow to boycott US-hosted FIFA World Cup over Trump admin LetMyPeopleVote 18 hrs ago #31

Even if this story were true awesomerwb1 17 hrs ago #32

And they can cram their Trump peace price. Kid Berwyn 16 hrs ago #33