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World Cup 2026: Fans To Pay $150 For Train Ticket To Stadium

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on DW.com.

This is the sub-heading.

Transportation costs for World Cup fans traveling to US stadiums could be more than 10 times higher than regular fares. Local officials and FIFA bosses are trading blame for the increased prices while fans feel fleeced

These three paragraphs add some detail.

Football fans trying to get to MetLife Stadium from New York City for the World Cup matches this summer will have to pay $150 (€127) for a round-trip, according to local transportation officials.

The price is almost 12 times higher than the usual $12.90 fare for the 15-minute trip from Penn Station in Manhattan to the stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

“We are going to charge $150 for our roundtrip ticket on our system. So from New York to MetLife, MetLife back to New York,” said Kris Kolluri, the president and CEO of NJ Transit.

For less than the equivalent of $150 dollars, I could get a ticket from my house to any of the Premier League grounds in England and some will take a lot longer than 15 minutes.

Welcome to Trumpland, where the World Cup is primarily to make money.

April 18, 2026 Posted by | Sport, Transport/Travel | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sepp Blatter Eviscerates Gianni Infantino Over Trump, Ronaldo And Saudi Arabia

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on the Daily Telegraph.

This is the first paragraph.

Sepp Blatter can no longer bring himself to say Gianni Infantino’s name. Instead, the Swiss administrator – who ran Fifa from 1998 to 2015 until he left amid an enormous corruption scandal – refers to Infantino only as “my successor” and “the leader” as he takes his adversary to task ahead of Friday’s World Cup draw.

The article is worth a full read and the video is worth watching.

December 5, 2025 Posted by | Sport, World | , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

I’m Watching The World Cup Draw With A Sick Bucket

Here’s the bucket, which is an ideal accompaniment to when Trump appears on television.

Note.

  1. I have seen a number of American presidents and Trump isn’t even worth rating.
  2. As Putin and Mohammed bin Salman’s friend and apologist he certainly doesn’t deserve any form of Peace Prize.
  3. And who was the strumpet in the lizard costume?
  4. I thought Robbie Williams had more sense than to provide entertainment.
  5. Who’s this black guy in a red hat?
  6. Rio Ferdinand seems to be doing a good job.

But then everybody has a realistic price.

I actually suspect, I won’t watch much of the World Cup, as I can find better things too do. I certainly won’t watch any matches, where Trump is present.

December 5, 2025 Posted by | Sport, World | , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment