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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

Jan 13

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 Jan 13 OP

The World Cup should be hosted by Mexico and Canada malaise Jan 13 #1

Thank you to all that canceled their tickets !!! SamKnause Jan 13 #2

Wow. I wonder if FIFA sites will become venues for protest Raven123 Jan 13 #3

This one? malaise Jan 13 #5

kick riversedge Jan 13 #8

Dont blame them BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 13 #4

Do you have a source for this allegation other than a tweet? Thanks. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 13 #6

I found this: AllyCat Jan 13 #15

Have you found "BallerAlert" to be a a credible source? sl8 Jan 13 #17

"BallerAlert" doesn't provide a source either. It says this: mahatmakanejeeves Jan 13 #19

I've yet to see anything credible to back up the claims. sl8 Jan 13 #20

I have never heard of it. That's why I posted this one from msn.com AllyCat Jan 13 #34

Msn.com is just an aggregator, the article was from Balleralert. sl8 Jan 13 #37

You can't cancel WC tickets, and the linked article doesn't even load rictofen Jan 13 #7

You can resell WC tickets on FIFA platform HipChick Jan 13 #9

If they meant reselling, they should've said that rictofen Jan 13 #12

The story at Roya News consists of AI-generated audio. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 13 #21

They are going to need a lot of peace prizes to win those fans back. EarthboneArt Jan 13 #10

If this is true, I love it.Especially after seeing photos of our community's protest Sunday draw laughter reactions... Alice B. Jan 13 #11

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

Here's another source: AllyCat Jan 13 #14

Have you found "BallerAlert" to be a credible source? nt sl8 Jan 13 #16

The source is msn.com as far as I can see. AllyCat Jan 13 #35

No, it's an "Balleralert" article. Msn.com is just the aggregator. sl8 Jan 13 #36

FIFA will give him a second peace prize IronLionZion Jan 13 #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 Jan 13 #22

You can't cancel World Cup tickets obamanut2012 Jan 13 #23

These events are not safe to be held here for the fans Johnny2X2X Jan 13 #24

Jesse Owen's & Hitler Dread Pirate Roberts Jan 13 #25

Maybe give him another Peace Award to get him to lay off for a while? dem4decades Jan 13 #26

FIFA look like idiots C_U_L8R Jan 13 #27

What did they expect? TBF Jan 13 #28

The world should cancel FIFA World Cup LetMyPeopleVote Jan 13 #29

ICE maybe lurking at the events here in the US.................... Lovie777 Jan 13 #30

'Cancel your tickets': Calls grow to boycott US-hosted FIFA World Cup over Trump admin LetMyPeopleVote Jan 13 #31

Even if this story were true awesomerwb1 Jan 13 #32

And they can cram their Trump peace price. Kid Berwyn Jan 13 #33