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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

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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 Tuesday OP

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

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

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

This one? malaise Tuesday #5

kick riversedge Tuesday #8

Dont blame them BlueWaveNeverEnd Tuesday #4

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

I found this: AllyCat Tuesday #15

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

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

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

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

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

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

You can resell WC tickets on FIFA platform HipChick Tuesday #9

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

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

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

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

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

Here's another source: AllyCat Tuesday #14

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

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

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

FIFA will give him a second peace prize IronLionZion Tuesday #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 Tuesday #22

You can't cancel World Cup tickets obamanut2012 Tuesday #23

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

Jesse Owen's & Hitler Dread Pirate Roberts Tuesday #25

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

FIFA look like idiots C_U_L8R Tuesday #27

What did they expect? TBF Tuesday #28

The world should cancel FIFA World Cup LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #29

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

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

Even if this story were true awesomerwb1 Tuesday #32

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