World Cup starts in Mexico City

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2026-06-12

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Football fans have filled the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City for the start of the World Cup. After the opening ceremony, Mexico takes on South Africa in the first of 104 matches in the expanded tournament. 48 nations are competing for football's ultimate prize. The co-hosts Canada and the United States will hold their own opening ceremonies before their first group matches on Friday and Saturday. Also in the programme: Pope Leo urges world leaders to treat migrants more humanely; and drama in the world of chess as Russia is suspended - we'll hear from the governing body's president, who is himself Russian. (Photo: FIFA World Cup 2026 - Group A - Mexico v South Africa - Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico - June 11, 2026. A performer during the opening ceremony before the match. Credit: Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach)
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  • Hello and welcome to News Out from the BBC World Service.

  • We're coming to you live from London.

  • I'm James Menendez and we are going to begin today in Mexico City because the wait is over an hour ago.

  • The 2026 World Cup got underway at the Azteca Stadium

  • in the city with one of the co-hosts Mexico taking on South Africa.

  • It is just the opening salvo in a five-and-a-half week-long extravaganza of football involving a record

  • 48 different teams playing right across North America from Monterey to Miami, Boston to Vancouver,

  • Houston to Guadalajara with teams and their fans criss-crossing the continent while Billions watched at home on TV.

  • Well before kickoff came a star-studded opening ceremony with Shakira