An all-star forged of pundits will be part of BBC Sport’s tv protection of the event from Salford, whereas reporters on the bottom in the USA, Canada and Mexico will deliver the most recent tales.
Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman, Gabby Logan and Alex Scott will lead BBC Sport’s TV protection, joined by pundits together with Alan Shearer, Wayne Rooney, Micah Richards, Ellen White, Steph Houghton, Rachel Corsie, Olivier Giroud, Joe Hart, Cesar Azpilicueta, Benni McCarthy, Lucas Leiva and Thomas Frank.
“The BBC is popping the largest World Cup in historical past into essentially the most iconic one but. We’re bringing followers nearer to each match, each second and each story than ever earlier than,” stated Alex Kay-Jelski, BBC Director of Sport.
“Sport actually unites individuals like nothing else so we won’t watch for followers to take pleasure in not simply the dwell matches with us however an abundance of soccer content material, all day, each day throughout our platforms.
“Whether or not it is our new sequence on YouTube and iPlayer, the largest information tales on our web site and app, our each day podcasts on Sounds or the viral moments on social media – we’re right here for audiences 24/7 this summer time, taking them straight to the guts of the World Cup.”
BBC Scotland will present in-depth protection of Scotland’s first males’s World Cup since 1998.
“It may be thrilling to see the nationwide workforce again on soccer’s largest stage after 28 years – a second that is positive to deliver enormous pleasure and pleasure proper throughout the nation,” stated Louise Thornton, Head of Commissioning for BBC Scotland.
The 2026 World Cup begins on Thursday, 11 June, with the ultimate happening on Sunday, 19 July.
