Fans of Mexico and South Africa gathered at Seattle Center Thursday to celebrate the first match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament.

The largest World Cup in soccer history kicked off Thursday.

Seattle won't host its first FIFA World Cup match until Monday, but the city's monthlong soccer celebration starts now. The big picture: You don't need a ticket to be part of the fun: Seattle organizers opted to replace the traditional single FIFA fan festival being used in other World Cup cities with a network of free fan zones and watch parties stretching across downtown.

Crowds turned out across North Texas as the World Cup’s opening match between Mexico and South Africa wrapped up, with fans filling watch parties from Fort Worth’s Sundance Square to Dallas’ Klyde War...

June 12 - The Seattle Seahawks received their Super Bowl LX championship rings during a private ceremony on Thursday. The jewelry, which contains 50 ​brilliant round white diamonds as a nod to 2025 ‌being the Seahawks' 50th NFL season,

The lord of the rings works behind a nondescript door in a Beverly Hills office building, not far from the UCLA campus where he once sold hair clips and trinkets from a folding table.

The Seahawks also provided a close look at the ring itself, which very much continues the trend of championship rings becoming progressively more complicated.