The Random Selection Draw, which is the third phase of applying for 2026 FIFA World Cup tickets, has concluded. It lasted from Dec. 11, 2025 to Jan. 13, 2026, giving hopeful fans another chance at ...

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Soccer fans have another chance to score World Cup tickets in FIFA's random draw lottery that opened Thursday, allowing people to select their desired matches now that the Group Stage schedule is set.

An "Outside the Lines" analysis of 10 years of men's and women's Grand Slam draws shows the top two men's and women's seeds in the U.S. Open -- on average -- faced easier opponents in the first round ...

FIFA has reassured fans that the World Cup draw is 'entirely random' and completely fair. Football's governing body has denied claims that some of the balls are heated or cooled before the draw to ...