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Adam Crafton

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Sports Reporter at The Athletic

Reporter @TheAthleticFC. Sports Journalist of the Year, 2023, awarded by @SportSJA. Newly based in NYC.🏳️‍🌈

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  • Women's World Cup expanding to 48-team tournament in time for 2031 edition in U.S.

    5 days ago | nytimes.com | Adam Crafton |Jacob Whitehead

    The Women's World Cup is set to expand from 32 to 48 countries after the proposal was approved at a meeting of the FIFA Council. The approval from the decision-making arm of FIFA, world football's governing body, has been confirmed to The Athletic by sources with knowledge of Friday's meeting. The Athletic reported in December that FIFA was considering the idea. The expansion of the Women's World Cup is set to come in for the 2031 tournament, which the United States is hosting.

  • FIFA Council meeting moved due to Gianni Infantino and Donald Trump's Middle East trip

    6 days ago | nytimes.com | Adam Crafton

    May's FIFA Council meeting has been moved to accommodate world football governing body's president Gianni Infantino's decision to join President Donald Trump's visits to Qatar and Saudi Arabia over the coming week.

  • United States to host 2025 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup Finals

    1 week ago | nytimes.com | Adam Crafton

    The United States will host the 2025 Pacific Nations Cup Finals as World Rugby seeks to drive audience and demand for the sport ahead of the men's World Cup heading to the U.S. in 2031 and the women's edition going Stateside in 2033. The PNC is a six-team rugby tournament which features the U.S., Canada, Japan, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. It provides a pathway for qualification for the World Cup in Australia in 2027.

  • Trump names Andrew Giuliani executive director of 2026 World Cup task force

    1 week ago | nytimes.com | Adam Crafton

    President Donald Trump has named Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, as executive director of the 2026 men's World Cup task force. FIFA advisor and former United States Soccer Federation president Carlos Cordeiro has also been announced as a senior advisor to the task force.

  • First World Cup 2026 tickets on sale as hospitality packages released, $73,500 top price

    1 week ago | nytimes.com | Adam Crafton

    The first ticketing packages for next summer's men's World Cup went on sale on Tuesday, with the release of a collection of high-end hospitality options. The initial release was limited to certain hospitality offerings involving several games packaged together, starting at $5300 per person and climbing to an eye-popping $73,200. Regular tickets are expected to go on sale later this year, with prices yet to be fully detailed.

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13 May 25

RT @AdamCrafton_: I visited Tampa as the Glazers prepare for a new stadium scrap: $498m renovations required to Bucs stadium… the taxpayer…

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13 May 25

RT @XAMGreenwood: This is very good by @AdamCrafton_ on the Glazers in America: https://t.co/wWF37Cbls0

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Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_
13 May 25

I visited Tampa as the Glazers prepare for a new stadium scrap: $498m renovations required to Bucs stadium… the taxpayer may be contractually bound to pay…but local politicians are fighting back… “I don’t believe in poor people subsidising billionaires” https://t.co/tx11G1H3wn