{"id":741418,"date":"2026-07-03T19:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/741418\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T19:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:14:13","slug":"world-cup-2026-england-v-mexico-could-move-because-of-storm-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/741418\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026: England v Mexico could move because of storm threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">England&#8217;s World Cup last-16 tie with Mexico is set to be moved to 19:00 BST on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fifa is understood to be bringing forward the game at Azteca, Mexico City, which had been scheduled to kick off at 01:00 BST on Monday (18:00 local time on Sunday). <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Forecasts suggest there could be thunderstorms and heavy rain around that time, though Fifa has not yet provided any explanation for the change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Under tournament safety rules, any lightning strikes detected within eight miles of the stadium result in an automatic 30-minute delay to play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">France&#8217;s group-stage fixture against Iraq was delayed for over two hours because of safety concerns amid adverse weather conditions in Philadelphia. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fifa regulations for World Cup 2026 state it has the right to &#8220;cancel, reschedule or relocate&#8221; matches &#8220;at its sole discretion&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England&#8217;s World Cup last-16 tie with Mexico is set to be moved to 19:00 BST on Sunday. Fifa&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-741418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}