The 2026 World Cup makes headlines. There is a fight about a referee in the USA. Shaun Evans from Australia made a hand sign. The sign looked like a bad sign from Rechtsextremismus. This happened at the game Germany against Curaçao. The camera filmed him in the Video-Schiedsrichter-Team room. Experts say: The sign means white power. They want: The referee must stop his work at the World Cup.
Fans from Japan show good pictures. After the game against the Netherlands, they cleaned the stadium. They put their trash in blue bags. Even a famous sports star from the USA helped them. People from the whole world like the order of the Japanese. This is a tradition for fans from Japan.
In Peru, the police used the World Cup for a Razzia. A drug dealer wanted to watch the game Mexico against South Africa. He is a big football fan. The police dressed up as a WM-Maskottchen. They looked like an eagle and a moose. They could storm the house. The dealer saw the trick too late. The police caught him. They found drugs and a gun.
