World Cup

In 1994, a Michigan stadium made history by becoming the first indoor venue to host the World Cup games.

Today on Stateside, the man behind the effort to bring the World Cup to Michigan in 1994 has a new book chronicling the story. Then, we revisit a story on the history of Mackinac Island.

Michigan Public sports commentator John U. Bacon discusses the return of Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander and the latest changes in Michigan State's athletic department.

Iraq’s men’s national soccer team will compete in the World Cup for the first time in 40 years this summer. Their qualification sparked celebration among the roughly 100,000 Michigan residents with Iraqi heritage, the most of any U.S. state.

The Iraq national men's team hasn't played a World Cup in 40 years; a drought that ends Tuesday night, to the excitement of soccer fans in Dearborn, Michigan, home to a large Iraqi diaspora.

Eight people connected with the University of Michigan have been charged for a "threat campaign" to push the university to divest from Israel. How high gas prices are impacting boaters this summer. And, remembering the 1994 World Cup games played at Michigan's Pontiac Silverdome and how the city is embracing the tournament this summer. Plus, what's behind the decrease in union membership in Michigan.

For the FIFA World Cup, experts from the University of Tennessee and Michigan State University developed turf that has been shipped to stadiums all over North America.

FIFA held a draw to determine who all 48 participating countries in the FIFA World Cup 2026 will face in the group phase of the tournament, which the U.S., Canada and Mexico are co-hosting.

The tight vote on the tentative agreement between the Detroit 3 and the UAW, football stadiums making the switch to natural turf, and harnessing electricity from plants into music.

Sadly for the Moroccan fans, defending champion France won the match 2-0