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With the United States serving as one of the tournament’s host nations, FOX is the exclusive English-language broadcaster for all things FIFA World Cup, including live matches, the draw, analysis, highlights and coverage.

On Friday, Dec. 5, the 2026 World Cup Draw — which is hosted by Heidi Klum, Kevin Hart and Danny Ramirez — takes place at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., starting at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT.

Additionally, the TV special features live performances from Nicole Scherzinger, Andrea Bocelli, Village People and Robbie Williams. Learn more about the national team matchup selection ceremony here.

Watch 2026 World Cup Draw, at a Glance:

The easiest way for you to watch the draw and live matches on FOX is through its cable channel, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t more affordable streaming options for those who have recently cut the cord.

Opting for streaming packages may eliminate expensive cable bills, but it does come with some challenges like trying to livestream. Live TV streamers can eliminate the issue by giving access to FOX. Keep reading to learn more.

How to Watch 2026 World Cup Draw Online Without Cable for Free

There are a few live TV streamers has FOX, so you can catch the World Cup Draw for little to no money. Below, ShopBillboard put together a few live TV streaming options with free trials and promos that’ll let you watch FOX without cable.

With prices starting at $84.99 for the first month ($94.99 per month afterwards), you can score a five-day free trial through DirecTV when you sign up. Subscribing lets you watch FOX online, while every streaming package also includes FS1, FS2 and FOX Deportes, as well as dozens upon dozens of other channels. Other perks you’ll be able to enjoy include unlimited DVR storage, local channels and the ability to stream on as many smart devices as you want.

Sling TV is another affordable option that’ll let you watch FOX online without cable. You can choose from the Blue or Orange + Blue packages, which gets you access to up to 70 channels, DVR storage and the ability to stream on up to three devices starting at $50.99 per month.

Please note: Pricing and channel availability depends on your local TV market. Learn more about Sling TV here.

FuboTV will give new users a five-day free trial. With prices starting at $54.99 for the first month of service ($84.99 per month afterwards), each plan comes with FOX in 4K definition, FS1 and FS2, as well as FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Deportes. You’ll be able to watch nearly 250 channels with 1,000 hours of DVR and the option to stream on 10 devices at once.

When the free trial and promo is complete, you’ll be charged the regular price based on the package you choose at checkout.

Get the most content options including the option to watch FOX with Hulu + Live TV. Not only will you get more than 95 live TV channels, but access to the entire Hulu library including exclusive content, originals and programming from FX and ABC. Extra savings opportunity: Hulu + Live TV starts at $89.99 per month.

Hulu offers music programming and documentaries, such as Summer of Soul, It’s All Country, Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and others. It even livestreams of popular music festivals, like Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, iHeartRadio Festival, iHeartCountry Festival and Austin City Limits Music Fest.

As an added bonus, Hulu + Live TV is automatically bundled with Disney+ and ESPN Unlimited to give you even more exclusive content including live sports that you can only watch on ESPN.

With a start time of 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT, the 2026 World Cup Draw happens on Friday, Dec. 5 on FOX. Preshow starts at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m PT. Watch on DirecTV for free, below:

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Adidas didn’t violate federal securities laws by failing to warn its shareholders about offensive behind-the-scenes behavior from Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) before his downfall, a federal appeals court says.

A lawsuit claimed Adidas knew internally about serious problems with Ye as early as 2018 but didn’t disclose them, misleading investors and leaving them to face losses when his antisemitic rants finally killed the lucrative Yeezy partnership in late 2022. Among other things, they claimed Ye had mentioned Hitler to Adidas staffers as a possible album name.

But in a ruling issued Wednesday (Dec. 3), a federal appeals court rejected that case — in part because investors ought to have known that Ye already had “public notoriety” for “improper behavior” before he ever linked up with Adidas.

“A reasonable investor would know that a partnership with a celebrity partner like Ye would come with inherent risks,” wrote the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the ruling, obtained by Billboard. The decision upheld a lower judge who was “troubled” by Ye’s conduct but reached the same conclusion last year.

Adidas ran a profitable collaboration with Ye (formerly Kanye West) and his Yeezy apparel brand for nearly a decade, but cut ties with the embattled rapper in October 2022 amid a wave of offensive statements he made about Jewish people. In a statement announcing the split, Adidas said the rapper’s statements had been “unacceptable, hateful and dangerous.”

It was a messy breakup for Adidas. The split contributed to a loss of $655 million in sales for the last three months of 2022 and left Adidas holding $1.3 billion worth of unsold Yeezys that were difficult to liquidate. And in May 2023, a group of investors took Adidas to court, arguing its executives had been aware for years of the potential harm that could come from the Ye partnership but had failed to publicly share such concerns with shareholders, as required by U.S. securities law.

The case heavily cited a November 2022 Wall Street Journal article reporting that Adidas executives feared for years that the Yeezy relationship could “blow up at any moment.” The article reported that Ye had made antisemitic comments in front of Adidas staffers, including the Hitler mention, and had watched pornography at work. The Journal story also highlighted a 2018 presentation to then-CEO Kasper Rørsted that detailed the risks of the arrangement and contemplated cutting ties with him.

Ahead of the split, Adidas had warned investors of all sorts of potential problems that might cause its share price to drop. One was that “improper” behavior by celebrity endorsers might have a “negative spill-over effect on the company’s reputation” and “lead to higher costs or liabilities or even disrupt business activities.” In their lawsuit, the investors argued that this disclosure had been misleading, treating the problem as a mere hypothetical when it already had concrete evidence of such behavior by Ye.

But in Wednesday’s ruling, the Ninth Circuit said the investors had misinterpreted what exactly Adidas was warning about: “The disclosure presents the hypothetical risk as the negative effect of improper behavior, not the improper behavior itself.”

The investors cited cases in which courts had held tech giants Alphabet and Facebook liable for such warnings about data, but the appeals court said those rulings were hardly analogous to Adidas’ very public relationship with a world-famous rapper.

“[The] Alphabet and Facebook [rulings] dealt with historical data breaches that the companies concealed,” the court wrote. “This case involves a celebrity partner who already had public notoriety for his improper behavior even prior to the partnership.”

Adidas declined a request for comment. The investors didn’t immediately respond.

Wednesday’s ruling affirmed the earlier decision of Judge Karin Immergut, who dismissed the case in August 2024. While she ruled that Adidas had not violated the law, she stressed that she was not condoning Ye’s “erratic, inappropriate, and antisemitic” behavior: “The question before this court is not whether to admonish Ye or hold Adidas morally accountable for Ye’s conduct.”

Lizzo isn’t holding her tongue when it comes to online trolls.

On Thursday (Dec. 4), the Grammy-winning “About Damn Time” singer took to her official Instagram page to sound off against critics making jokes about her body.

“Today I saw a fat joke about me — in 2025 — and it was viral,” she wrote in the caption of a picture of herself lounging in a yellow-and-black snakeskin bikini. “It was a dumb joke, and they were just laughing at me because I’m fat… Let me be a reminder to everyone to NEVER let anyone shame you for what you choose to do with your body. Because when you’re big, they talk s–t; when you’re small, they talk s–t. Your body will never be good enough for them because it’s not FOR them. It’s for you.”

Lizzo, who’s earned a pair of Hot 100 chart-toppers, has battled body-shaming trolls and critics for the entirety of her mainstream pop career. Earlier this year, on an episode of Trisha Paytas’ Just Trish podcast, Lizzo revealed that she tried Ozempic — and ultimately settled on changing her diet for her personal weight loss journey.

“If I get a BBL, mind [your] business; if [I] lose 100lbs, mind [your] business,” she concluded her caption. “If I gain every pound back and then some… mind [your] f—ing business. Anyways… my fat a— stays living with a paid off mortgage in y’all b—es heads.”

Lizzo’s cheeky response to her trolls comes just a few days after she made headlines with a Substack essay she published on Monday (Dec. 1), under the title, “Cancel Me (Again): A ‘Cancelled’ Woman’s Take on Why Everyone Should Get Cancelled at Least Once.”

“Not everybody liked my most recent essay, and that’s exactly why I wrote it,” she wrote in a follow-up post on Wednesday (Dec. 3). “I deserve to be able to express myself like everyone else. I’m human, I’ve earned the right to be wrong — to be prickly and unlikable sometimes. It’s liberating for a recovering chronic people pleaser like me. Thank you for your comments and criticisms. I welcome it all.”

It’s been a relatively rocky year for Lizzo, but she’s also continued to share new music. In June, she dropped her My Face Hurts from Smiling mixtape, which features collaborations with Doja Cat and SZA, as well as a buzzy remix of PLUTO & YK Niece’s viral hit “Whim Whamiee.” A few months later she appeared on Cardi B’s Am I the Drama? (“What’s Goin On”) and Monaleo’s Who Did the Body (“Freak Show”).

Read Lizzo’s full response to her trolls below.

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