Infantino defends World Cup hydration breaks and suggests permanence

Why are tickets so expensive? Why is Gianni Infantino always on camera? And will Haiti win a game? This week, three reporters who love soccer dig into the World Cup.

"The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, intends to push ahead with his plan for Donald Trump to hand over the World Cup trophy to the winning team — despite an ethics complaint by the Norwegian FA that Infantino has breached political neutrality rules." [Times]

The England Ghana highlights on iPlayer will just be the hydration breaks. #WorldCup2026

NEWS! Hydration breaks when it's pissing down absolutely necessary for player safety, insist American TV networks buff.ly/XbpzXu6

Fifa implements hydration breaks and they don’t even consider this, smh

And the astonishing Gianni Infantino claims the hydration breaks aren't about raking in millions more off commercials. Right.

I slept in and dreamed the World Cup had introduced bladder breaks along with hydration breaks. Also my teeth fell out

These hydration breaks offer a whole new perspective. Obviously with our season in the winter months we can look forward to a little hiatus in the middle of the first and second halfs while they all have a cup a soup next season.

you hear about this the water they're drinking at these hydration breaks? yeah - it all came from the reflecting pool!

The host country opened two 180-second windows for fans to fuel up, and they’ve barreled right through them. on.wsj.com/4ajUPF9

Come on, just have a "car wash lane" cars must pass through every 4 laps instead 😂 F1 to impose hydration breaks every four laps at Austrian Grand Prix | Top Gear share.google/f2lxIPuORstZ...

they have had hydration breaks since the Korea Japan world cup, but they were based on the temperature not at set times based on ads.

FIFA boss Infantino considers using hydration breaks at all World Cups Something tells me he will, for the health of the players you understand

When weather conditions dictate, l'm all for hydration breaks. We've had them in Rugby for a while. There has been profound disgruntlement over ads being show during breaks in play at the last 6N.

during the hydration breaks, players should have to shotgun a beer.