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Pedro Camacho

FIFA Caves to Pressure and Allows Spanish at All World Cup 2026 Press Conferences After Backlash

Achraf Hakimi was among the players caught in the controversy over FIFA's initial restrictions on Spanish-language questions at World Cup 2026 press conferences. (Credit: Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

FIFA has reversed its position on the use of Spanish at World Cup 2026 press conferences, allowing journalists and participants to ask and answer questions in Spanish at all official media events regardless of which national teams are involved.

The change follows several incidents during the opening days of the tournament in which journalists were told they could not use Spanish because translation services for the language were not available at certain press conferences.

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