{"id":34023,"date":"2026-05-08T11:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34023"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:58:16","slug":"world-cup-final-venue-gets-new-playing-surface","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/world-cup-final-venue-gets-new-playing-surface\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup final venue gets new playing surface."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) World Cup just 34 days away, the surface of the venue for the final, the Metlife Stadium in New Jersey, has been relied.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Meanwhile, a fan favourite, the Panini World Cup sticker album, is set to remain until the 2030 World Cup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Thereafter FIFA is planning on revamping its trading cards, which traditionally herald the start of world cup fever.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA has confirmed that Panini will remain its official trading card and sticker partner until the 2030 World Cup,<\/p>\n<p>This is an extension of a collaboration that began more than half a century ago.<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter FIFA is planning on revamping the trading card game with a partnership with Fanatics Collectibles, which produces the Topps range of cards.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA also announced a partnership with Fanatics Fest New York City, a four-day New York event timed to coincide with the World Cup final on July 19 in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup final pre-match press conferences will be held at Fanatics Fest on July 17<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30393,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-34023","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Federation of Association Football ","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34024,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34023\/revisions\/34024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=34023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}