Are you ready for some football ? No, it ’ s not meter for the Super Bowl. It ’ s the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the biggest football ( okay, finely, soccer ) tournament in the world. This year ’ mho tournament kicks off today in Russia. Matches will run over the course of the adjacent calendar month, leading up to the finals on July 15th at 11:00am ET / 8:00am PT .
Since the matches are taking position in Russia, the games will air pretty early on if you live in the US, with the final — airing at 5:00pm local time if you ’ re in Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow —set for Sunday morning. So that means you ’ ll credibly want a way to keep up with the matches when you ’ re away from your television. You can check out the full schedule here to see when your favored teams are playing. ( Editor ’ second note : The Verge would never condone goofing off at sour to watch some of the greatest soccer stars in the global act for glory and fame in a tournament that only takes place every four years because that would be irresponsible. )
then whether you ’ re enjoying the games at home, in a browser at your desk next to a spreadsheet, or you ’ ra pilfer in a few minutes on your phone between meetings, hera ‘ s everything you ’ ll necessitate to stream the World Cup on all your devices .

Traditional broadcast TV / cable:

Fox has the broadcast rights for the entire 2018 World Cup in the US, and the network will divide the matches between the broadcast Fox and cable-only Fox Sports channels : 38 games will air on Fox, tending toward the more significant matches, while the early 26 matches will be available on Fox Sports. And if you fair care about catching the final, climatic match between France and Croatia, you ’ ll want to head straight to your local Fox consort. For a full breakdown, check Fox ’ randomness schedule here.

If you have a cable login, you can besides live current all the matches online at Fox Sports ’ web site and the Fox Sports Go app ( io / Android / Xbox One / Roku / Fire television ) for a kind of set-top boxes and mobile devices .
additionally, for the first time, you ’ ll be able to watch the World Cup in glorious 4K and HDR — assuming you ’ ve got the right television receiver and cable provider. If you ’ ve got one of Hisense ’ sulfur H6E, H8E, or Laser models, you can watch 4K HDR streams of every World Cup pit with the Fox Sports World Cup app ( you ’ ll however need a cable login, though ). AT & T ’ mho DirecTV network is broadcasting all games in 4K HDR, and Dish is showing 56 of the 64 games live in 4K HDR. Comcast Xfinity X1 customers will be able to watch on-demand a day late in 4K HDR, and Layer3 TV / Altice will besides be broadcasting in 4K .

No cable? Try the internet:

If you don ’ t have a cable login, you ’ re not wholly out of fortune. Internet television receiver services like Hulu, YouTube TV, Sling television, DirecTV immediately, Fubo, and PlayStation Vue all offer Fox and Fox Sports, so you ‘ ll still be able to watch all the matches if you ’ re a subscriber. Again, if you barely care about the final examination, that ’ s on Fox, then make surely your service offers it in your area before you sign up.

Most of these services besides offer absolve trials : Sling television receiver, Hulu with Live television, DirecTV now, Fubo, and YouTube TV all give you one spare week, and PlayStation Vue gives you five days. That ’ s not closely long enough for the full tournament, but if you combine a couple of them, you might be able to make it to the finals in July. Or you could good pay for a month of service and then cancel it subsequently, which is probably easier .

Virtual reality

That ’ randomness right, for the foremost time, you ’ ll besides be able to enjoy a few choice World Cup matches in VR through the Oculus Venues service : the Germany vs. Mexico game at 11AM ET on June 17th, Portugal vs. Morocco at 8AM ET on June 20th, Brazil vs. Costa Rica at 8AM ET on June 22nd, and England vs. Panama at 8AM ET on June 24th. Venues is supported by the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Go .
additionally, the Fox Sports VR app will have early World Cup games available for US viewers, although you ’ ll necessitate to log in with a cable provider to view them.

Update, July TKTK 11:30AM: Updated post in preparation for the World Cup finals on July 16th .
Update, June 15th 11:30AM: Added information about 4K HDR pour options for the World Cup .
Correction, June 14th 2:15PM: The article originally said that Fox ’ second Soccer Match Pass app would be streaming the World Cup. But the caller has declined to stream the games through that subscription service. You ’ ll need cable credentials to watch via the Fox Sports app .