Author: Justin Pot / Source: howtogeek.com
The biggest sporting event in the world starts today, June 14: the FIFA World Cup in Russia. If you want to watch the games without cable, you’ve got options—depending on where you live. Here’s a look at the situation in the USA, the UK, and Canada, and where to look for information in other countries.
Having Issues Bypassing Geographic Restrictions? Use a VPN
Whether you’re traveling from your home country or just live in a place that has ridiculous restrictions on what’s available, the solution to bypassing restrictions is always to use a VPN, which will make it appear as if you are coming from a different location. Our VPN picks are these:
- ExpressVPN – this VPN choice is incredibly fast, easy to use, and has very user-friendly clients for every platform.
- StrongVPN – this VPN isn’t quite as user friendly, but is very fast and tends to be useful for bypassing restrictions because it’s not quite as well known.
In general, the way to bypass restrictions is to switch the VPN server to another country that has access to the website you’re trying to view. If it’s still blocked, try a different server. Both of the choices offer free trials, so you won’t have to pay for something that doesn’t work for you.
How to Watch The World Cup Online in the USA
In the USA, there are two rights holders for the 2018 World Cup: Fox in English and Telemundo in Spanish. No English speaking games will be available for free streaming online, though the group stage games will be available for free streaming via the NBC Sports App, according to Roku.
It’s worth noting that Fox and Telemundo are both traditional broadcast networks in the US, meaning you can potentially watch them for free using a TV antenna, if the signal can be picked up in your area. You can even set up Plex PVR and watch using your tablet or phone. You can’t watch every game this way, though, because Fox and Telemundo are only broadcasting a limited number of games on their free stations.
- Fox is broadcasting 38 of the 64 games in the tournament on the Fox TV network—see the full schedule here. Kudos to Fox here: this is a record number of broadcast games for English-language coverage in the United States. The remaining games will air on FS1, a cable sports network.
- Telemundo is broadcasting 56 of the 64 games on their broadcast TV network—see the full schedule here. The remaining 8 games will broadcast on Universo, a Spanish language cable sports network. This means you’ve got a way to watch more games, provided you’re okay with Spanish commentators.
If You Have a Cable TV Login: Use the Fox Sports Go App
If you have a cable subscription (or access to your parent’s cable password) you’re all set: you can watch every game of the World Cup on Fox Sports Go….
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