Ian Darke To Call 2026 World Cup For Fox
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2025 6:35 pm
Ian Darke will join Fox Sports as a play-by-play broadcaster during its coverage of the 2026 World Cup. Drake will be calling his ninth World Cup.
“I love the World Cup, and I think any soccer commentator would be lying to you if they said they didn’t want to do the World Cup regardless of the controversial venue. By hook or by crook, I have managed to get assigned,” Darke told The Athletic in 2022 upon getting the World Cup assignment from Fox.
The World Cup draw is currently scheduled to take place on Dec. 5 at The Kennedy Center. The opening match of the World Cup will take place on June 11th.