LONDON, June 10 : With hot weather due and memories fresh of the scorching 2025 Club World Cup, FIFA has for the first time mandated three-minute hydration breaks in each half for all 104 matches of the World Cup starting this week in the U.S., Mexico and Canada.While players replenish and viewers perhaps gra

The 2026 FIFA World Cup’s mandatory hydration breaks offer organizations a lesson in building recovery into work to support high performance and workplace wellbeing.

LONDON, June 10 : With hot weather due and memories fresh of the scorching 2025 Club World Cup, FIFA has for the first time mandated three-minute hydration breaks in each half for…

A three-minute pause for hydration is in effect for each game of this summer’s World Cup

There are mandatory breaks for players to hydrate throughout every game at this year's World Cup

FIFA has mandated three-minute hydration breaks in each half of all 104 matches at the 2026 World Cup across the US, Mexico, and Canada, citing player welfare due to anticipated…

Comment: The decision to mandate three-minute hydration breaks during every half of football at the 2026 World Cup smacks of yet more greed, writes Lawrence Ostlere

La organización establece tres minutos en cada periodo cerca del minuto 22 y la medida permite insertar mensajes comerciales durante el encuentro en numerosos mercados

Fox is facing criticism from fans in the US after introducing full-screen adverts while players take hydration breaks during its World Cup broadcasts

Hydration breaks were a new feature on the opening day of the World Cup — but what is the reasoning behind them?

FIFA have opted to have hydration breaks in every World Cup game, irrespective of the temperature - and that looks to be perfect for the American advert culture