Singaporean state broadcaster Mediacorp has agreed a new media rights deal with world soccer’s governing body FIFA for multiple tournaments, including this year’s flagship men’s World Cup.

Under the agreement, Mediacorp will show all matches from the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup, as well as a range of additional FIFA events taking place between 2026 and 2028, including the U-17 and U-20 World Cups, and the U-17 and U-20 Women’s World Cups.

The men’s World Cup will be co-hosted by Canada, Mexico, and the United States and take place between June 11 and July 19 later this year.

Mediacorp will air all 104 matches from the tournament, which will feature an unprecedented 48 participating teams for the first time.

Every match will be available to Mediacorp subscribers on its digital platform mewatch and carriage partner platforms.

Whilst the 2022 World Cup offered just nine free-to-air matches, Singaporeans will now be able to watch 28 matches for free on Channel 5 and meWATCH, including the opening match, selected group stage games, both semi-finals, and the final.

For the 2022 World Cup, rights in Singapore were primarily held by StarHub, which sublicensed packages of rights to rival telco Singtel and Mediacorp.

The broadcaster also offers the FIFA+ streaming platform as a free channel on mewatch.

In October, StarHub agreed a carriage deal with Mediacorp. Through the strategic tie-up, Mediacorp carries content packages from StarHub TV+ on its mewatch.

From a sporting perspective, mewatch now offers live properties such as English soccer's top-tier Premier League to its customers.