For football fans keen to soak up the atmosphere of the 2026 Fifa World Cup, it’s hard to beat being there. But if travelling to the US, Canada and Mexico is off the cards, there’s a trick to help you get the next best thing at home.
With ExpressVPN – an official supporter of the Fifa World Cup – you can watch local coverage of the tournament from anywhere in the world, without leaving the UK. Enjoy America’s commentators, Canada’s half-time discussions or Mexico’s post-match analysis, with no flights, tickets or sky-high hotel bills to deal with.
Most broadcast and streaming services are geo-blocked, meaning they can only be accessed from specific locations. But VPNs, or virtual private networks, work by disguising where a user is accessing the internet from – allowing these geographical restrictions to be bypassed. You install the VPN, connect it to your choice of servers outside the UK, then head over to whatever website or streaming service you want to use to watch the latest match.
You might connect to an American server if you want to hear what Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimovic have to say about the action on Fox, for example – or one in Cape Verde to find out how local fans are feeling about the underdog’s chances. With ultra-fast servers in more than 100 countries, ExpressVPN – the world’s largest premium VPN provider – makes the football world your oyster.
Or if you’re flying off on holiday soon but don’t want to miss the World Cup coverage on the BBC or ITV, ExpressVPN can help you there, too. BBC iPlayer and ITV X are only available in the UK – but use ExpressVPN to connect to a UK server and you can watch from your sun lounger anywhere in the world, as though you were still back in Britain. And you don’t need to worry about using public wifi while you’re away: when you install the app, it creates a secure tunnel between your devices and the internet, preventing tracking and surveillance, preserving anonymity and enhancing safety. ExpressVPN uses the same encryption standard adopted by the US government – meaning that even if someone did manage to intercept your data, it would be unreadable.
Readers of The Spectator can gain all of this for an 80 per cent discount – and new ExpressVPN customers during the tournament will also have the opportunity to win 50 tickets to World Cup matches, including the final.
ExpressVPN offers plenty of other benefits that will last well beyond the final whistle, too. In an age of ever-increasing tracking and surveillance, VPNs provide a simple and legal way to browse the internet privately, safely and anonymously. Founded in 2009, ExpressVPN employs the industry’s most advanced server technology, TrustedServer, to shield your personal information from prying eyes – whether that’s governments, your internet service provider or potential ID thieves. It also comes with an ad blocker for uninterrupted browsing, at no extra cost, and Threat Manager to defend against malicious sites and trackers – plus parental controls to ensure the whole family stays safe.
Whether you’re using it for banking, gaming, shopping or watching football, ExpressVPN offers lightning-fast speeds and compatibility with just about every device you can think of – even those smart TVs and games consoles that can’t normally run VPNs. It’s easy to use, whatever browser or operating system you choose – but if you do need some extra help, there’s 24/7 customer support, online guides and video tutorials.
Readers of The Spectator can try ExpressVPN for just $2.49 per month – a discount of 80 per cent – plus four bonus months for free. For more information or to take advantage of the deal, click here.
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