{"id":24724,"date":"2026-04-18T16:55:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=24724"},"modified":"2026-04-18T17:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:06:32","slug":"witness-african-history-in-themaking-as-supersport-brings-all104-fifa-world-cup-2026-matches-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2026\/04\/18\/witness-african-history-in-themaking-as-supersport-brings-all104-fifa-world-cup-2026-matches-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Witness African History in the Making as SuperSport Brings All 104 FIFA World Cup 2026 Matches Live"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>SuperSport<\/strong> and <strong>DStv<\/strong> (subsidiaries of MultiChoice Group, a CANAL+ Company) pull out all the stops to bring historic FIFA World Cup 2026&#x2122; to subscribers across English and Portuguese-speaking Africa, making all 104 matches from Mexico, Canada and the USA available live to DStv, DStv Stream, GOtv and GOtv Stream subscribers across large parts of the continent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SuperSport, a subsidiary of MultiChoice Group, a CANAL+ company, is proud to announce that Africa\u2019s biggest sports broadcaster is  bringing the biggest-ever FIFA World Cup 2026&#x2122; live to English and Portuguese-speaking African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time, the tournament will be available in full to DStv subscribers from DStv Access through to DStv Premium, including all 104 live matches, highlights and repeats, making the FIFA World Cup 2026&#x2122; the most accessible World Cup ever for MultiChoice Group customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament, which sees the expansion to 48 nations from 32, will begin in Mexico City on 11 June 2026 and run until the final in New Jersey on 19 July 2026. The expansion of the tournament makes it the longest-running FIFA World Cup tournament in the event\u2019s history, with the largest number of matches to enjoy. Viewers are poised to enjoy the most exciting FIFA World Cup ever staged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To demonstrate the sheer enormity of the tournament to our African viewers and customers, DStv partnered with Hollywood star Idris Elba   son of Ghanaian and Sierra Leonean parents \u2013 who revealed on Wednesday that all 104 matches would be live on DStv and GOtv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">African History<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Africa will send its biggest-ever contingent to the Americas, with 10 countries coming out of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) World Cup Qualification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 10 African countries that will no doubt add colour, flavour and the unique African drum beat to the global spectacle taking place in North America are Ghana, South Africa, Senegal, Cape Verde, Cote d\u2019Ivoire, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To match this historic occasion, SuperSport will bring an exciting line-up of new magazine shows with fresh faces as well as masterclasses with football experts from across the continent and the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Said Rendani Ramovha, CANAL+ Director for Content, Sports, in English and Portuguese-speaking Africa: \u201cWe are thrilled to announce that our subscribers in English and Portuguese-speaking Africa will get to witness yet another historic FIFA World Cup on Your World of Champions, SuperSport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith Africa sending its biggest-ever contingent to Mexico, Canada and the USA, we are proud to bring Africans the biggest global sports showpiece in the SuperSport quality that they have become accustomed to. As this is the most eagerly anticipated FIFA World Cup from an African perspective since 2010, we are excited that more people will be able to watch the action through a DStv Access subscription package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are also looking forward to bringing our subscribers special broadcast features tailored to unique cultures and some local African  anguages.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DStv is set to bring subscribers an incredible viewing and customer experience. For more information on how to watch all 104 FIFA World Cup 2026&#x2122; live, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dstv.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.dstv.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.dstv.com<\/a> or use the MyDStv app. For GOtv, customers can go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gotvafrica.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.gotvafrica.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.gotvafrica.com<\/a> or use the MyGOtv app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For all SuperSport FIFA World Cup 2026&#x2122; updates, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supersport.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.supersport.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.supersport.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Broadcast Countries (Where the FIFA World Cup will be available on SuperSport, alphabetical order):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Angola<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Botswana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cape Verde<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Equatorial Guinea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eritrea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eswatini<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ethiopia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gambia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ghana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guinea Bissau<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kenya<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lesotho<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liberia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Malawi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mauritius<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mozambique<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Namibia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nigeria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rwanda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sao Tome &amp; Principe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sierra Leone<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>South Africa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tanzania<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uganda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zambia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zimbabwe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SuperSport and DStv (subsidiaries of MultiChoice Group, a CANAL+ Company) pull out all the stops to bring historic FIFA World Cup 2026&#x2122; to subscribers across English and Portuguese-speaking Africa, making all 104 matches from Mexico, Canada and the USA available live to DStv, DStv Stream, GOtv and GOtv Stream subscribers across large parts of the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2026\/04\/18\/witness-african-history-in-themaking-as-supersport-brings-all104-fifa-world-cup-2026-matches-live\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Witness African History in the Making as SuperSport Brings All 104 FIFA World Cup 2026 Matches Live<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[149],"class_list":["post-24724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-television","tag-supersport","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SuperSport-logo.jpg?fit=400%2C142&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24724"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24726,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24724\/revisions\/24726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}