Fans call for USA to be stripped of World Cup following Charlie Kirk’s murder

Fans have called for the United States to be stripped of its World Cup hosting duties next summer after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed.

Kirk, 31, was hosting an event at Utah Valley University when he was shot in the neck while speaking onstage.

He was rushed to a local hospital as doctors tried to save him, but President Trump later announced that the influential MAGA commentator had passed away.

And with the World Cup set to kick off next summer, many soccer fans expressed concern at the tournament going ahead in America.

‘With the broad day light shooting and killing of Charlie Kirk, America should not be allowed by FIFA to co-host the World Cup,’ one fan wrote on X.

‘How will the World Cup be held in an unsafe country after the scenes of Charlie Kirk’s murder?,’ a second asked.

And a sixth claimed: ‘There’s no way that if what happened to Charlie Kirk happened in an Arab country they would be hosting the World Cup.’

While the 2026 World Cup will see games staged in Mexico, Canada and the USA, the vast majority of the games will be held in the United States.

Of the 16 host cities, 11 are in the United States, while all of the games from the quarterfinals onward will be in the USA. The final will be held at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Kirk was a close ally of President Trump.

He leaves behind his wife, Erika, with whom he had a three-year-old daughter and a 16-year-old son.

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The couple celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary in May.