{"id":49367,"date":"2026-06-12T06:20:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=49367"},"modified":"2026-06-12T06:20:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:35:49","slug":"photos-inside-the-fifa-world-cup-2026-opening-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/photos-inside-the-fifa-world-cup-2026-opening-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Inside the FIFA World Cup 2026 Opening Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Agency, June 12:<\/strong>\u00a0The FIFA World Cup 2026 officially got underway on Thursday night with a spectacular opening ceremony at the iconic Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony featured vibrant cultural performances, dazzling visual displays, and live entertainment from internationally renowned artists, including Shakira, who captivated fans with a memorable performance.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of supporters packed the stadium, while millions more watched around the world as the tournament&#8217;s 23rd edition was officially declared open. The colorful celebration showcased the spirit, diversity, and passion of football, setting the stage for a month-long festival of the world&#8217;s biggest sporting event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See the photos below from the FIFA World Cup 2026 opening ceremony.<\/strong> \ud83d\udcf8\u26bd\ud83c\udf0e<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49368\" src=\"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mexico-v-South-Africa-Group-A-FIFA-World-Cup-2026-1.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"910\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49369 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mexico-South-Africa-Opening-ceremony-FWC-2026.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"910\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49370 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mexico-v-South-Africa-Group-A-FIFA-World-Cup-2026.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"910\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49371 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HKjekBRXgAAW7dW-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49372 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HKjegloW0AA5Wp8-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1749\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49373 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HKjecHeXwAAV63I-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49374 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HKjeYzwWQAAT-AS-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49375 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HKjlnwyWUAAmxXv-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1690\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49376 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HKjhysLWQAAGlmW.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo credit:- FIFA<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agency, June 12:\u00a0The FIFA World Cup 2026 officially got underway on Thursday night with a spectacular opening ceremony at the iconic Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. The ceremony featured vibrant cultural performances, dazzling visual displays, and live entertainment from internationally renowned artists, including Shakira, who captivated fans with a memorable performance. Thousands of supporters packed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[63],"class_list":["post-49367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-main-news","tag-fifa-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49367"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49377,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49367\/revisions\/49377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}