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Dream job? Two men are being paid to watch every World Cup game
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The i Paper
· Jun 22, 2026
My boss won’t let me work from home the day after World Cup games – I’m furious
One worker needs to decide wether his priority is the World Cup or being employed
Fortune
· Jun 29, 2026
How smart employers are turning the World Cup into a workplace win
Streaming watch parties from the conference room and buying drinks to work at the bar. Meet the bosses embracing the World Cup.
Metro
· Jul 6, 2026
There’s one way England fans are celebrating the world cup: sex workers
There’s one way England fans are celebrating the world cup: sex workers
The Standard
· Jun 26, 2026
World Cup games today: UK kick-off times and TV channel for every match
Six more fixtures as expanded group stage draws to a close
Investing.com
· Jul 1, 2026
Soccer-’It’s crazy’: Broadcasters toil, and revel, in supersized World Cup
Soccer-’It’s crazy’: Broadcasters toil, and revel, in supersized World Cup
JOE.co.uk
· Jun 27, 2026
England fan spends entire house deposit to take grandad to World Cup
‘I can always make money back, but I won’t ever get to go to the World Cup with my grandad again’ A young England fan has done a great gesture just to take his grandad on a dream World Cup trip this year. To make sure he and his grandad were going to the England []
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Related coverage for "Dream job? Two men are being paid to watch every World Cup game": The i Paper — My boss won’t let me work from home the day after World Cup games – I’m furious. Fortune — How smart employers are turning the World Cup into a workplace win. Metro — There’s one way England fans are celebrating the world cup: sex workers. The Standard — World Cup games today: UK kick-off times and TV channel for every match. Investing.com — Soccer-’It’s crazy’: Broadcasters toil, and revel, in supersized World Cup. JOE.co.uk — England fan spends entire house deposit to take grandad to World Cup