What's New June 13, 2026

How to listen to FIFA World Cup on radio and apps

RadioToday Network

SBS has secured the Australian radio rights for World Cup football coverage in Australia.

Along with the television rights has also come the audio rights, and SBS Radio has taken advantage of that by launching a DAB soccer pop up channel called The Kick Off. The channel is also available on the SBS Audio app and the SBS website.

When there is no live call on air the channel plays music, ‘football anthems to keep you pumped’ and sports talk shows.

Exhorbitant ticket prices, politics and immigration restrictions have been the talking points in the lead up to the competition, but now that games have begun the focus is on the football.

Matches began on 11 June and will continue until 18 July. Australia’s first match, against Türkiye, takes place on in Vancouver, heard in Australia on Sunday 14 June June at 2pm Sydney time.

Click the graphic to download a pdf of the full schedule.

Other channels are also covering the competition. For a catch up of the mood in Mexico during the opening ceremony, ABC’s Amanda Shalala was on the streets reporting on the party atmosphere and also the deeper issues and opinions in Mexico about hosting the World Cup.

The World Cup is being hosted across three countries in the Americas: Mexico, America and Canada. Time zone conversions for Australia are below.

A range of podcasts are also available for World Cup fans, including ABC Radio’s dedicated World Cup podcast, hosted by Patrick Stack and featuring Socceroos legend Mark Schwarzer and ABC voice of soccer Ned Hall with crosses to Amanda Shalala. talkSPORT’s World Cup Shootout podcast is also available, with Andy Harper,Kat Sasso and Teo Pellizzeri, joined by former Socceroos players and talkSPORT’s experts with the network.