ITV Unveils Star-Studded Lineup for World Cup 2026 Coverage, Featuring Laura Woods, Gary Neville, and Roy Keane!

ITV have named their punditry line-up for the 2026 World Cup – with a Manchester United and Chelsea legend plus Arsenal icon among the big hitters.

Elsewhere, Ange Postecoglou teams up with the likes of Roy Keane, Gary Neville and Ian Wright in an all-star cast.

Laura Woods is part of ITV’s presenting team for the World Cup Credit: Alamy Juan Mata is a key signing as a former World Cup winner and Chelsea and Manchester United hero Credit: Getty Ange Postecoglou will also be part of the team Credit: Alamy Roy Keane and Ian Wright are on course to team up again Credit: Rex

But there is no shortage of other key names joining the broadcaster’s team heading out to the USA, Mexico and Canada.

And arguably the biggest of all are 2010 winner Juan Mata and 1998 champ Patrick Vieira.

Karen Carney, Emma Hayes, Duncan Ferguson, Jobi McAnuff and Bradley Wright-Phillips also join the team.

Sam Matterface, Jon Champion, Seb Hutchinson and Joe Speight will provide the commentary, supported by Lee Dixon, Ally McCoist, Andros Townsend and Lucy Ward, while Christina Unkel is the referee analyst.

ITV will be based in New York City with an , for the duration of the tournament.

Mark Pougatch and will be the two main presenters for ITV, along with Semra Hunter.

on June 17 and the Panama game on June 27 plus a potential quarter-final.

ITV are showing a total of 29 group games, including Scotland’s group-stage match against Morocco on June 19, as well as the opening games for powerhouses , , the Netherlands and .

Gary Neville is on punditry duties with ITV Credit: Getty Patrick Vieira is another World Cup winner in the line-up Credit: Getty Mark Pougatch will front much of the coverage Credit: Rex

Their allocation also includes the first two group games of the tournament, featuring one of the in the reverse of the opener from the 2010 World Cup.

Highlights of every match – both ITV’s and the BBC’s – will be available on ITVX and there will be a dedicated 24/7 World Cup stream.

ITV Director of Sport, Niall Sloane, said: “This is the biggest Fifa World Cup in history and we will be live from New York City for the duration of the tournament, bringing every key moment to life, free-to-air.

“Nothing unifies the UK audience more than a global sporting event and they don’t come much bigger than this.

“Our broadcast line-up is second to none and our comprehensive coverage across , ITVX, our World Cup 24/7 Channel, plus our digital platforms will ensure the ITV audience doesn’t miss a second of action.”

The ITV announcement comes the day after the .

Thomas Frank, Olivier Giroud, Cesar Azpilicueta, Theo Walcott and Gael Clichy join Beeb regulars Alan Shearer, Micah Richards, Wayne Rooney and Joe Hart.