OREANDA-NEWS  Football players from the national teams of Senegal and Uzbekistan arrived at the 2026 World Cup in the United States and were subjected to strict security at New York airport. This is reported by El Universo.

The Senegalese team was searched right on the runway. The athletes were asked to take off their shoes and show the contents of their bags. Representatives of the Uzbek national team were examined in a similar way. In addition, the team's players were allowed into the stadium only after an inspection involving service dogs.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be held in the USA, Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19. The national team of Senegal will play in Group I with the teams of France, Norway and Iran. Uzbekistan is in the K quartet, where it will face the national teams of Portugal, Colombia and DR Congo.

On June 5, a ten-minute drive from the England national team base in Kansas City, a shooting occurred, during which nine people were injured. The police were unable to arrest the suspects.