Max Verstappen has re-signed with Red Bull Racing, committing to stay with the team through 2030 after weighing a potential departure from Formula One, cementing his continued partnership with Red Bull.
FIFA is evaluating a 64-team format for the 2030 World Cup after expanding to 48 teams in 2026, with president Gianni Infantino saying wider participation across continents should be encouraged and smaller nations deserve a chance to dream of the tournament. The next edition is expected to be hosted mainly by Morocco, Portugal, and Spain.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino says expanding the 2026-format 48-team World Cup to 64 teams for the 2030 tournament is being studied, arguing it would broaden global participation beyond Europe and South America. The 2030 edition is planned as a multi-continent event with early matches in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay and remaining games in Morocco, Portugal and Spain; the proposal will be reviewed by relevant committees after the 2026 tournament.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said the governing body will formally study expanding the World Cup to 64 teams for the 2030 edition, which is to be hosted mainly by Morocco, Portugal and Spain with opening matches in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay. The move aims to broaden global participation and benefit developing football nations, but it faces pushback from figures like UEFA’s Ceferin and CONCACAF’s Montagliani who warn it could dilute quality, while supporters stress the tournament should be accessible to more countries.
Nvidia’s AI-driven growth has driven outsized revenue gains (e.g., Q1 2027 revenue up 85% to $81.6B, data-center up 92%), buoyed by massive AI capex in 2026 and a forthcoming Vera Rubin platform, but the 2030 outlook is uncertain. The bull case assumes AI spending stays robust with margins intact, potentially pushing the stock to the high-200s to low-300s by 2030; the bear case warns that peak spending and rising competition could leave shares flat despite rising revenue. Valuation has cooled to about 30x earnings, which could support upside if momentum continues.
Denver announced a five-year extension for head coach Sean Payton through 2030 after three seasons of turning around the franchise; the Broncos went 14-3 and earned the AFC’s No. 1 seed in 2025 before a divisional-round setback, with owner Greg Penner praising Payton and his partnership with GM George Paton, who also signed through 2030.
NFL owners voted to award Nashville as the host for Super Bowl LXIV in 2030, tied to a new stadium and the city’s infrastructure. Nashville joins Los Angeles, Atlanta and Las Vegas in the current Super Bowl rotation, with weather and hotel capacity shaping the event’s experience.
India and South Korea pledged to nearly double bilateral trade to $50 billion by 2030 after Modi and Lee Jae Myung signed MoUs and agreements in New Delhi, signaling deeper cooperation across sectors.
OpenAI raised its five-year revenue outlook by about 27% on stronger sales of ChatGPT subscriptions, AI models, and newer lines such as advertising and hardware, but warned that cash burn through 2030 will be higher than previously expected, driven by roughly $665 billion in running and training costs, effectively more than doubling prior burn estimates.
Ilia Malinin vows to keep skating and rebuild toward the 2030 Winter Games in the French Alps after a rough Milan free skate and a controversial hot-mic remark about Beijing 2022, signaling a four-year road to Olympic redemption.
A Lancet Global Health modelling study links abrupt official development assistance (ODA) cuts to up to 22.6 million excess deaths by 2030 under severe defunding, including about 5.4 million among under-fives, with milder defunding causing about 9.4 million more deaths. The analysis—covering 2002–2021 data and projecting three scenarios—says the US, UK and other donors’ reductions could reverse decades of gains against infectious diseases and malnutrition, risking the collapse of health systems in some countries.
IBM's Institute for Business Value finds executives expect AI spending to shift from efficiency to innovation by 2030, with the winners embedding AI into every decision and operation. IBM’s 63-page study, released alongside Davos, also offers tips: tailor AI to fit core capabilities, enable rapid experimentation with adaptable models, and make AI fluency a leadership requirement as enterprises move toward an AI-driven future.
Russia plans to repurpose its existing ISS modules into a new space station by 2030, abandoning its original ambitious design for a polar orbit station, due to logistical, political, and economic challenges, including reliance on damaged launch facilities and uncertain future funding amid ongoing conflicts.
ESPN has secured a five-year, non-exclusive deal to televise the NFL draft through 2030, aligning with the expiration of current broadcast agreements, with ongoing questions about the future of NFL Network coverage.