Why, then, all the excitement about Netflix's coming for live sports? First, there was Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul, a fight more memorable for Tyson's bare-butt interview and incessant buffering issues than the result itself.

The FIFA Women’s World Cup will be the first competition to be acquired in full by Netflix. According to FIFA, it “further reinforces the tournament’s status as the single biggest women’s sporting event on the planet and provides an outstanding platform to further promote the game.”

ZURICH — FIFA has signed Netflix to a United States broadcast deal for the Women’s World Cup in 2027 and 2031. The deal announced Friday is the most significant FIFA has signed with a streaming service for a major tournament. The value was not given. World Cups are typically broadcast on free-to-air public networks to reach the biggest audiences.

Confirmed by the sports federation on Dec. 20, the streamer giant will be hedging its next live sports bet on the 2027 and 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments, with Netflix obtaining U.S. rights to air the competition in its first-ever full acquisition of the competition and the World Cup's first appearance on streaming.

Netflix is continuing to add to its live sports programming, announcing it will stream the 2027 and 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments.

Netflix’s next shot on goal in live sports: the FIFA Women’s World Cup. FIFA and Netflix announced an agreement granting the streamer exclusive rights in the U.S. to the 2027 and 2031 ...

FIFA has signed Netflix to a United States broadcast deal for the Women’s World Cup in 2027 plus the 2031 edition that could be played in the U.S. The deal announced Friday is the most significant FIFA has signed with a streaming service for a major tournament.

Netflix is continuing to gain exluisive rights to sporting events. Most recently thestreaming giant has secured the U.S. rights of the 2027 & 2031 Women's World Cup

The streaming service will have the exclusive U.S. rights to the 2027 and 2031 tournaments, marking its latest foray into live sports.

FIFA has signed Netflix to a United States broadcast deal for the Women’s World Cup in 2027, plus the 2031 edition that could be played in the U.S.

Netflix agreed to a broadcast rights deal with FIFA for the Women's World Cup in 2027 and 2031, which will bring the soccer tournament to a streaming service for the first time, the parties announced Friday.