Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Reporter Abigail Velez of ABC7 had quite a moment on air covering the World Cup. The United States will play Bosnia and Herzegovina in the knockout stage but it did not stop the journalist from saying she doesn’t know where the country is on a map and doesn’t care to learn. She has since apologized for the flub on cable news. Notably Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Fox Sports and a former striker for Sweden was emotional at Bosnia and Herzegovina advancing out of the group stage.
Reporter Abigail Velez of ABC7 had quite a moment on air covering the World Cup. The United States will play Bosnia and Herzegovina in the knockout stage but it did not stop the journalist from saying she doesn’t know where the country is on a map and doesn’t care to learn. She has since apologized for the flub on cable news. Notably Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Fox Sports and a former striker for Sweden was emotional at Bosnia and Herzegovina advancing out of the group stage.
