The FIFA World Cup 2026 is a must-watch event for football fans. With 104 matches across 4 weeks, this FIFA World Cup is the biggest ever. But with more than 65% of live matches taking place during work hours in Australia alone, every match will kick off during someone’s shift.

Alex Morris, (deviously brilliant) senior creative at R/GA, has solved the problem. His DiaryDefender.com protects schedules during the FIFA World Cup by replacing games with fake invites to protect their viewing time. Diary Defender detects your time zone and automatically replaces games with diary invites that make sense for the time and day – boring work meetings or foolproof leisure commitments. So football fans can add every World Cup fixture directly into their calendars, disguised as ordinary invites, in just a few clicks.

The free tool includes links to local broadcasters hidden in the invite, making it easy for supporters to keep track of every match throughout the tournament (subtly).

“As an England fan, living in Australia, planning for a World Cup across 3 countries, I know the stress of checking fixture lists, calculating time differences and trying to work around meetings and other commitments,” Morris stated.

“I wanted to create a fun way to help fans reclaim time for the matches they don’t want to miss. No one wants a ‘quick zoom?’ from their boss interrupting Norway v Senegal on a Tuesday morning.”

Key Features

• One-click calendar integration for every World Cup fixture

• Automatic local time zone conversion

• Playable footballer’s kit updates to match each country

• Support for Google Calendar, Apple Calendar and Outlook

• Links to local broadcast information

• Tournament-wide fixture updates