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🏆 Northern Cyprus have won the 2026 CONIFA European Football Championship, a biennial tournament for teams with no UEFA or FIFA affiliation, for the first time ever! They beat Canton Ticino (5-1) & Rouet-Provence (4-0) heavily in the group, before thrashing hosts Padania 6-1 in the final!

On this week's episode @sweeperpod.bsky.social wanted to highlight the player at the World Cup playing in the lowest division of football. With Braintree Town being relegated to the 6th tier this season it turns out that player is, that's right, your favorite ex-Rapid and mine, Tommy Smith!

🇨🇼 What sets Curaçao apart from the other 47 participants in this summer’s World Cup in North America? Listen to the full podcast episode on Curaçao’s first World Cup appearance via the link in our bio 🔗

Book 54: Paul Watson's - of @sweeperpod.bsky.social - Around The World In 80 Clubs.

🇨🇦 Co-hosts Canada have picked up the first World Cup point in their history, drawing with Bosnia & Herzegovina in their opening match of the 2026 tournament. Canada have previously taken part in two World Cups (1986 and 2022) - but lost all six group games that they contested in Mexico and Qatar.

🇨🇻 Cape Verde head coach Bubista leads a team of only seven full-time FA staff members! Listen to the full podcast episode on Cape Verde’s first World Cup appearance via the link in our bio 🔗

📺 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 📺 🇯🇴 WORLD CUP DEBUTANTS: JORDAN 🇯🇴 🥈 The Asian & Arab Cup runners-up 🇲🇦 Jamal Sellami: Coach naturalised by king 🗣️ Musa Al-Taamari: Mutinous captain? 🥩 Lifetime bans & lamb-based celebrations PLUS 🇵🇦 Panama's backfiring open training session 🇳🇴 Norway's incredible Viking team photo

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🇯🇴 Did Jordan miss the memo when it came to the draw for World Cup Group J? 😃 Listen to the full podcast episode onJordan’s World Cup debut via the link in our bio 🔗

👨‍🦳 After two games at the 2026 World Cup, the record for the oldest coach in the 96-year history of the competition has already been broken twice! South Africa’s Hugo Broos (74y 62d) broke the record held by Otto Rehhagel, before Czechia’s Miroslav Houbek (74y 283d) became the new holder.

📺 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 📺 🇺🇿 WORLD CUP DEBUTANTS: UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿 🔒 First double-landlocked WC country 🇮🇹 Fabio Cannavaro: Big-name coach 🚄 Abdudokir Khusanov: Train in defence ❌ Chokers and nearly men no more PLUS 🇨🇩 DR Congo's Ebola outbreak at home 🇧🇦 Bosnia's humungous coffee pot in Boston

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