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⚽ The World Cup is more than a tournament - it’s a mirror to modern history. "World Cup Fever" author Simon Kuper joins to discuss how soccer’s biggest stage has grown to intersect with politics, money & global power; ➡️ NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://tinyurl.com/yfna9jh6
Omar Artan joins
thousands of fans at Mogadishu Stadium as the Somali Football Federation, in partnership with the Ministry of Youth and Sports, organizes a local match in his honor. A powerful moment of national pride.
"Setting up this structure in a country where soccer pales in popularity to bigger-market sports required patience, idealism, and millions of dollars. That’s where Lamar Hunt came in." (Richard Z. Santos / @texasmonthly.bsky.social) www.texasmonthly.com/culture/worl...
⚽ Nine World Cups. Three decades. Countless stories. Acclaimed journalist @simonkuper.bsky.social reflects on how football's greatest tournament has changed—and what those changes reveal about the world itself; ➡️ NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://tinyurl.com/yfna9jh6
This is the scene at the Argentina-Iceland friendly at Auburn tonight. Yes, soccer in Alabama.
It’s what the World Cup could have looked like over the next five weeks if FIFA didn’t set obscene prices that left so many fans (especially working and middle-class families) unable to buy tickets.
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⚽ In a fractured world, the World Cup remains one of our last truly shared global experiences. But is it pulling away from the ordinary fans who built it? "World Cup Fever" author Simon Kuper on the state of modern fandom; NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://tinyurl.com/yfna9jh6
"PIF said it would fund LIV through end of season, which concludes in August. There is a 47-day break between LIV’s latest event in Spain, which concluded Sunday & next tournament in U.K. that begins July 23." (David Rumsey / @frontofficesports.bsky.social) frontofficesports.com/liv-golf-202...
⚽ In a fractured world, the World Cup remains one of our last truly shared global experiences. But is it pulling away from the ordinary fans who built it? "World Cup Fever"author Simon Kuper weighs in on the state of modern fandom. ➡️ NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://tinyurl.com/yfna9jh6
⚽ Nine World Cups. Three decades. Countless stories. Acclaimed journalist Simon Kuper reflects on how football's greatest tournament has changed—and what those changes reveal about the world itself; ➡️ NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://tinyurl.com/yfna9jh6
⚽ The World Cup is more than a tournament - it’s a mirror to modern history. "World Cup Fever" author @simonkuper.bsky.social joins to discuss how soccer’s biggest stage has grown to intersect with politics, money & global power; 🎧 NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://tinyurl.com/yfna9jh6
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FC Dallas and Lamar Hunt ushered in a new generation of American stars.
