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.
Quite fitting for this World Cup that a broadcaster (Fox) has already missed some of the live football because they were showing ads in a hydration break.
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"A billionaire investor in multiple major U.S. sports teams wants to bring a Major League Baseball team to Raleigh." (@murphsturph.bsky.social) www.wral.com/sports/coura...
⚽ 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
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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
⚽ 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
⚽ 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
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.
"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...
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