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Yesterday, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani remembered Sócrates and Democracia Corinthiana in his message before Brazil-Morocco, the first match of the #WorldCup2026 hosted in New York.
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🇮🇷 On the other hand, #Iran landed in Los Angeles: the first feat of this World Cup, given the last eventful week.
🇺🇾 Uruguay's plane is unable to enter the United States due to bureaucratic issues: their trip to Miami (where they debut tomorrow against Saudi Arabia) has been postponed.
Yet another organizational problem for the #2026WorldCup.
The Democracia Corinthiana was the democratic and horizontal self-management system adopted by the Brazilian club Corinthians in the early 1980s: Sócrates was the technical and political point of reference for that team.
open.spotify.com/episode/6p4q...
You can read the article also in Italian on Pallonate in Faccia's website.
pallonateinfaccia.com/2026/06/14/m...
🇺🇸 It's often said that the #2026WorldCup is a huge sportswashing operation by the United States. In reality, it's something very different.
Read more on Football Politics (in English).
footballpolitics.substack.com/p/2026-world...
"Kick ICE out!"
🇺🇸 Last night, during the USA-Paraguay match at the #2026WorldCup, workers at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles wore @unitehere11.bsky.social badges to protest the possible presence of ICE agents in the World Cup stadiums.
The story has become a political issue: the Ghanaian government has announced that it will sue Canada for preventing Partey from playing the match against Panama.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/735...
In the meantime, however, Partey had obtained a visa to enter the United States, where Ghana is based during the World Cup (and where they will play the next two matches of the tournament).
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🇨🇦 Canada has denied a visa to Thomas Partey, the Ghana midfielder who will face Panama in Toronto on June 17 at the #2026WorldCup: Partey is under investigation in the United Kingdom for sexual assault.
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Si legge spesso che il Mondiale del 2026 sarebbe una grande operazione di sportwashing da parte degli Stati Uniti. In realtà, è qualcosa di molto diverso.
🇺🇾 Uruguay's plane is unable to enter the United States due to bureaucratic issues: their trip to Miami (where they debut tomorrow against Saudi Arabia) has been postponed.
Yet another organizational problem for the #2026WorldCup.
