2026 was a World Cup of contradictions – with a tainted legacy
In some ways, the tournament was like the best American fast food, writes Miguel Delaney, entertaining but immediately forgettable, yet Fifa ushered through some harmful precedents for the future of football and off-field controversy cast a long shadow
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