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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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