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2026 World Cup: Games of geopolitics around the beautiful game

2026 World Cup: Games of geopolitics around the beautiful game

The 2026 FIFA World Cup promises to unite billions through football, but beneath the spectacle lie questions of war, migration, security, visas and geopolitics that could make it one of the most...

Iran team faces same-day entry and exit rule for US World Cup games. Photo: BBC

Iran team faces same-day entry and exit rule for US World Cup games

A replica of the FIFA World Cup trophy is displayed in a shop, in Tehran, Iran, April 23, 2026. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iran World Cup players get US visas, official says, some staff waiting

People look at a replica of the World Cup trophy as they visit the 'Epic Album' exhibition, the biggest football exhibition in Latin America that contains relics of legends such as Ronaldo, Cruyff, Pele and a collection of Mexican national team t-shirts, as the 2026 Fifa World Cup approaches in Mexico at the Museo Yancuic, in Mexico City, Mexico, on 15 May 2026. Photo: Reuters

Iran World Cup players granted visas to enter US: Official

A vendors plays Vuvuzelas while people in Abidjan are getting excited as Ivory Coast gears up to host the Africa Cup of Nations which begins on Saturday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 10 January 2024. File Photo: Reuters

Fifa bans vuvuzelas from World Cup stadiums

Leo Messi. Photo: Collected

Messi leads Argentina squad for sixth World Cup

Photo: UNB

High transport costs frustrate World Cup fans in US host cities

People look at a replica of the World Cup trophy as they visit the 'Epic Album' exhibition, the biggest football exhibition in Latin America that contains relics of legends such as Ronaldo, Cruyff, Pele and a collection of Mexican national team t-shirts, as the 2026 Fifa World Cup approaches in Mexico at the Museo Yancuic, in Mexico City, Mexico, on 15 May 2026. Photo: Reuters

5 stars ready to light up the World Cup

Neymar included in Brazil's World Cup squad after injury struggles

Neymar included in Brazil's World Cup squad after injury struggles

A graphic illustration displays Argentina's Lionel Messi and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo alongside the official logos of six consecutive Fifa World Cup tournaments from 2006 to 2026. Photo: BSS

The last dance: Messi and Ronaldo get ready for sixth and final World Cup

BCB announces women's squad for T20 World Cup

BCB announces women's squad for T20 World Cup

Fans walk near Azteca Stadium, officially renamed Estadio Banorte, on the day of a friendly match between the national teams of Mexico and Portugal held to mark the stadium's inauguration, as Mexico prepares for the 2026 FIFA World Cup co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, in Mexico City, Mexico, March 28, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Quetzalli Nicte-Ha

Mexico president wavers on plan to cut school year by 40 days for the World Cup

In the 67-second video, Shakira appears on the pitch at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Screengrab/Shakira's verified Facebook page

Shakira teases new World Cup song 'Dai Dai'