The World Cup's Dark Reflection: A Tournament of Power and Politics The 2026 FIFA World Cup was touted as a spectacle that would leave the politics of the past behind.
However, this narrative proved to be nothing more than a myth. Instead, the tournament became a convergence of big money, geopolitics, and power, leaving in its wake controversy, discord, and a disturbing trend.
Politics seeped into every aspect of the 2026 World Cup, from Donald Trump's intervention in the Balogun red card case to the U. S.