2030 World Cup: Money Meets Politics in the Beautiful Game
Lionel Messi holds the football World Cup trophy after Argentina’s victory in December 2022.
Photographer: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images
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When England hosted the Euro 1996 championship, fans sang “football’s coming home” in reference to the game’s origins.