Players and fans made this World Cup a success, but the politics shouldn’t be forgotten
- The past six weeks across the USA, Canada and Mexico have been so full of life, colour, controversy, and chaos that the longest men's World Cup in history feels like it has zipped past all too fleetingly.
- The 'sad Pablo Escobar' memes are now in overdrive in social media algorithms that have been contorted into a daily World Cup newsfeed delivered in a very 2026 way.
- It is very likely that even if you were not a fan beforehand, you at least know about the Viking row, the Tartan Army, that Cabo Verde is a country and one that is quite good at football, and basically everything and anything about
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- The past six weeks across the USA, Canada and Mexico have been so full of life, colour, controversy, and chaos that the longest men's World Cup in history feels like it has zipped past all too fleetingly.
- The 'sad Pablo Escobar' memes are now in overdrive in social media algorithms that have been contorted into a daily World Cup newsfeed delivered in a very 2026 way.
- It is very likely that even if you were not a fan beforehand, you at least know about the Viking row, the Tartan Army, that Cabo Verde is a country and one that is quite good at football, and basically everything and anything about
Sources: ABC Australia