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Trump has no idea about football, but his World Cup has already made history

Francesc Millan — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 05:02:36 +0000

There is a magnificent football quote from Jean-Paul Sartre that condenses the essence of the Trumpist manual: “In football, everything gets complicated by the presence of the opposing team.” Donald Trump has based his political career on an identical premise: in the United States, everything gets complicated by the presence of opponents.

Football, beyond the World Cup: the places where the game matters more than business

Xavier Bertral — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 06:02:54 +0000

While the FIFA World Cup fills the impeccable stadiums of the United States, Mexico, and Canada, the entertainment industry deploys its machinery of millions, exclusive television rights, and global marketing. But far from this golden showcase, there is another football. A stubborn, free, and essential game that needs no turf or giant screens. It is the global game of bare feet. From the remnants of the destroyed streets of Gaza to the outskirts of Buenos Aires or the communities of Nigeria, the ball rolls, moved purely by the game. It generates identity, survival, and rebellion. Where advertising does not reach, sport maintains its truth intact and the dreams of the little ones.

Calendar, schedules, television: practical information about the Football World Cup

Raúl Zambrano Lozano — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:11:03 +0000

The World Cup, the most important and anticipated sporting event of the year, is now entering its final phase. From now on, there is no room for error for the 48 teams that, from Thursday, June 11, are competing with a single objective: to be in the final on Sunday, July 19 (9 p.m.) which will be played at the MetLife Stadium located in New Jersey (near New York).

The least known player of the World Cup overshadows Messi and Cristiano

Marc Mosull — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:01:32 +0000

A week ago Tim Payne was an anonymous player, practically unknown to the general public. With just over 4,700 followers on Instagram, the center-back of the New Zealand team, ranked 85th in FIFA, was the least media-friendly footballer among the 1,248 called up for this summer's World Cup. But overnight he became internationally famous and his number of followers increased at a dizzying pace, becoming the viral phenomenon in the days leading up to the World Cup. Not Leo Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo: the man of the moment is Tim Payne.

Deconfiguration

Margalida Ramis — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:31:05 +0000

It happens sometimes that we become disconfigured, disfigured, and reconfigured. It happens that at certain moments we lose our anchors, our references. A disconfiguration of accepted codes forces us to allow ourselves to be crossed, to let go of certainties, and to resume doing things, inevitably, from another place. As valid, they are banished between extremes that seem increasingly polarized, more irreconcilable. And now, to be a radical anti-system is to be radically liberal, fascist, racist, sexist, homophobic, and ecocidal.

Avalanche of criticism of Rubiales for his non-consensual kiss to Jennifer Hermoso

Sergi Escudero — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 12:11:41 +0000

The celebration of the first World Cup of the Spanish women's soccer team it was altered when the players had not yet lifted the trophy. During the medal ceremony, the president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, kissed the mouth of ex-Barcelona player Jennifer Hermoso, one of the players who had started in the final. The action took everyone by surprise, including the footballer herself. "It is a situation of abuse of power of a sexual nature," says Marta Roqueta, a doctoral researcher at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) who is an expert in gender perspective.