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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Miguel Delaney

How Trump exposes Fifa’s ‘new shame’ before controversial World Cup 2026 draw

Donald Trump is allotted to talk for three minutes at Friday’s World Cup draw, according to sources with knowledge of the proceedings, but few expect him to actually stick to that.

Even the setting is perhaps a little preview of how the World Cup 2026 itself might function, and who it’s now about. Friday’s draw was originally intended to be in Las Vegas – just like for 1994 – until the Trump administration recommended the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Gianni Infantino’s Fifa duly acquiesced

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