Yahoo Sports reports: The 2026 edition of the FIFA World Cup will go down as one of the most divisive in history – and that’s saying something. Since its inception, the World Cup has been used as a propaganda tool by Mussolini’s Italy in 1934, an Argentina under military dictatorship in 1978, Russia four years after the 2014 invasion of Crimea, and Qatar in 2022 amid scrutiny about civil liberties, migrant worker conditions and corruption.
sports | sports | Yahoo Sports | June 16, 2026 6:30 PM
FIFA on course to make official $4.3bn World Cup announcement
The 2026 edition of the FIFA World Cup will go down as one of the most divisive in history – and that’s saying something. Since its inception, the World Cup has been used as a propaganda tool by Mussolini’s Italy in 1934, an Argentina under military dictatorship in 1978, Russia four years after the 2014 invasion of Crimea, and Qatar in 2022 amid scrutiny about civil liberties, migrant worker conditions and corruption.
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