The 2026 World Cup kicks off on Thursday with a record 48 teams vying for the most coveted prize in football and a slew of controversies over ticket prices, geopolitical tensions and visa restrictions imposed by the Trump administration casting a pall over the beautiful game’s quadrennial extrava...

Source: [France24](https://www.france24.com/en/sport/20260611-football-politics-collide-world-cup-kicks-off-shadow-iran-war-trump-immigration)

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