Visas, Tickets... Trump: Why this World Cup feels hard to love? - The Sports Agents
About this episode
The episode discusses the controversies surrounding the World Cup 2026 and the excitement of the opening game.
Nedum touches down in USA and joins Gabby & Mark to discuss the opening game of the World Cup 2026 ; How excited are the locals, dark horses for the tournament & more... But with such a constant stream of controversy in the days leading up to the first match - fans fleeced for tickets , a Somali referee banned from entering US, national teams greeted by ICE on arrival and FIFA President Gianni Infantino 's call for everyone to just "chill out" - has a World Cup ever been harder to love? The Athletic's Adam Crafton also joins to debate whether the questions will actually stop, once the football starts? 📩 Got a question for The Sports Agents? https://forms.gle/9SBbW1SYWqXLKnRT7 🖥️ Watch our full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsAgentsPod 📱Follow us on socials: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thesportsagents Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesportsagents/ X - https://x.com/sportsagentspod 📥 Email: thesportsagents@global.com 💭 Take our listener survey: https://forms.gle/YMUvajQktqBuimgh6 Executive Producer: Adonis Pratsides Producer: George Sexton-Kerr Video Producer: Samuel Trudgill Social Media Editor: Jasmine Wissart Tom Hughes is Editor for…
People in this episode
Hosts: Nedum, Gabby, Mark
Guest: Adam Crafton
Topics covered
- World Cup
- sports controversy
- football
- US sports
- ticket issues
- referee bans
Keywords
- World Cup
- tickets
- referee
- controversy
- football
- FIFA
- USA
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: FIFA, ICE
Places: USA
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