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2026 World Cup participation conditional to US travel restrictions
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Traditionally, international sports competitions are seen as a way of overlooking division and differences, and disregarding geopolitics tension – which is the reason why North Korea competes in the Olympics for example. But this year’s World Cup is proving an exception. Residents of countries placed on a US travel restriction list are finding their attendance at the World Cup is not garanteed. FRANCE 24’s Kethevane Gorjestani explains.
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