Inside the geopolitical tug of war behind the 2026 World Cup.
Gianni’s Game
A Swiss bureaucrat is bringing the most profitable and politically tumultuous sporting event of all time to the U.S. And Trump loves it.
By
Andrew Rice,
a features writer at New York Magazine
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