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Spain celebrate victory over Argentina defeat in the Fifa world cup 2026Newspaper advertising space. [AFP]
The trophy went to Madrid. The message came home to Africa.
For one month across the United States, Mexico and Canada, the 2026 World Cup rewrote what the world thought it knew about the global game, and no continent left with more to celebrate, more to regret and more to learn than ours.
Spain are worthy champions. But when the history of this tournament is written, its defining story will not be Rodri lifting trophy in New Jersey. It will be the summer nine African teams walked into the knockout rounds and made the aristocrats of world football sweat.
