The tournament was sold as a symbol of unity, but Trump’s border politics have turned it into a spectacle of exclusion.

The 2026 World Cup is the first to be held in three different host nations - but why? Al Jazeera explains.

As the 2026 Fifa World Cup kicks off in North America, the tournament is already living up to expectations of a hostile and exclusionary reception by its main host nation.

The sport is a marker of a particular relationship to the wider world.