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[–] ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca 51 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can't wait for the Fifa world cup to start and see how disastrous that's going to be, I'm hoping some countries would boycott and not play.

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 45 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

lol no country is not going to send their team, and most of their fans are excited to watch them play, they don't give a shit about the politics of it.

You think too highly of them.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 52 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The last two were in Russia and Qatar. A pattern has already formed.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

yeah, as an outside observer who only sees most sports through headlines and conversation i know three things about the sport. lionel messi, 7-1, and the world cup is horribly corrupt.

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

The 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany...