2026 World Cup Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/2026-world-cup/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 12 Jun 2018 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 2026 World Cup Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/2026-world-cup/ 32 32 Morocco learns no normal sport is possible in an abnormal society https://jjcornish.com/2018/06/morocco-learns-no-normal-sport-is-possible-in-an-abnormal-society/ Tue, 12 Jun 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/06/morocco-learns-no-normal-sport-is-possible-in-an-abnormal-society/ Morocco’s left wonder whether its money or morality that has made it a five-times loser in its bid to host the football World Cup. Africa’s last colonial  power could not even secure the votes of the  continent for the right to host the world’s most watched sporting  event in 2026. The joint bid of the […]

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]]> Morocco’s left wonder whether its money or morality that has made it a five-times loser in its bid to host the football World Cup.

Africa’s last colonial  power could not even secure the votes of the  continent for the right to host the world’s most watched sporting  event in 2026.

The joint bid of the United State, Canada and Mexico to host the 2026 football World Cup promises to earn $11 billion for FIFA.

That’s more than twice what Morocco could have hoped to score.

At best a B-league economic player, Morocco spends many times what it can afford to maintain its illegal occupation of Western Sahara.

The disappointed Kingdom once again has to consider the reality that once faced the apartheid regime: that no normal sport is possible in an abnormal society.

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