Maybe this World Cup will bring the best out of the US, not the worst | Barney Ronay
The Guardian • June 22, 2026
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Tournament could hold up a useful hand mirror to the isolationism and divisiveness of Trump’s joint-host nation One of the best parts of following...
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The US, of course, has these holy spaces too.
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The queue of pilgrims in Philadelphia on Thursday morning stretched down the sun-blasted steps to the plaza at the bottom.
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Edging forward, the people in their ritual colours approached the figure at the top, arms outstretched in supplication, in a state of hushed deference.
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Called finally for his moment of communion, the man at the front of this line straightened his Ronaldinho shirt, clenched his fists above his head for the...
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