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What is the legacy of the 2026 World Cup? | The Global Story

2026-07-17 News & Politics
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Spain or Argentina? These two teams will face each other in the 2026 World Cup final. Only one team can emerge eternal. For the rest, it’s over. But this tournament’s not just been about victory. For this special episode, we’ve been speaking with people across the US to hear about their tournament experiences, and asking what trace the World Cup will leave behind. We hear from: Roger Bennett, founder of the Men in Blazers media company; from the BBC’s sports editor Dan Roan; from the co-host of Morning Joe on MS NOW Jonathan Lemire; from Ruth DeWitt, director of community relations at Lawrence’s tourism bureau in Kansas; and from life long US soccer fan Marcus Cranston. Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #BBCNews #Worldcup2026 #Fifa #US Chapters: 01:01 Why were Americans worried ahead of the World Cup? 03:54 How Lawrence in Kansas went global 08:22 "I've been to eight World Cups" 12:00 Roger from Men in Blazers on the World Cup legacy 17:58 What will this World Cup be remembered for? 21:38 What does this World Cup mean to you?

Top Comments (10)

@bonghunezhou5051 2026-07-18

Breaking or at best bending of the rules by politicians throwing their weight around the "beautiful game", that will be the most memorable item of this edition of the WC.

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@DanH-u3f 2026-07-18

Let's see who wins it all first.

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@jessefarnlof8367 2026-07-18

What this world cup showed is that when regular people get together, beautifull things happen.

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@waynehood8836 2026-07-17

Can we all just now look forward to the 2038 WC where the host nation will be Vatican City, and feature 456 teams

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@quententen 2026-07-17

no longer about a sporting event but about profits

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@nogingerfool1 2026-07-19

"Escocia apoya a Argentina".

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@andrewrae581 2026-07-18

was going to listen and was interested but BBC does not seem to recognise there were three hosts......

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@sebastianguerre6868 2026-07-17

The USA red card incident. It shouldn't have been a red card but FIFA definitely shouldn't have been influenced by a world leader.

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@shumoon1 2026-07-19

Like most recent World Cups, it started out with allegations of corruption, human rights violations, and sub-par infrastructure. Within 10 days, that's all forgotten, and the focus shifts to the game, the match-ups and team rivalries.

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@HS2ND 2026-07-18

Memorable tournament no doubt

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