Latinos: the backbone of the World Cup

When diversity wins: The Paradox of racism in modern football

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup unfolds across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, it offers a powerful reminder of one of football's most enduring truths: diversity wins. From Europe to Africa, South America to North America, many of the tournament's strongest teams are products of multicultural societies and global migration. Players with roots spanning continents have become the faces of national pride, carrying the hopes of millions while representing nations that have grown increasingly diverse over the past half-century.

Arellano: Thanks to the World Cup, I'm finally learning the words to the Mexican national anthem

Seeing stadiums and bars packed with Latinos wearing the jerseys of their ancestral homes and warbling their national anthems during this World Cup has been a jolt of inspiration I wasn't expecting.

FIFA World Cup 2026: Spian coach Luis de la Fuente "proud" as La Roja beat Uruguay 1-0 in Group H clash

Zapopan [Mexico], June 27 (ANI): Spain head coach Luis de la Fuente expressed pride in his squad after their 1-0 victory over Uruguay in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group H clash, praising the team's unity, discipline, and ability to handle high-pressure moments.This is Spain's first victory against Uruguay at the FIFA World Cup. The prior two games ended in a draw. La Roja's Alex Baena was named Player of the Match

‘It’s like being close to home’: World Cup vibes immaculate in richly diverse New York

Fans of all stripes pack the bars to sing, cheer and commiserate in city where more than 3m people were born outside USAlmost 200,000 Ecuadorians and Ecuadorian Americans live in New York City, and last week quite a lot of them were in a Brooklyn restaurant called El Encebollado de Victor to watch their football team take on Germany – a traditional World Cup powerhouse.It made for quite a sight: a sea of yellow shirts under the restaurant’s blue roof, which had been adorned with red, blue and yellow balloons for the occasion. Among the most patriotically dressed was Luis Aguilar, 45, who was born in the US to parents who had emigrated from Ecuador. Continue reading...

Sepanyol tutup mulut pengkritik

ATLANTA: Pengendali Sepanyol, Luis de la Fuente menyelar pihak yang meragui kemampuan pasukannya selepas juara Eropah itu bangkit membelasah Arab Saudi 4-0 pada aksi kedua Kumpulan H Piala Dunia 2026, semalam. Menurutnya, kritikan yang diterima selepas keputusan seri tanpa jaringan menentang Cape Verde sebelum ini dianggap keterlaluan memandangkan skuad muda Sepanyol sedang menikmati tempoh konsisten ... Read more The post Sepanyol tutup mulut pengkritik appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.