{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/7144a390-7a86-440e-9b2e-db712c18368c/6a5666b1039f51de13136abb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Trump, Infantino and the political history of the World Cup","description":"<p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/gideon-rachman\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Gideon</a> talks to Simon Kuper, FT columnist and author of <em>World Cup Fever, </em>about what distinguishes this World Cup from previous tournaments. What role has geopolitics played historically in the World Cup and is there any truth to some of the conspiracy theories surrounding this year's events? <em>Clip: ITV Sport</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Free links to read more on this topic:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/34f8f9c2-07f8-4c71-b6b4-9bbf26878c9e?accessToken=zwAAAZ_79RjLlc80-PnCB_hMcdO2tJu_JoeMntOeSTRyLx9EIdObS1CHIARNgdPMzmN3zH5AstO6NmKDs-YVGc8wDH7Jr8pCUtOGljE2bON0b88vFcJOQoRCttOh0YNPrWL4vAE.MEQCIDnxCkJHFSXIGOEh4WU9HfkdpuGDYVPrMXIFx7CCIw15AiAx46FU2q5A6v6hU-KOEH3WNfpefjA5aIeTWgUfsi_v9g&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bellingham brace carries England past Norway into World Cup semi-final</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/9e493472-2f1f-4421-9b4b-508720044d81?accessToken=zwAAAZ_79RjLlc80-PnCB_hMcdO2tJu_JoeMntOeSTRyLx9EIdObS1CHIARNgdPMzmN3zH5AstO6NmKDs-YVGc8wDH7Jr8pCUtOGljE2bON0b88vFcJOQoRCttOh0YNPrWL4vAE.MEQCIDnxCkJHFSXIGOEh4WU9HfkdpuGDYVPrMXIFx7CCIw15AiAx46FU2q5A6v6hU-KOEH3WNfpefjA5aIeTWgUfsi_v9g&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup shows US is ‘golden market’ for football, says Major League Soccer boss</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/ccce6377-cc7e-40b2-ba36-6283b3e61519?accessToken=zwAAAZ_79RjLlc80-PnCB_hMcdO2tJu_JoeMntOeSTRyLx9EIdObS1CHIARNgdPMzmN3zH5AstO6NmKDs-YVGc8wDH7Jr8pCUtOGljE2bON0b88vFcJOQoRCttOh0YNPrWL4vAE.MEQCIDnxCkJHFSXIGOEh4WU9HfkdpuGDYVPrMXIFx7CCIw15AiAx46FU2q5A6v6hU-KOEH3WNfpefjA5aIeTWgUfsi_v9g&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How western Europe became a formidable football factory</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/300c7ec9-afca-4252-8696-31366ce3746f?accessToken=zwAAAZ_79RjLlc80-PnCB_hMcdO2tJu_JoeMntOeSTRyLx9EIdObS1CHIARNgdPMzmN3zH5AstO6NmKDs-YVGc8wDH7Jr8pCUtOGljE2bON0b88vFcJOQoRCttOh0YNPrWL4vAE.MEQCIDnxCkJHFSXIGOEh4WU9HfkdpuGDYVPrMXIFx7CCIw15AiAx46FU2q5A6v6hU-KOEH3WNfpefjA5aIeTWgUfsi_v9g&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Why are China and India so bad at football?</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/2f15c24e-4284-42b6-a1d1-834fad62f8bc?accessToken=zwAAAZ_79RjLlc80-PnCB_hMcdO2tJu_JoeMntOeSTRyLx9EIdObS1CHIARNgdPMzmN3zH5AstO6NmKDs-YVGc8wDH7Jr8pCUtOGljE2bON0b88vFcJOQoRCttOh0YNPrWL4vAE.MEQCIDnxCkJHFSXIGOEh4WU9HfkdpuGDYVPrMXIFx7CCIw15AiAx46FU2q5A6v6hU-KOEH3WNfpefjA5aIeTWgUfsi_v9g&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Inside the secretive Fifa committee that suspended the US red card</a></p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.</p><p>Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner.</p><p>Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@gideonrachman.bsky.social</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/gideonrachman\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@gideonrachman</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/c5f09048-56b2-42ec-95c9-035aa9cdfb7a\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}