About this episode
<p>Nedum touches down in USA and joins Gabby & Mark to discuss the opening game of the <strong>World Cup 2026</strong>; How excited are the locals, dark horses for the tournament & more...</p><p>But with such a constant stream of controversy in the days leading up to the first match - fans fleeced for <strong>tickets</strong>, a <strong>Somali referee</strong> banned from entering US, national teams greeted by <strong>ICE</strong> on arrival and <strong>FIFA President Gianni Infantino</strong>'s<strong> </strong>call for everyone to just "chill out" - has a World Cup ever been harder to love?</p><p>The Athletic's <strong>Adam Crafton </strong>also joins to debate whether the questions will actually stop, once the football starts?</p><p></p><p>📩 Got a question for The Sports Agents? https://forms.gle/9SBbW1SYWqXLKnRT7</p><p>🖥️ Watch our full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsAgentsPod</p><p>📱Follow us on socials:</p><p>TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thesportsagents</p><p>Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesportsagents/</p><p>X - https://x.com/sportsagentspod</p><p>📥 Email: thesportsagents@global.com</p><p>💭 Take our listener survey: https://forms.gle/YMUvajQktqBuimgh6</p><p></p><p>Executive Producer: Adonis Pratsides</p><p>Producer: George Sexton-Kerr</p><p>Video Producer: Samuel Trudgill</p><p>Social Media Editor: Jasmine Wissart</p><p>Tom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast network</p><p>Vicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for Global</p><p>You can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The Sports Agents".</p><p>👕 The Sports Agents have merch! You can buy yours now: https://store.global.com/collections/the-sports-agents</p>