The Final Whistle: Looking Back at the 2026 FIFA World Cup
Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa · 20 July 2026 · 7m
Speaker 1: Currenc events, developing. Speaker 2: Stories, tough questions, your voice, making a differences, breakfast with all right onto this now? Speaker 2: Of course, we've been talking all morning about the FIFA World Cup. What a spectacle, Speaker 2: cheers, tears and some heartache. Thirty nine unforgettable days, fans in national flags singing anthems Speaker 2: with pride. But have we let the good story get in the way of some Speaker 2: uncomfortable facts? Remember how the Iranian team had to be based in Mexico even though Speaker 2: all their games were being played in the US. The best ref in Africa refused Speaker 2: entry because it's Somalion, the Iraqi player questioned for hours in Chicago because he's from Speaker 2: Iraq. Then the debacle of the American President effectively canceling the US player for Laren Speaker 2: Bulligan's red card. What will this World Cup be remembered for? Joining us to reflect Speaker 2: on the highs and the lows. We are joined, of course, once again by sports Speaker 2: journalist Younger seem Younger, pleasure to have you on the show. Sure are you? Are Speaker 2: you okay this morning? I mean you would have stayed u pretty late to watch Speaker 2: eh. Speaker 1: Morning morning and good morning to the listeners. Yeah, it was quite a late night, Speaker 1: but it was a I think it was worth us in the end. Not the Speaker 1: best final I've watched in recent times, but yeah, it was I think the team Speaker 1: that deserved to win one on the night, the team that played the best football Speaker 1: for most of the tournament one on the night. So I think it was a Speaker 1: really…
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