World View with Adam Gilchrist: A Damning World Cup Verdict
Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa · 20 July 2026 · 2m
Speaker 1: The worldview with Adam Gilchrist. Speaker 2: Adam Gilchrist from what thirty minutes halftime shows, Madonna, Shakira, hydration breaks. Infantino says this Speaker 2: is the best ever. Does everyone agree? Speaker 1: No, not everyone, but not even talking about the football or the nasty, bad behavior Speaker 1: of Argentina, but Europe's top human rights body, who haven't looked at the Argentina players Speaker 1: at the full time whistle last night. They have suggested the integrity of the World Speaker 1: Cup is in danger and they are urging FIFA to take action before the next Speaker 1: World Cup in Spain, Portugal and Morocco. So this is the forty six nation Council Speaker 1: of Europe. They talk about political interference. We're going back to the US player Florentine Speaker 1: Balagan again who seemed to be excused his red card because of Donald Trump asking Speaker 1: for it to be excused. In particular, they talk about a range of dubious commercial Speaker 1: deals, including some signed before the World Cup with an insider trading company accused anyway Speaker 1: of being a part of it, as a Swiss politician who is on the council Speaker 1: put at Alan Berse. The next crisis has already begun. It has two names, money Speaker 1: and power. I mean, heaven forfend that money and power should ever play a part Speaker 1: in football. But he says that FIFA's in danger of presenting an open door to Speaker 1: fraud, and this particular World Cup has opened the door wider. Speaker 2: In his opinion, Adam, I can think of one game that I'd like FIFA officials Speaker 2: to participate in, and it happens in Russia. Speaker 1: Yeah, how's this then,…
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