2026 is the year of the World Cup. The FIFA Men’s World Cup, which starts on June 11 in the USA, Mexico and Canada, has been making not only sporting headlines recently, but also international political headlines, due to Donald Trump’s leading role in the preparations for the event.
The peak of the good relationship between the American president and FIFA was seen in early December, during the draw for the tournament groups, when Trump received the “Peace Prize” recently created by the entity from the federation’s president, Gianni Infantino.
The draw also served to let the teams know the opponents they will face in the group stage and the possible paths to the decision. This will be the first World Cup with 48 teams, and Brazil fell into Group C, alongside Morocco, Scotland and Haiti.
This Friday’s episode (2) of Café da Manhã warms up for the World Cup year and hears from the journalist and columnist of Sheet Marina Izidro on sporting and political expectations for the World Cup.
The audio program is published on Spotify, a streaming service partner of Sheet in the initiative and which specializes in music, podcast and video. You can listen to the episode by clicking above. To access the app, simply register for free.
Café da Manhã is published from Monday to Friday, always at the beginning of the day. The episode is presented by journalists Gabriela Mayer and Daniel Castro, produced by Daniel Castro and Lucas Monteiro. Sound editing is by Thomé Granemann.
