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It has been quite a summer to be a football-obsessed nation. With the 2026 World Cup unfolding across the USA, Canada, and Mexico, both England and France have spent the past few weeks glued to screens, arguing in pubs and cafes, and reminding everyone that nobody takes this sport more personally than they do. But […]

It is July 2026, and the world has spent a month glued to the World Cup across the USA, Canada and Mexico, which means football’s two great obsessions, Brazil and Spain, have been on everyone’s lips all summer. That is where the football talk ends, though, because this is a travel comparison, and as places

It’s July 2026, and the World Cup is in full swing across the USA, Canada, and Mexico — which means one of today’s contenders is literally hosting the party, while the other, Brazil, remains the only nation to have lifted the trophy five times. Football pride is running hot in both countries this month, but