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The Red Card Heard Round the White House On Sunday, FIFA did something it had not done at a World Cup since 1962: it rescinded a red card . Folarin Balogun , the American forward who'd been sent off for a foul on Bosnia and Herzegovina's Tarik Muharemović , was staring down a one-game suspension that would've cost the U.S. its best scorer against Belgium . Then the phone rang in Gianni Infantino's office, and the caller ID read President of the United States . Hours later, FIFA's disciplinary committee announced the suspension was, "suspended for a probationary period of one year." Balogun played. Belgium called it an insult. Their coach compared FIFA's timing to April Fools' Day , four months late. Let's be clear about what actually happened, because the mechanism matters more than the outrage . A red card triggers an automatic ban — that's the rule , no discretion involved . What FIFA invoked instead was Article 27 of i...

Dai Dai: The World Cup's Sweetheart Song You Can't Shake There's a certain kind of pop song that arrives already knowing what it is. Not complicated. Not apologetic. Just big, beaming, and built to bounce off stadium walls. Shakira and Burna Boy's Dai Dai — the official anthem of the 2026 FIFA World Cup — is exactly that kind of song, and it works precisely because it doesn't try to be anything else. The title comes from Italian slang, a punchy little exclamation that translates to come on — an exhortation to give everything you have. [ Wikipedia ] Say it out loud and you already feel the momentum of it. Dai Dai . It's a chant before it's even a chorus. The nearly four-minute track blends Afrobeats, dance-pop, world beats, and reggaetón into something that feels both global and immediate [ Billboard ] — the sonic equivalent of a packed stadium the moment before kickoff . Shakira opens with soaring, motivational verse, and Burna Boy answers...

World Cup 2026 : Sports & The Blockchain Economy The Beautiful Game Meets the Digital Economy The FIFA World Cup returns to North America for the first time since 1994 — and it's bringing the full circus of NFT ticketing, prediction markets, blockchain gambling, and an already-roaring scam economy along for the ride. Thirty-two years is a long time to wait. The last time the World Cup touched North American soil, Nirvana was on the radio, the internet was a dial-up curiosity, and digital currency meant exact change . This summer, the FIFA World Cup 2026 arrives across the United States , Canada , and Mexico — and for digital asset hobbyists who also happen to love the beautiful game , it's worth knowing exactly what FIFA has cooked up, what's legitimate, and what's already trying to pick your wallet clean before the opening whistle even blows. On the broadcast side, FOX Sports holds the English-language rights and is going all in. The n...