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The 2022 World Cup has left us wiser about football – and politics
Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022.
Still the only black man to win the US Open tennis title, a statue of the legendary champion, Arthur Ashe, is now the only one remaining on Monument Avenue in his Richmond, Virginia hometown, where confederate leaders of the Civil War were also once displayed, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The football on show at the 2022 World Cup made one of the best ever in a sporting sense.
The group stage finales were thrilling, there were memorable knockout games, and the final had all the drama you could wish for including a happy ending to one of the game’s most prominent recent chapters.
Despite this, there have still been questions raised about the quality of the football on show, leading to discussions around whether what makes a World Cup good or bad is determined by entertainment or quality.
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