{"id":26649,"date":"2026-06-25T22:01:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/what-world-cup-tells-us-about-the-world\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T22:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:31:53","slug":"what-world-cup-tells-us-about-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/what-world-cup-tells-us-about-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"What World Cup Tells Us About The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"BctS_\">\n<div class=\"lWIt_\">\n<div class=\"PByEy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/width-800,height-450,imgsize-1197265,msid-131998385\/131998385.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"JBI1I\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"Edqd9 vznxE\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"zIIo5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/toi-plus\/author-aliaslan-479279954\" class=\"BKh30\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Ali Aslan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>Updated: Jun 25, 2026, 21:52 IST IST<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Halfway through the <!-- -->FIFA World Cup<!-- -->, the tournament has already delivered what <!-- -->football<!-- -->\u2019s greatest spectacle invariably promises: drama, surprises, heartbreaks, and a revealing glimpse into the state of the world beyond sport. <!-- -->The scorelines may dominate headlines, but World Cups have always been political and cultural mirrors, as much as sporting contests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/toi-plus\/sports\/what-world-cup-tells-us-about-the-world\/articleshow\/131998276.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ali Aslan Updated: Jun 25, 2026, 21:52 IST IST Halfway through the FIFA World Cup, the tournament has already delivered what football\u2019s greatest spectacle invariably promises: drama, surprises, heartbreaks, and a revealing glimpse into the state of the world beyond sport. The scorelines may dominate headlines, but World Cups have always been political and cultural [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}