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Cold War Dictators Ruins Football, Football Ruins Them Back

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Cold War Dictators Ruins Football, Football Ruins Them Back

As the 2026 World Cup gets under way, Tony Shaw and Alan McDougall revisit eight football matches played during the Cold War that turned the beautiful game into a battleground of ideology, identity and state power

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