Will War Overshadow the World Cup? (With Football Daily, part 2)
6/5/202625 min
We’ve got together with Americast/Newscast and Football Daily for three special episodes on what could be the most political World Cup ever.
How much will Donald Trump make it about him? Will the US-Iran war affect the tournament? And why are tickets so expensive?
We tell you everything you need to know about what’s going on off the pitch.
Adam Fleming joins from Newscast and 5 Live football commentary legend John Murray is on from Football Daily.
In this episode we look at what the US-Iran war means for Iran’s team and what strict Visa laws mean for players and fans.
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Listen to Football Daily here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p02nrsln
HOSTS: • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent • Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent • Adam Fleming, Newscast Host • John Murray, 5 Live Commentator
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This episode was made by Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producers were Chris Flynn and Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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First 90 secondsAdam Fleming· Host0:00
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Kai Wright0:03
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Anthony Zurcher· Host0:06
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Kai Wright0:10
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Anthony Zurcher· Host0:17
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Kai Wright0:19
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Anthony Zurcher· Host0:25
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Adam Fleming· Host0:27
[News music] This is the second episode of our three-part miniseries we're doing as a collab. Oh, I hate saying that word. I sound like I'm in a Mandaland, uh [laughs]- [laughs] Although I like the idea of collaborating. The actual thing is good. Uh, 'cause we're working with Americast and the Football Daily to look at some of the issues around the World Cup. So not necessarily the actual football, but the things that we'll be talking in addition to the football. And with Donald Trump involved, there's obviously gonna be some politics and some diplomacy happening there. And helping me out is somebody who watches a lot more football than I do, Marianna.
Marianna Spring· Host1:05
Yes, um, I'm here to chat football and America and social media. Um, and we are very lucky to also be joined by Anthony, who presents Americast with me, and also by John Murray, who presents Football Daily. And John, um, I wonder if, because this, in this episode we're gonna be talking about, um, the tensions between the US and Iran, are there other World Cups where the host nation has been, or