World Cup 2026

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https://news.sky.com/story/fifa-bans-fans-from-taking-water-bottles-into-world-cup-games-13550708

Defies belief

FIFA needs to be dissolved and rebuilt from the ground up. Not allowing fans to bring water into stadiums with daytime games in the summer is atrocious

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That photo of the Norwegian Squad is quite good !

The theme from the film "The Vikings " starring Kirk Douglas , is stuck in my head.


https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... dpd18xx5lo

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Friendlies in the build up to the comp. Blimey there's a few red cards being handed out

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Rashford

Henderson

Watkins

That'll scare any defence stupid wouldn't it?

[Im_Spartacus]

That photo of the Norwegian Squad is quite good !

The theme from the film "The Vikings " starring Kirk Douglas , is stuck in my head.


https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... dpd18xx5lo

Incredible the way people can take something like this and say it has racist/nazi undertones, that the norwegian kit is racist etc. World's gone fucking mad, if you can't be proud of your country during a world cup, when the fuck are you supposed to.

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That photo of the Norwegian Squad is quite good !

The theme from the film "The Vikings " starring Kirk Douglas , is stuck in my head.


https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... dpd18xx5lo

Incredible the way people can take something like this and say it has racist/nazi undertones, that the norwegian kit is racist etc. World's gone fucking mad, if you can't be proud of your country during a world cup, when the fuck are you supposed to.

The woke/lefty brigade were given a platform to spew their ‘I’m offended by everything’ rhetoric and are allowed to succeed.

That is EXACTLY why we are where we are in today’s world.

I’m supporting Curaçao and Haiti. (And that’s if I can actually drag myself to watch a game )

[Im_Spartacus]

That photo of the Norwegian Squad is quite good !

The theme from the film "The Vikings " starring Kirk Douglas , is stuck in my head.


https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... dpd18xx5lo

Incredible the way people can take something like this and say it has racist/nazi undertones, that the norwegian kit is racist etc. World's gone fucking mad, if you can't be proud of your country during a world cup, when the fuck are you supposed to.

The woke/lefty brigade were given a platform to spew their ‘I’m offended by everything’ rhetoric and are allowed to succeed.

That is EXACTLY why we are where we are in today’s world.

I’m supporting Curaçao and Haiti. (And that’s if I can actually drag myself to watch a game )

At least we know it's not just in the UK where people expect that we should be eternally ashamed of what our ancestors 400 years ago did, but now for Norway apparently it's acts from 1000+ years ago they are apparently supposed to be ashamed of and disavow as part of their heritage.

I guess the UK equivalent of this censorship would be that to say we are a 'seafaring nation' would be problematic because our navy was involved in plundering the world 400-500 years ago.

Fucking wetwipes.

https://www.thelocal.no/20260605/toxic- ... -spark-row

According to critics, the "brutal and terrifying" marketing strategy goes too far.

Among them is columnist Janne Stigen Drangsholt, who argued to Aftenposten that the campaign creates a "toxic guttastemning (boyish atmosphere)" that feels out of step for a nation typically known for peace mediation. "You get a kind of masculinity aesthetic and a slightly toxic boyish vibe. They could have come up with something better," she stated.

Markus Slettholm, a commentator for Morgenbladet, also blasted the aesthetic as chauvinistic and exclusionary.
VG commentator Hans Petter Sjøli has strongly advocated for "getting the Viking out of football."

Speaking to NRK, Sjøli explained that the motif is worn out and has already been used a hundred times before. “It's getting a little too loud and Disney-like for us Norwegians," he said. "I think the image of football should be down to earth, like Norwegians are—a bit cautious, decent people who put on their finery when about to experience big things.”

Meanwhile, researcher Jane Haug Skjoldli expressed her concerns to Klassekampen about the campaign's hyper-masculine undertones. She warned that pairing ancient Norse elements with a "hyper-masculine idealisation" of the national team is "unfortunate and typical of neo-Nazi and fascist symbolic language."

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