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The Beautiful Game Is Back
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By Sean Culligan
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June10, 2021
Rejoice, soccer fans! Over the coming four weeks, the world’s top men’s players will strut their stuff in stadiums across Europe and Brazil, with the European Football Championship starting tomorrow followed by the Copa América on Sunday. Around the world, day and night, millions of fans will be glued to their screens. But the premier soccer championships of Europe and South America are being held under the shadow of political unrest and COVID-19 risks. As the beautiful game returns to a global scale, can it unite the world as it has in the past? Or will it come at a cost to players, fans and soccer itself? Will it score a win or is it setting itself up for an own goal? Read on. It’s time for kickoff.