The Guardian — Football·6 days ago
Football Daily | USA, Mexico, Canada: which World Cup co-host can boast the most?
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!An old footballing adage tells us that no World Cup is quite complete without a gutsy run of results from the host nation(s), who dutifully go deep in the tournament to stir up local fervour. See South Korea in 2002 for a prime example: a plucky and at times controversial slalom to the semi-finals before being crushed by a traditional heavyweight. Way back when, a host nation winning the whole thing was commonplace, occurring in five of the firs...
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