ADCanada’s Moise Bombito (R) and Qatar’s Alhashmi Alhussein battle for the ball during the World Cup Group B soccer match at BC Palce in Vancouver on June 18, 2026. AP Photo/Abbie Parr6/20/2026|Updated: 6/20/2026CommentaryIt’s been fashionable in Canada for many years now to mock those of us who have played and followed the world’s beautiful game.Mark Us Preferred on GooglePeter Menzies is a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an award winning journalist, and former vice-chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.Author’s Selected ArticlesAD
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