{"id":122965,"date":"2026-07-21T17:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/world-cup-lost-its-credibility-blatter-says-politics-overshadowed-football\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:36:09","slug":"world-cup-lost-its-credibility-blatter-says-politics-overshadowed-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/world-cup-lost-its-credibility-blatter-says-politics-overshadowed-football\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;World Cup lost its credibility&#8217;: Blatter says politics overshadowed football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter criticised the 2026 World Cup&#8217;s credibility. He urged fans and associations to reclaim football from political influence. Spain defeated Argentina to win the expanded 48-team tournament. FIFA president Gianni Infantino highlighted record attendance and viewership figures. Despite controversies, the tournament saw strong on-field performances and high viewership.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter criticised the 2026 World Cup&#8217;s credibility. He urged fans and associations to reclaim football from political influence. Spain defeated Argentina to win the expanded 48-team tournament. FIFA president Gianni Infantino highlighted record attendance and viewership figures. Despite controversies, the tournament saw strong on-field performances and high viewership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":122966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}