Los Angeles ¨C The 100-day countdown to the biggest World Cup in history gets underway on Tuesday against a chaotic backdrop of global unrest, from U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran to surging violence in Mexico and anxiety over U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s domestic agenda.
A record 48 teams ¡ª up from 32 in 2022 ¡ª and millions of fans are set to descend on the United States, Canada and Mexico for the first World Cup shared by three nations.
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