World Cup final: Trump, half-time show and everything but the football – live

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Hello. And invited to our Everything But The Football liveblog of nan World Cup final, which abruptly becomes a small much applicable now that Fifa has decided to move nan World Cup last into a Super Bowl (allegedly one of 104 Super Bowls astatine this year’s tournament!).

What has Gianni and Co sewage lined up for you? Well, we’ll have:

1) Very celebrated and smart and eloquent president Donald Trump turning up to beryllium booed by group who person paid bully money to do truthful (see also: nan 2026 NBA finals, nan 2017 World Series, nan 2025 Ryder Cup, nan 2025 US Open tennis men’s last and a random Washington Commanders crippled past season):

We’ll besides person a half-time show, featuring BTS, Shakira, Madonna, Burna Boy and Justin Bieber each watched complete by curator of loving grace, Chris Martin.

But first! We’ll person a closing ceremonial starting 90 minutes earlier kickoff, starring streamer IShowSpeed and various celebrities who were past cutting separator astatine slightest 25 years ago, including Nicole Scherzinger; Robbie Williams and Tom Cruise. There is simply a 90% chance Cruise will jump disconnected thing precocious (Gianni’s forehead?).

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