Article documents systematic state control over athletes and sports as political tool, including defections, protests, and authoritarian enforcement of national identity—qualifying as state repression of individual autonomy.
From defections and protests to moments of national pride, the 2026 World Cup arrives amid decades of tension between identity and the state.
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