For a long time, sport has been sold as entertainment: a distraction from politics, rather than a reflection of it. But the World Cup has always made that distinction impossible to maintain. More than any other tournament, it places a microscope on the social and political realities of its host countries.That is partly because the World Cup is built around national identity, which inevitably involves a degree of tribalism. Its origins were shaped by the aftermathhellip;read more raquo;