{"id":507797,"date":"2026-06-23T21:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/507797\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T21:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:27:10","slug":"why-are-there-more-foreign-born-world-cup-players-than-ever-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/507797\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are there more foreign-born World Cup players than ever? &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE9LaEV1V09icHh0ei1obEhodkZTMzJYZnV3NHRuXzd5Zy15UkExREg5MWNFM0dJVi1QaFlZTXhHa3d0azNocE54OUlWYUMyV2ZnRXJSd1dabEE2dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why are there more foreign-born World Cup players than ever?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxPbElEU2F0eFJ0bVZlMU9YalNVOWFYZ2ZxbFdsTDFmN21WcG5xaXBCMUZRb3piOWpDc0NucnVjdEhqNjNOT1lyTzFlYUctRFRKdnlfX1ViTHNDNTR4QXliaEl5ajV4OXFHWkNDYXptYXRXblF1eURISHNxTkVka2xYeEZYOUJidFhTOUIyaGRpUi05My1qeFdnMnlIejBKUFhwSlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">99 players born in France\u2026 welcome to the immigration World Cup<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiSEFVX3lxTE1qcW5pMW9FY2RjYS1raGhNVlpkTU9INUswa2pMN3NjaVZDVDVxYnh5VFhIX0tYZnIxOE85YTNGcWk2SXhWamFHbA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Diaspora World Cup champions diversity over division<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Dawn<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxPRFN4cFRNQjlVWXZoLVI3Z25MazBXUWlBOHRKTnhsRjZQRGE2bkM3RTVqdGI0cmZQN1dPbzltRDk1eHJiVElhVFZIcElVN3BtV0Y2bVpQRHdjRXFaSEw4MTFaSEFIVUZKQWU3Y1poTENLRjJ1Q0V3QmxvSkNUc0dVX0RqcWVuMVNIdFRCVA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Africa Beats Africa: How Diaspora Talent Helps Define the World Cup<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxQQ0U5N0R0U1FEVENSVEtxbDhCN042eklvQVlpWUViTXN3S09KWjRBelI0OGxHaVB3bXZiTnI5WGdzVXhHTS11bnNKVzFoMkUtSXU5djFSYXJ0cklSa000V3RZMHJWLUlOQlFLYU1yZEx2UFZsZ2d0TWswSDZHeUI3a21jXzdlNG9oY01oalF3ZW9hNzE2SVphWWZDOXBwVlpUZHdyQ2ctQ0RWWHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Picking players born in other countries is key to World Cup success<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why are there more foreign-born World Cup players than ever?&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC99 players born in France\u2026 welcome to the immigration&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-507797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}