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World Corrupt Episode 1: A Toxic Love Affair between Politics and Sports

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Football and Politics Are Inextricably Related

Sports and politics constantly overlap, right? Too often in the US, that overlap is political leaders trying to tell athletes, usually black athletes, they should be quiet. Football is that almost times a hundred because it's a global game that's inextricably linked to politics. I've always said football is just a mirror that refracts what's happening to society, back to the world. Townview have experienced it as a new belief. And for those of you listening who may not be massive Premier League fans, you could be asking yourself, wait, on Liverpool, the team from Liverpool?, he asks.

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