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NZ will not be hosting the Fifa Men’s World Cup

OPINION: We all on occasion get swept up in personal or professional delusions of grandeur.

NBR columnist Martin Devlin speaks with Hamish McNicol.

Martin Devlin Tue, 22 Aug 2023

Stop the world I’ve gotta jump off. The New Zealand sports media has now completely lost its marbles. In my more than 25 years working in this business I have never heard or read anything as laughable as the CEO of NZ Football Andrew Pragnall saying “when, not if” we [New Zealand] will host

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Martin Devlin Tue, 22 Aug 2023
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