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World Cup cycle. But the expansion has also brought criticism. [Dynamic pricing](/sports/2026/4/27/fifa-world-cup-2026-dynamic-pricing-match-tickets-peter-moore) has sent ticket prices soaring, with the most expensive seats for the final rising from the $1,550 originally outlined
competition’s 96-year history. What once started as a mere 13-team World Cup has now expanded by nearly four times. From minnows to giants, there is a place
expansion of devolution. Burnham set out some big ideas during the campaign – a decade-long project [to bring water](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/13/andy-burnham-public-control-essentials-water-energy) and energy into public control, [an overhaul of property tax and social care
competitions, any team, including the supporters and officials of that team, who qualify for a World Cup need to have access to the country, otherwise there is no World Cup," he warned