Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ uɖr Wrldcups: sport az it śd b injoid
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 14 Nov. 2022)
A wīcend v drama in ʈri comṗtiśnz wz upliftñ in multipl wez
Munde 14 Nvmbr 2022
Fr vri gd rīznz, ɖ līd-up t a misbigotn ftbōl Wrldcup in Ctār hz rīsntli doṃnetd hedlînz. Bt at ɖ wīcend w wr ofrd a rmîndr v hǎ insṗreśnl globl sportñtrṇmnts cn b ẃn ʈñz r dn ɖ rît we.
Fr Ñgliś fanz in ptiklr, ɖ fînl stejz v ʈri uɖr Wrldcups ofrd a ʈrilñ sīqns v contests in ẃć – t implô Sr Alix Frġsn’z frêz – “sqīci-bum tîm” wz nvr far awe. In Ny Zīḷnd, a record crǎd sw ɖ hostneśn dfit Ñgḷnd bî a cruwli naro marjin in ɖ Wimin’z Rugbi Wrldcup fînl. At ɖ Emiṛts stedịm, rugbilīg luvrz witnist a p’lsetñ men’z semi-fînl btwn Ñgḷnd n S’moa. Hvñ bn trǎnst 60-6 in a grūpgem btwn ɖ tū sîdz, ɖ S’mownz sparct ol-nît seḷbreśnz bac hom aftr rīćñ ɖ fînl ʈru a dropgol in xtra tîm. N in Ostreła, ɖ līdrśp v Ben Stǒcz sw Ñgḷnd crǎnd T20 wrldćampịnz, bcmñ ɖ frst tīm t hold bʈ ɖ Inṭnaśnl Cricitcaunsl’z men’z Wrldcups at ɖ sem tîm.
Ć v ɖz trṇmnts hz liftd ɖ spirits in its ǒn we. Ñgḷnd’z jrni twdz hjeṃni in ẃît-bōl liṃtd-ovrz cricit foloud trōmatic hymilieśn n rli xit in ɖ 2015 Wrldcup. A swośbuc̣lñ riinvnśn foloud, drivn bî an emḟsis on agresiv batñ. Dspt hî-profîl losz alñ ɖ we, ɖt c’rejs aproć hz bn rićli vindcetd. Ɖ 16ʈ Men’z Rugbi Līg Wrldcup hz aćivd record vywñfigrz, n orġnîzrz hv strivn t pṛmot ɖ acumṗniyñ wimin’z trṇmnt n ẃīlćer comṗtiśn. Ol pleyrz hv bn peid ɖ sem ptiṣpeśn fiz n wl rsiv ɖ sem prîzmuni.
Most impresiv v ol, phps, hz bn ɖ s’xes v ɖ Wimin’z Rugbi Wrldcup. Ɖs lcs t hv bn a brecʈru momnt t mać ɖ ftbōl Yroz jrñ ɖ sumr. An intns, fri-flowñ n hî-qoḷti fînl wz witnist bî an xūbṛnt sel-ǎt crǎd n miłnz on teḷviźn. Az wɖ ɖ Yroz, ny ōdịnsz hv bn intṛdyst t ɖ sport, n a tmplet fr ɖ fyćr istabliśt. Bʈ v ɖ tīmz in ɖ fînl hv trnd pṛfeśnl, n uɖr neśnz r lîcli t proprli invst in ɖ gem ahd v ɖ 2025 Wrldcup in Ñgḷnd. Orġnîzrz r confidnt ɖt jrñ it Twicnm wl b fild t its 82,000 cpaṣti. Ɖ stepćenj in ɖ steṭs, xpoźr n popylaṛti v wimin’z sport cntinyz.
Ctār 2022 me b an unwelcm prezns on ɖ ftbōl caḷndr. Bt a wīcend v glorịs ax́n hz brocn ny grǎnd elsẃr, gvñ cōz fr opṭmizm ɖt sport mor jenṛli z hedñ in ɖ rît d’rex́n. It z nǎ fr sports’ guṿnñbodiz, bʈ inṭnaśnl n dmestic, t cntiny ɖt tṛjectri at bʈ ilīt n grasrūts levl.
