{"id":24,"date":"2026-04-16T12:11:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2026\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:10:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:10:25","slug":"the-ball-2026-2027","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ball 2026\/27"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Ball is on its way to Canada, USA, Mexico and Brazil<\/h2>\n<p>We will be posting content here so that you can follow the progress of The Ball as it travels.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>How it all started back in 2002<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"8000 Miles in Five Minutes\" width=\"1040\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vu359HWhqnk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Watch the 2018 journey on Netflix<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/watch\/81469515\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2026\/the-ball-2026-2027\/sof-netflix-title-81469515\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/sof-netflix-title-81469515.png\" data-orig-size=\"1700,1390\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sof-netflix-title-81469515\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The Spirit of Football film on Netflix &amp;#8211; a small group of activists sets off in a minibus across 18 countries in Europe and the Middle East towards the World Cup.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/sof-netflix-title-81469515-1024x837.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/sof-netflix-title-81469515.png\" alt=\"The Spirit of Football film on Netflix - a small group of activists sets off in a minibus across 18 countries in Europe and the Middle East towards the World Cup.\" width=\"1700\" height=\"1390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/sof-netflix-title-81469515.png 1700w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/sof-netflix-title-81469515-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/sof-netflix-title-81469515-1024x837.png 1024w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/sof-netflix-title-81469515-768x628.png 768w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/sof-netflix-title-81469515-1536x1256.png 1536w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/sof-netflix-title-81469515-881x720.png 881w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/sof-netflix-title-81469515-391x320.png 391w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/sof-netflix-title-81469515-640x523.png 640w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/sof-netflix-title-81469515-618x505.png 618w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/sof-netflix-title-81469515-240x196.png 240w, https:\/\/theball.tv\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/sof-netflix-title-81469515-980x801.png 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1700px) 100vw, 1700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What happened in 2022\/23<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Ball 2023: One Ball, One World from London to the FIFA Women&#039;s World Cup\" width=\"1040\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TwMBlkEnM3o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>One Ball, One World<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ball is on its way to Canada, USA, Mexico and Brazil We will be posting content here so that you can follow the progress of The Ball as it travels. 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