Staying with sports, a surprise proposal from South America would add a bunch more teams to soccer’s biggest tournament, the World Cup.The last men’s World Cup had 32 teams.This would bring 64 teams to the 2030 tournament. The Associated Press says Uruguay put forward this new proposal to dramatically boost the number of teams.That event is already set to be the most-sprawling World Cup ever, with six host nations spread across three continents.
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