{"id":2337,"date":"2026-07-22T15:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T07:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2337"},"modified":"2026-07-22T15:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T07:01:10","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-sparks-controversy-after-liking-video-accusing-fifa-of-favouring-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/cristiano-ronaldo-sparks-controversy-after-liking-video-accusing-fifa-of-favouring-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo sparks controversy after liking video accusing FIFA of favouring Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-26.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-26.png 800w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-26-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-26-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Portugal captain is back in the headlines after liking a video that accuses FIFA of manipulating the 2026 World Cup to favour Argentina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A social media interaction from Cristiano Ronaldo has once again thrust the Portugal icon into the spotlight. According to &#8216;JOE&#8217;, the veteran forward &#8216;liked&#8217; a video questioning FIFA&#8217;s integrity during the World Cup, reigniting the debate over alleged favouritism towards Argentina throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The footage, originally aired by Spanish programme &#8216;Espejo Publico&#8217;, features analysts criticising the tournament&#8217;s organisation and claiming the Argentine national team were the beneficiaries of several questionable decisions on their route to the final. Some pundits in the clip go as far as to suggest the South American giants should have been knocked out long before the showpiece event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cristiano Ronaldo&#8217;s social media activity was swiftly interpreted by fans as an endorsement of the claims, despite the player offering no formal comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, FIFA have only confirmed the opening of disciplinary proceedings to investigate incidents following the final between Spain and Argentina; there is currently no official probe into allegations of match manipulation or favouritism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Portugal captain is back in the headlines after lik [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2339,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337\/revisions\/2339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}