It's all about the secret sauce and that sauce could be mayonnaise. The 2026 World Cup in North America just around the corner.

The Straits Times collaborated with Money FM 89.3’s Sports Minutes to invite nine fans in Singapore - who hail from participating World Cup nations - and together with columnist and pundit Neil Humphreys, they look ahead to what is in store at the June 11 to July 19 tournament.

Try out The Straits Times World Cup results simulator: https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/graphics/2025/12/worldcup-2026-simulator/index.html

Highlights (click/tap above):

2:43 Mexico, masks and the love of the game

5:12 Can Argentina make it two in a row?

8:40 It’s all about the mayonnaise

10:00 A comeback for Brazil, Spanish flair, or is football finally "coming home"?

14:06 The Morocco dream, history for Japan? Will Germany switch it?

19:09 Can World Cup 2026 overcome all the issues surrounding it?

22:10 World Cup 2026 favourites?

29:00 Argentina and the Messi factor

29:30 Dark horses, who’ll have a bad World Cup

36:35 Is Cristiano Ronaldo too old? Who else should win the World Cup?

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