Canada co-hosted the World Cup – but whose party was it?

Canadian fans watched their defeat to Morocco in bars across the nation. Photograph: Xinhua/ShutterstockIt was standing room only in Toronto’s oldest bar, The Wheatsheaf, on Saturday lunchtime. For some, the wake had already begun. Nestled in the corner was a group of sullen Irish GAA fans, who had just witnessed Cork’s demoralizing defeat to Galway in the All-Ireland Hurling semi-final. Resplendent in their red and white as they gazed despairingly into the middle distance, at least