The first high-profile Canadian performance on the 2026 World Cup stage did not go smoothly: hockey legend Wayne Gretzky mispronounced several country names during the tournament draw -- including Jordan -- prompting widespread ridicule."They're not all household names, I'll grant you," leading sports columnist Cathal Kelly wrote in the Globe and Mail, referring to the countries Gretzky bungled, which included North Macedonia and Curacao.
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