Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: FIFA and the World Cup
Overview
John talks about California Chrome and the Belmont Stakes, FIFA and the 2014 World Cup, and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2014-06-08
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
FIFA and the World Cup is Episode 6 in Season 1 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2014-06-08. The runtime is 30 min.
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