3 former hosts and a former European giant feature in Group A.
Mexico
For Atlas Obscura, Sam Lin-Sommer wrote about Oaxaca in Mexico and its love of basketball through La Copa Benito Juárez, an annual tournament that takes places in the mountains: At this tournament, there are no corporate sponsorships, no prize money. Just some 6,000 players and fans from the basketball-crazed mountains of the Sierra Juárez, trekking to the Zapotec hamlet of Guelatao de Juárez, driven by, as the tournament’s motto goes, el honor de competir.
These Football Times on Pelé at the 1970 World Cup
‘Only Pelé would have the audacity to try to lob the goalkeeper from his own half.’
A 2022 FIFA World Cup review by Rikesh Chauhan
‘There was much to be said about the build up to Qatar, but the World Cup itself does what no other sporting competition can—it unites and brings the world together, even if for just a month.’
Masked wrestlers: an illustrated guide
Read the history of over 200 masked wrestlers with some excellent pixel art via Pudding.cool.
4 Incredible Mexican Ice Hockey Logos
Check out these brilliant logos from the four teams in Mexico’s ice hockey league.