Despite its high cheesiness quotient and half of the teams featured in the video already out of the running, I still love this World Cup ad by Australian TV channel, SBS.

If that’s too uncool for you, you’d probably prefer this compilation by French newpaper, Le Monde, of 32 musical hits from every country that qualified for the World Cup.

After all, it’s the fans who are going to save us.

Further Reading

Empire’s middlemen

From Portuguese Goa to colonial Kampala, Mahmood Mamdani’s latest book shows how India became an instrument of empire, and a scapegoat in its aftermath.

À qui s’adresse la CAN ?

Entre le coût du transport aérien, les régimes de visas, la culture télévisuelle et l’exclusion de classe, le problème de l’affluence à la CAN est structurel — et non le signe d’un manque de passion des supporters.

Lions in the rain

The 2025 AFCON final between Senegal and Morocco was a dramatic spectacle that tested the limits of the match and the crowd, until a defining moment held everything together.