The World Cup: A Guide to the Perplexed

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The World Cup gets underway on Thursday night when co-hosts Mexico face South Africa in the opening Group A game at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City. This tournament has 3 host countries – the US, Mexico and Canada and has been expanded to 48 countries with no less than 104 matches. The final will be on Sunday July 19th. Alan Wigman, Wiggi, from Beit Shemesh, operates a World Cup blog.  KAN's Mark Weiss spoke to him ahead of the start of the tournament. (Photo: Courtesy)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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