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Reading the World Cup Table: How Standings and Tiebreakers Work
From Berlin's group tables to football's fair-play rule, here is how tournaments separate level teams when points alone cannot.

From Berlin's group tables to football's fair-play rule, here is how tournaments separate level teams when points alone cannot.

Groups, knockouts and the long road of qualifiers, explained for anyone watching their first tournament.

Hosting a World Cup costs a fortune and rarely pays for itself. The prize governments chase is influence, not gate receipts.