It is for many the greatest sporting tournament on earth, football or “jogo bonito” as the Brazilians say (it was arguably the greatest player of all time Pele himself he first used the term “beautiful game”) creates anticipation and interest like no other event.
Olympic crowds don’t sing chants and few dress from head to foot in their team colours, and while the rugby and cricket world cups are fantastic they don’t fill the back and front pages of the world press. And you won’t see Ant & Dec releasing a single in honour of any curling tournaments.
Quite simply nothing compares to the football World Cup and this year it comes complete with the flavour of Brazil. And as tension builds in readiness here at StagWeb HQ we’ve found 30 amazing World Cup while we wait to rush out and by our 2014 World Cup sticker album.