Overview of the World Cup, the international competition played by the best soccer players in the world. The World Cup has a strong, irreverent and humourous writing voice. It concentrates on the stories behind the legends, teams and great matches of the World Cup, putting aside the pundits' picks for who will win (they invariably get it wrong anyway) and concentrating on the weird, whacky, controversial and legendary moments of the world's best sporting event. For example, it references the cult hero Ilunga Mwepu in the 74 finals against Brazil. Clearly unsure of the rules of association football, when the referee blows his whistle for Brazil to take a free kick, he pegs it out of the wall and blasts the ball up field. A yellow card and eternal infamy follow. There are hundreds of brilliant tales like this in the history of the game and they receive as much coverage as the heroes and greatest matches.