After 2 games played, Argentina are in crisis, Brazil have narrowly avoided disaster, Peru are scoreless, Uruguay have been lacklustre and Colombia have just recovered from a calamitous opening game. What's going wrong for the South American teams? Or, after Colombia's impressive 3-0 win against Poland, is the tide finally going to turn in favour of the South Americans?

Is Europe overrepresented at the World Cup?

The French National team has invented new ways of self imploding and based on their usual 8-year cycle they are due another disaster in 2018. Can Australia capitalise? Is it most advantageous for Australis to play them first?