Collecting stickers of players ahead of the World Cup is a much-loved fan tradition. This tournament's sticker book is the largest ever – this is what maths says it takes to collect them all. At first ...

You’re reading Fault Lines, Jay Caspian Kang’s weekly column on politics and the media. For the past two weeks, my nine-year-old daughter and her friends have been obsessing over Panini’s World Cup ...