Nobody can predict how the 48 teams will do at the FIFA World Cup this summer, but if you wanted to gamble on Japan being the tidiest team, you’d surely clean up at the bookies. Thanks to a societal expectation of all Japanese people,

Kicking things off with a victory in Group F could be vital, especially given Côte d’Ivoire faces Germany after the clash with Ecuador. However, with eight third-placed teams reaching the last 32, Les Éléphants will fancy their chances of making it to the knockout stage.

As Sweden’s national team trains in Frisco ahead of its first World Cup match, a Plano restaurant is helping make their stay feel familiar. The Wooden Spoon, owned by Anne‑Marie Gustafson—who moved from Sweden to the U.