What happens when half the people you live with suddenly disappear?

Plus, which teams have the most home-grown supporters

Miles run per goal scored, versus most miles run, period

He's the guy everyone loves to hate, but his arrogance and narcissism are part of what makes him great.

And it isn't pretty

An alternate view of the island of Gorée

Behind every smiling face is a quite dull company

A report from the Independent Women's Forum, where facts are stupid things

Jean Renoir beautifully illuminates the Great War's conflicts

Facing Germany in the Round of 16, Les Fennecs have a chance to avenge the wrongs of 1982.

Our picks for the strikes we'll remember from a tournament already known for its scoring

Sparkology thought it was making online dating better by charging men to send messages. Instead, it was stoking male entitlement

Right or wrong, you're always making somebody mad

It’s all a very Russian story: ungodly amounts of money spent with little to show for it

The backlash against David Leonhardt's New York Times column may be unwarranted

It wasn't pretty, but we cheated (the Group of) Death

And on to the Round of 16 we go.

An exhibition in South Africa is attracting record-breaking crowds