6 min read How do you select the most memorable moments from an international tournament that has happened once every four years (with a few exceptions during World War II) since 1930? Simon Kuper, who the New Yorker calls “one of the best sportswriters in the English language today” and who has just published a new book, World Cup Fever, chose eight matches that had political, social, and athletic ramification that endure to this day. Jump to: July 16, 1950: Brazil vs.