North Korea is among the world’s most secretive countries, and is all but closed to the outside world.
But the country is opening up on one front with the chance of playing football in the World Cup.
Al Jazeera’s Wayne Hay reports from North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang.
Sportsworld’s Brendan Connor reports from Tampa, Florida, as former Aussie Rules football star Ben Graham prepares to be the first Australian to play in the Super Bowl.
Graham played for Geelong Cats in the AFL from 1993 to 2004 before heading to the US to join Arizona Cardinals, who face Pittsburgh Steelers on Super Bowl Sunday.
Sportsworld’s Bernard Smith reports on South Africa’s preparations for the first World Cup on African soil.