Five things you need to know about siblings competing in the World Cup

With this year’s World Cup, co-hosted by the US, Mexico and Canada, starting at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on Thursday,where Mexico and Bafana Bafana face offin a repeat of the 2010 global showpiece’s opener in Johannesburg, we bring you interesting facts about this year’s tourney. There’s also Désiré and Guéla Doué. Désiré, who is younger, represents France while Guéla chose to play for Ivory Coast.

Ghana and the Netherlands have brothers in their rosters in Derrick Luckassen and younger Brian Brobbey respectively. The pair have the same mother, but different fathers. John and Harry Souttar are also siblings playing for different countries.

John, who is older, plays for Scotland while Harry represents Australia. Brothers Lucas and Théo Hernández represent France. Jurriën and Quinten Timber are twins and both on the Netherlands’ list. Laros and Deroy Duarte play for Cape Verde, while Leandro and Juninho Bacuna represent one of the tournament’s debutants Curaçao.