'African' World Cup

As usual The Daily Show does it best.
Here's the spoof on the 'African' Cup theme:

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The other global sporting event that invades our household (and has justified the cable tv) is the Dakar Rally, an off road vehicle race.

"The Dakar" originally began in Paris, France and ended in Dakar, Senegal. Here is an image of the traditional route, as run in 2007:



Due to security concerns the 2008 Dakar was cancelled. In 2009, the event moved to Argentina/Chile, but persisted in calling itself "The Dakar."



Despite shifting to another continent, the sponsors stuck with the 'Dakar' name, the same tasteless logo of a head-statue wrapped in some generic ethnic cloth, and the annoying indigenous-esque font.



Images stolen from www.dakar.com, the official site of the rally.