Pots, quadrants, confederation constraints, group position grids... the 2026 World Cup finals draw on Friday is not going to be a straightforward affair. There's a lot to unpack so we're going to explain it as simply as we can. Luckily, Fifa will have a computer to do most of the heavy lifting and make sure everything runs smoothly. Though as Uefa found out in 2021, sometimes technology does go wrong. Let's hope there will be no gremlins in Washington once the draw ceremony kicks off.

An experiment has investigated human morality and ranked countries based on who they would save in the event of a certain death situation. The findings reveal the value of life varies according to different countries, with French people, for example, were far more likely to save women than men. The four most spared characters in the game are a baby, a little girl, a little boy and a pregnant woman. The game posed difficult ethical decisions such as choosing between the lives of a family of four crossing the road and a group of pensioners going the other way. Quandaries like this will one day be faced by autonomous vehicles that will be programmed with algorithms that place a value on human life.