How Algeria won over a Kansas town – and became the World Cup’s unlikeliest love affair

Lawrence, a college town of about 100,000 in northeastern Kansas, has embraced Les Fennecs with a fervor that has surprised everyone but the people who live there You’ve probably seen it by now: The video of a sweet elderly man overcome with emotion, standing outside in the rain…

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