Peru conquer tragedy in Mexico 1970
Defying all the odds in the World Cup Qualifiers
The World Cup Qualifiers have never been easy since they were introduced. Especially those contests in the African and South American regions require enough grit and skill to overcome the challenges...
The historic goal of Victor Esparrago
The Quarterfinals of the ninth FIFA World Cup in Mexico kicked on June 14, 1970, at Azteca where two heavyweights from Eastern Europe and Latina America met each other to claim a place in the semifinals. The USSR had...
Diego Maradona plays the ball with his hand again
The hype and buzz about the Hand of God goal against England in Mexico 1986 is so much that many forget, Diego Maradona repeated the feat four years later in Naples in their second Group Match against the former...
Impressive Egypt in Italia 90
A tough qualifying contest
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) section of the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification saw teams competing for two berths in the final tournament in Italy.
26 nations in total entered the qualifying stage.
FIFA rejected the entries...
A red letter day for Costa Rica
116 teams entered the 1990 World Cup, including Italy as the host nation and Argentina as reigning World Cup champions, who were both granted automatic qualification. Thus, the remaining 22 finals places were divided among the continental confederations, with...
The story of Morocco in Mexico 1970
For the first time in the history of the FIFA World Cup, a country from Africa would feature in the Greatest Show on Earth.
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The draw for the qualifying stages was conducted on 1 February 1968 in Casablanca, Morocco, with...
The origin of “Group of Death”
In the mega-events, teams are often seeded to provide an even distribution of strong and weak competitors across all preliminary groups. However, in association football, the ranking methods used for seeding may be crude.
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In the World Cup, until 2018...
The birth of Toto Schillaci
In the southern part of Italy, Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily, right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and...
Cameroon finish their lunch with Maradona and Argentina
The summer of 1990 was endless, but the world was not bored because of the music and colour the fourteenth FIFA World Cup provided – the hype started as soon as the 80s ended. One could hear people saying,...
When Brazil and England dished out a spectacular show
“Yet at its highest levels, the game can acquire something akin to the concentrated drama of the prize ring. Players go into some matches with the certain knowledge that the result will stay with them, however, submerged, for the...
Not World-beaters yet, but Asia shows improvement in Russia 2018
While Japan stole the headlines with a near-miss against Belgium, South Korea and Iran also spearheaded a solid World Cup for Asia
While Japan going close to reaching the last eight and South Korea beating defending champions Germany stand out,...
Video: Looking back at a fine day for France who run rampant in Russia
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Despite dogged resistance and some fine play from Croatia, France came out on top to win a second World Cup trophy - our experts look at how Didier did it.....
Didier Deschamps joins football elite by guiding France to World Cup glory
From water-carrier to trophy-lifter - Didier Deschamps has joined an elite group to win a World Cup both as a player and coach
Kashinath Bhattacharjee, Moscow
A certain Napoleon Bonaparte took shelter in Moscow in 1812 with the intention of invading...
A Clasico spin in Russia to an intriguing World Cup final
After a month of football, the World Cup is down to two teams - and it will be strength, stamina and a bit of luck that divides France and Croatia
Kashinath Bhattacharjee, Moscow
An ‘El Clasico’ at the World Cup...
Why Luka Modric is now hot property for the Ballon d’Or
With a failure to launch at the World Cup for the big three of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar, a Ballon d'Or spot has opened for Luka Modric
What’s up with this sudden ‘Luka Modric for Ballon d’Or’ fever...
Rakitic and ‘Grizou’ looking to lead their nations to World Cup glory
Two individually brilliant team-mates sacrificing their game for the team has seen Rakitic and Griezmann driving France and Croatia to the World Cup final
Kashinath Bhattacharjee, Moscow
Ivan Rakitic was only ten when Croatia reached the semi-final in France in 1998...
France v Croatia – the key World Cup match-ups
Whether France lift the World Cup for the second time, or Croatia make history with a first, everything will come down to a series of duels at the Luzhniki Stadium
The World Cup 2018 comes down to this and it...
Video: Fantastic France or incredible Croatia?
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The World Cup final may look like an easy ride for France but Croatia has been proving everyone wrong throughout their run in Russia - our experts make their picks.....
Croatia dreamt a bigger dream in fantastic push to World Cup final
England had a hope, Croatia had a dream...and a plan...and it was enough to put the Balkans into a famous World Cup final against France
Kashinath Bhattacharjee, Moscow
England had the rarest opportunity of choosing their path to history. They fell...
Video: Football is not coming home as England overcome by Croatia
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It will be at least four more years of hurt as Croatia crush a fast start for England to move through to a famous final with France - our experts look back......
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