World Cup 2014
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My favourite gameMy favourite game: Argentina v Iran, 2014 World CupMy dad and I went from despair and frustration to pandemonium after Lionel Messi struck in style at the death
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Before things kicked off in Russia we asked you to reminisce about your favourite World Cups. You did not disappoint
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Random tales from the 1966 tournament that have absolutely nothing to do with Azerbaijani linesmen, Kenneth Wolstenholme or Pickles the Dog
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Italy should have seen off Haiti with ease in 1974 but the group game burst into life through the unheralded Emmanuel Sanon …
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On 4 July 1998 the forward took three divine touches, scored the perfect goal and sent the Netherlands into the semi-finals
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Simon Martin: In 1938 Italy went to France and shrugged off protests and wild unpopularity to successfully defend their World Cup crown
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An own goal at USA 94 led to horrific ramifications for Colombia’s captain, who paid the heaviest of prices for the failings of society as much as his national team
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Simon Burnton: François Omam-Biyik’s goal and an unheralded team of journeymen defeated Diego Maradona’s world champions in Italy
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Dividing teams into groups for a football tournament should be easy but nothing is ever simple when Fifa is in charge
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Almost two-thirds of head collision incidents at the tournament were not followed by players being assessed on the sidelines by medical professionals
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Fifa must finally flex its muscles and deprive Russia from staging next year’s World Cup if possible doping offences by the country’s 2014 World Cup squad currently being investigated prove to be true
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Philipp Lahm has won eight Bundesliga titles, six German cups, the Champions League and the World Cup. Now he is going out at the top
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The two mega-events were framed as a reason for Brazilians to be proud; instead a supreme court investigation keeps unearthing unsavoury allegations
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John Crace delivers a highlights package from the novelist’s correspondence with a writer friend during the 2014 World Cup
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From his appointment in 2012, through three international tournaments ending with the humiliating defeat to Iceland at Euro 2016, we take a look back at Roy Hodgson’s England reignGallery
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This political history of Rio reveals a city still in the grip of its violent past