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England vs Portugal referee Urs Meier’s Euro 2004 hell: “I woke up to find 16,000 emails in my inbox. They were all in English – death threats and insults”
By Urs Meier last updated
Referee Urs Meier found himself the unwitting victim of tabloid hatred after disallowing Sol Campbell’s late goal for England against Portugal at Euro 2004: intimidated, abused and then bundled into hiding. This is his side of the story...
World Cup 2022 draw, as it happened! England to face Iran, USA and potentially Scotland or Wales
By Mark White last updated
LIVE! The World Cup 2022 draw is just a few hours away – and FourFourTwo will bring you all the latest
USA vs Iran at France '98: the most politically charged game in World Cup history
By Neil Billingham published
World Cup 1998 Neil Billingham reflects on how one World Cup group game did more to repair relations between two nations than decades of diplomacy
10 players who switched international allegiance after being capped
By Sean Cole published
Lists Ademola Lookman won an under-20 World Cup with England - but is now set to represent the Super Eagles...
Who is Ali Daei? The only man ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo in the all-time international goalscorers list
By Chris Flanagan published
Features Ronaldo will break Ali Daei’s record eventually – but for now, Iran’s king still rules. This is how he made it to No.1
El World Cup Diario, Day 15: Some bad news. And the Big Bad Wolf
By Nick Harper last updated
El World Cup Diario Nick Harper reflects on Luis Suarez's bite ban, Ronaldo's peculiar punishments and some good ol' Ghanaian in-fighting...
Iran target new ground after qualifying for 2018 World Cup
By FourFourTwo Staff published
Alireza Jahanbakhsh Iran became the second side to qualify for the 2018 World Cup with a 2-0 win over Uzbekistan on Monday.
Asian Cup: Iran 3 Iraq 3 (pens 6-7)
By FourFourTwo Staff last updated
Iraq Salam Shakir's spot-kick gave Iraq an incredible 7-6 penalty shootout win over Iran in their Asian Cup quarter-final.
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