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World Cup icons: Geoff Hurst takes the opportunity of a lifetime (1966)
By Steve Morgan published
World Cup 1966 England's enduring triumph might have been different had it not been for an untimely injury to Jimmy Greaves. Steve Morgan remembers Ramsey's immortals of '66
World Cup icons: Smoker, drinker, thinker Socrates gets himself in shape – but suffers in Spain (1982)
By Andrew Murray last updated
World Cup 1982 The great icon of Brazilian football never went beyond a World Cup quarter-final... but that was never his priority
World Cup icons: Xavi and Iniesta prod and probe through the pain to win big (2010)
By Andrew Murray published
World Cup 2010 Vicente del Bosque's men were shaken up by their opening-game defeat to Switzerland – but clear minds and cool heads saw them through to a masterful triumph in South Africa
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