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Ranked! The 10 best players of France 98
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World Cup 1998 After watching the France 98 World Cup Final on Saturday afternoon, we dug into the archive to uncover Jonathan Wilson's look back at the legends who lit up the tournament

BBC vs ITV: The battle of the World Cup theme tunes
By James Maw published
World Cup Wonderland James Maw compares the TV theme tunes to the last eight tournaments to determine which network is best (at coming up with World Cup theme tunes). Wistful sighs and shameful cringing aplenty...

Hugo Sanchez, the home favourite who didn't quite shine at Mexico '86
By James Calder last updated
World Cup 1986 The former Mexico and Real Madrid star tells FFT about carrying the hopes of the tournament hosts in 1986

World Cup icons: Cruyff vs Beckenbauer – how great rivals became great friends (1974)
By Uli Hesse published
World Cup 1974 Rarely do the two best player's face each other in a World Cup final; they did in 1974, though...

Sergei Baltacha: English football's first Soviet star – who loved Suffolk
By Richard Woodall last updated
World Cup Wonderland As Russia prepare to kick off the 2018 World Cup on home turf, Richard Woodall recalls the first Soviet international ever to play in the Football League – and who took Blighty to his heart

82: Socrates on the World Cup's fun-loving losers
By Bernardo Pires Domingues last updated
World Cup Wonderland The Brazilian legend looks back on Spain 82, and one of the greatest sides not to win the World Cup...

World Cup icons: Fabio Cannavaro fights through the media storm – and goes down in history (2006)
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World Cup 2006 Despite being engulfed by scandal, Italy emerged victorious in 2006 – and their captain went down in history

Ranked! The 10 best goals of World Cup 2006
By Nick Moore last updated
World Cup 2006 The finest strikes of Germany 2006, as collated by a wildly clapping Nick Moore
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