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Quiz! Can you name these tournament mascots?
QUIZ! Test your knowledge of these infamous mascots from past major tournaments
“At 10 Downing Street, Cherie Blair said, ‘You’re the Canadian player – why do you play for England?’ I was like, ‘Sorry, what?’ It was odd and it kind of hurt” Owen Hargreaves opens up on dealing with criticism over his international allegiances
EXCLUSIVE The Canadian-born midfielder has an English father and a Welsh mother
“I never faced anybody that had what I call ‘disguised power’ as much as him. I saved his free-kicks in training and felt the ball almost forcing my hands open” David Seaman on David Beckham’s hidden attributes
EXCLUSIVE Davids Beckham and Seaman shared a pitch 37 times as England players
‘The abuse was disgusting. It was quite amazing how he came through that and became a better footballer. That period could have broken him, no doubt’ Teddy Sheringham on David Beckham’s redemption arc
EXCLUSIVE Beckham’s World Cup 1998 red card threatened to derail the career of the future England skipper
I interviewed Gary Lineker last month – he didn’t want his TV career to end like this, the World Cup was supposed to be his grand finale
After three decades, the former England striker still dreamed of finishing his career with a Three Lions triumph next summer
Gary Lineker set to quit BBC following antisemitism row and will not host 2026 World Cup coverage
The Match of the Day presenter will reportedly leave the broadcaster following next weekend's final show of the season
Football songs: The history of the beautiful game's relationship with music
LONG READ From El Tel to John Barnes, footballers once delivered a string of memorable tunes and even the odd No.1 - FFT salutes a lost tradition
‘With Maradona around we’d have won USA 94. We lost our lighthouse, our leader - we struggled to change our mentality, to play as a team without him’ How Diego Maradona’s drug ban cost them another World Cup victory
EXCLUSIVE Diego Maradona failed a drugs test at the 1994 World Cup, marking the end of his Argentina career
