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Olé! The chaotic story behind a 1986 World Cup which had everything
By Chris Hunt last updated
World Cup 1986 It shouldn't even have been staged there, but World Cup 86 in Mexico had everything, most of it revolving around a diminutive genius by the name of Diego Maradona. Chris Hunt sets the scene...

"Uday Hussein shaved my perm" - Iraq's fear-filled venture to Mexico '86
By FourFourTwo Staff last updated
World Cup 1986 The Iraqi national team arrived at Mexico 86 with the spectre of Saddam breathing down their necks. More precisely Uday, his bloodthirsty emissary, son and one-time heir to Hussein's brutal political dynasty...
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