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10 players who became overnight superstars at the World Cup
By Jon Spurling published
FIFA World Cup A Haitian hero, an unlikely Italian and a teenage Irishman going one better than Pele - all this and more on Jon Spurling’s list of players whose World Cup displays made them stars
Back of the Net's alternative Mexico '86: half-hearted waves, moral victories and sweaty delirium
By Paul Watson last updated
World Cup 1986 A sideways glance of the tournament owned by El Diego, brought to you by Back of the Net
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
Why World Cup 1990 was the tournament of the great goalkeeper
By Nick Moore last updated
World Cup 1990 Illgner, Goycochea, Conejo, Shilton: the home of defensive football became the perfect stage for the globe's top shot-stoppers
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
Salvatore Schillaci on Italia '90: "When Italy went out I spent two hours smoking and crying"
By Chris Hunt last updated
World Cup 1990 Italy's unlikely hero tells Chris Hunt about his unforgettable tournament
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
Tears, tantrums and phone bills: 14 high-profile superstars who suffered injury agony before a World Cup
By Paul Sarahs last updated
FIFA World Cup Poor Manuel Lanzini's World Cup is over before a ball has been kicked, and doubts remain over the true fitness of Egypt's Mo Salah. The following men know just how they feel – and some even missed out on ultimate glory
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