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What really went wrong with Colombia at USA '94?
By Henry Mance published
World Cup 1994 Predicted as the tournament's dark horse, Colombia wilted under the weight of expectation and the lingering threat of Cartel retribution.
Remembered! The biggest shock and best game of USA '94
By Hitesh Ratna last updated
World Cup 1994 Hitesh Ratna remembers two of the biggest surprises of World Cup '94: Ireland upending Italy and Romania eliminating Argentina
Ranked! The 10 best goals of the 2014 World Cup
By Mark White last updated
World Cup 2014 How much do you remember from the tournament in Brazil four years ago? These beauties might just jog your memory...
5 flabbergasting faux-pas moments of Italia '90
By FourFourTwo Staff last updated
World Cup 1990 Say what?! Oh no they didn't (they did)...
"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...
Matt Holland on World Cup 2002: "I still look back and think ‘What if?’"
By Andy Greeves last updated
World Cup 2002 The former midfielder talks to Andy Greeves about some stirring performances from the Republic of Ireland in Korea and Japan
Ranked! The 10 best players of World Cup 2014
By Greg Lea published
World Cup 2014 Germany went home with the trophy; Greg Lea remembers the 10 top performers from Brazil four years ago
Ranked! The 10 most incredible World Cup howlers
By Jon O'Brien published
FIFA World Cup On the 10th anniversary of Rob Green's slip up, we look back on a pair of Italian strikers, one soul diva, a crazy Colombian and certain English referee all 'star' in our countdown of the biggest World Cup blunders
World Cup icons: 17-year-old Pele makes Brazil's own psychologist look silly (1958)
By Paul Simpson published
World Cup 1958 On the anniversary of his first World Cup goal, we look back at how the Seleção's boy king conquered the world in Sweden – but only after some pre-tournament guff from within his own country's ranks
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