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![Paul Gascoigne Italia 90](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HffCFfH9gzm9AAPw7U4XUD-320-80.jpg)
World Cup icons: When we all wept with Paul Gascoigne – and remembered him forever (1990)
By Gary Parkinson published
World Cup 1990 Gazza's professional career lasted from 1985 to 2005, but he will always be remembered for one month in mid-1990
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What REALLY happened to Ronaldo before the 1998 World Cup Final – in his own words
By Celso de Campos Jr published
World Cup 1998 In anticipation of our World Cup France 98 final watchalong on Saturday at 3pm, our documentary recalls what happened to Ronaldo before that match - and we speak to the man himself about a bizarre turn of events
![Roy Hodgson Switzerland](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nmxqcWeew6HRTFZqX3dUh8-320-80.jpg)
What Roy Hodgson learned with Switzerland at USA '94
By Louis Massarella last updated
World Cup 1994 Summer 2014's ill-fated jaunt to Brazil wasn't Roy's first taste of a World Cup. Louis Massarella remembers the adventure that went much better...
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World Cup icons: How fishing helped Mario Kempes return home to triumph for a broken Argentina (1978)
By Martin Mazur published
World Cup 1978 Argentina's 1978 World Cup win was played out on a backdrop of military terror, but their star striker and his team-mates fought – and angled – their way to victory amid the horror
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Oleg Salenko on USA '94: "Do something special and you're remembered forever"
By Neil Billingham last updated
World Cup 1994 The record-breaking Russia striker tells Neil Billingham what it's like to score five (five!) in one match
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Back of the Net's alternative World Cup 2010: Vuvuzelas, bad balls and revolting Frenchmen
By Gary Parkinson last updated
Back of the Net It was a strange old tournament, as Back of the Net's sideways glance demonstrates
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Yordan Letchkov on USA '94: "The Germans congratulated us. They behaved like gentlemen"
By Stoyan Georgiev last updated
World Cup 1994 The 'Bald Eagle' tells Stoyan Georgiev about USA 94's surprise package
![Branco](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6cuaYD9ooA69jLXufeQR2d-320-80.jpg)
Ranked! The 10 best goals of USA '94
By Nick Moore published
World Cup 1994 Nick Moore revels in the finest strikes of the 1994 World Cup; featuring a mad-dashing Saudi Arabian, El Diego (well, duh) and a Nigerian crawling like a dog
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