Latest about World Cup 1986
Ranked! The best 10 Players of Mexico '86
World Cup 1986 World Cup 86 was characterised by prolific goalscorers, creative genius, and guile aplenty. There was a handy Argentine fellow, too. Diego something or other…
Gary Lineker on Mexico '86: "I think the linesman saw the Hand of God and bottled it"
World Cup 1986 On this day in 1986, England's second-highest goalscorer notched a vital hat-trick against Poland which sent the Three Lions through to the last 16. Here he regales the perils of playing in intense heat, Maradona's memorable brace... and his dad's success at the bookies
Back of the Net's alternative Mexico '86: half-hearted waves, moral victories and sweaty delirium
World Cup 1986 A sideways glance of the tournament owned by El Diego, brought to you by Back of the Net
Olé! The chaotic story behind a 1986 World Cup which had everything
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
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...
Denmark '86: The best team never to reach a World Cup semi-final
World Cup 1986 They cruised through the '˜group of death'™ with their breaktaking brand of total football, but, asks Rob Smyth, were Sepp Piontek'™s laid-back legends the best team ever not to reach the final four?
Josimar on Mexico '86: 'The blondes came and the training went - I wasted it all'
World Cup 1986 Nothing sums up Brazil quite like a 25-yard larrup from a full-back – like the one Josimar planted past Pat Jennings at Mexico 86 - but things quickly started to unravel for the right-back...
