World Cup 1998
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What now for Saturdays at 3pm? Watch the France 98 World Cup Final with us
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FIFA World Cup Join in with an online watchalong of France vs Brazil using #SaturdayFFT at the time we'd normally be at a game
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
Back of the Net's alternative France '98: Scandinavians, Keegan's powers and Loved Jackets
By Paul Watson last updated
Back of the Net A sideways glance at the 1998 World Cup, brought to you by Back of the Net
Inside the greatest ad EVER: Nike's brilliant 1998 Brazil airport commercial – by those who made it
By FourFourTwo Staff last updated
World Cup 1998 What happens when footballers are trapped in the world’s most boring place? The story behind the making of football's most iconic advert...
World Cup icons: Zinedine Zidane heads France to victory – but doesn't change society (1998)
By James Eastham published
World Cup 1998 Ahead of FFT's France 98 World Cup Final watchalong this Saturday, we remember Zinedine Zidane's extraordinary contributions in that tournament, and French society's reaction to the victory
The inside story of England 2-2 Argentina at France '98 – told by the men involved
By Paul Simpson last updated
World Cup 1998 Great goals, seminal sendings off, penalty heartbreak, Mick Jagger: it was the game that had everything. Those involved tell Paul Simpson the story...
Allez Les Bleus! How France's multiracial Rainbow Warriors united a nation in '98
By Chris Hunt last updated
World Cup 1998 The story of how a divided nation united behind a victorious team – with a little help from Jacques Chirac, Gloria Gaynor and Zizou
Zanetti: That free-kick against England? I wasn’t originally supposed to shoot!
By Gregg Davies last updated
Javier Zanetti Javier Zanetti has told FourFourTwo that he was not originally supposed to shoot from the famous free-kick routine that fooled England at the 1998 World Cup.
Bonjour! How France '98 provided more drama, excitement and scandal than ever before
By Nick Moore last updated
World Cup 1998 Against a backdrop of racial tension, France returned from World Cup obscurity to host the first 32-team tournament
Davor Suker on France '98: "It was the realisation of a dream for me"
By Neil Billingham last updated
World Cup 1998 With the world expecting Ronaldo or Batistuta to pick up the Golden Boot, it was something of a surprise to see it won by a player from a country that only gained independence seven years previously
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