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The own goals that changed a World Cup
From the first own goal in a final, in 2018, to that same tournament's record for own goals: goals against your own team have written World Cup history too.
World champions twice over: those who won as player and as coach
Only three men have lifted the World Cup as players and as coaches: Mário Zagallo, Franz Beckenbauer and Didier Deschamps.
The great upsets: when David topples Goliath at the World Cup
From USA 1-0 England in 1950 to Saudi Arabia 2-1 Argentina in 2022, the World Cup holds surprises that humbled the game's giants.
Football in the heights: how Mexico's altitude and heat changed the game
Mexico hosted the 1970 and 1986 World Cups above 2,000 metres and under a scorching sun. In 2026 altitude returns to the stage.
Family sagas at the World Cup: brothers, fathers and sons
The Charltons, the Maldinis or the Boatengs: the World Cup is also a story of families passing the baton from one generation to the next.
The official World Cup songs: from «Waka Waka» to the anthems that defined an era
«Waka Waka», «The Cup of Life» or «Un'estate italiana»: the World Cup soundtrack is also part of its collective memory.