When East faced West in a torn Germany- the only time the two teams...
After the terrific heat of Mexico during the 1970 World Cup, it was a relatively cooler but rainy West Germany that welcomed one and...
Brazilian hurricane swept Mexico throughout to own Jules Rimet trophy in Pele’s final bow
1970 World Cup had seen many ‘firsts’- substitutions were allowed (previously, teams could not replace injured or tired players), red and yellow cards were...
The famous yet ‘infamous’ hat-trick of Geoff Hurst that gave England their only World...
The only man to have scored a hat-trick in the final of a World Cup remains Geoff Hurst since 1966- the year in which...
Threats, thefts, recovery, demolition- the mystery behind non-existence of Jules Rimet trophy
A trophy made of gold-plated sterling silver on a white-yellow marble base was manufactured following the design of French sculptor, Abel Lafleur. It depicted...
Vava keeps his name in record book- the only person to score in the...
Edvaldo Isidio Neto, better known to the world as Vava, has a unique record set against his name. Among the four players who have...
‘Lucky 13’ of Just Fontaine- the record of highest goal in a single Cup...
The 1958 World Cup belonged to the Brazilian great Pele. But there was another man; a lesser-known Frenchman who created history. Just Fontaine set...
A promise in 1950 fulfilled in 1958; how Pele won the Cup for Brazil...
There could be no other more important event in the 1958 World Cup rather than Pele’s mercurial performance at the age of 17. As...
So close yet so far; Hungary’s ‘Mighty Magyars’ famously lost the 1954 Cup, and...
A legendary Hungarian Football team was formed in the 1950s comprising the greats like Ferenc Puskas, Sandor Kocsis, Nandor Hidegkuti, Zoltan Czibor, Gyula Grosics...
The ‘Maracanazo’ of 1950- when Uruguay brought ‘National Tragedy’ to Brazil
It was Maracanazo on 16th July 1950 at Maracana when Brazil was handed a sombre loss by Uruguay in the final of the World...
It was then as Dutch East Indies, Indonesia played the World Cup- the first...
The World Cup moved from Italy to its neighbour France in 1938. Four of the globe’s continents had participated in the tournament in 1934....