LIONEL MESSI marked his return to the international stage with the winning goal as Argentina defeated Uruguay 1-0 in Thursday’s World Cup qualifier in Mendoza. The Barcelona star, who hung up his international boots in June only to reverse his decision last month, netted three minutes before half-time to settle the contest and give coach Edgardo […]
FRANZ BECKENBAUER faces a criminal investigation in Switzerland over allegations of financial malpractice in Germany’s successful 2006 World Cup bid. The Attorney General of Switzerland named Beckenbauer, the legendary World Cup winner as a player and manager with West Germany, as one of four men who are facing criminal proceedings. Former German football association […]
PRIME MINISTER Harold Wilson made two predictions on World Cup final day. The first he got slightly wrong. The second has haunted us for 50 years. The Labour leader, who had rushed back from government business in Washington to see England’s dramatic 4-2 win, said: “I was a bit shattered it went into extra-time. I […]
IT is 50 years ago to the day that England lifted the World Cup. Our boys’ 4-2 win over West Germany brought the nation together at a time of economic crisis and industrial strikes. With a sun-soaked Wembley at its 97,000 capacity, more than 32million Brits tuned in to watch the extra-time triumph on TV. […]
IT was the moment every England fan had dreamed of. July 30, 1966, and the roar inside Wembley Stadium was deafening as Bobby Moore lifted the World Cup. The victory was sweetest of all for Bobby’s wife Tina. Just 18 months earlier, her husband had defied the odds to win a punishing battle against testicular […]