Gabriele Marcotti continues his series profiling countries who performed exceptionally well at a World Cup only to, for one reason or another, fail to go all the way. Having covered Brazil in 1950, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Former Brazil goalkeeper Waldir Peres, a member of three World Cup teams, died on Sunday at the age of 66 after a heart attack. His death was announced by his family. Peres was ...

36 years on, Italy and Brazil from 1982 remains one of the most talked about games in World Cup history. It pitted an underwhelming underdog against the tournament favourite and one of the greatest ...

The Italians' 3-2 win gave them a generous slice of World Cup history at the Italy v Brazil 1982 match. In the foreword itself is the story. A stadium, called Sarria, in Barcelona, now demolished, but ...

Tele Santana's side failed to reach the semi-finals in Spain but the coach's thrillingly offensive tactics had a huge impact on an 11-year-old Pep Pep Guardiola was an 11-year-old boy growing up in ...

It's a question so often posed in the realm of sports. What if a certain player wasn't suspended, traded or hurt? What if a controversial call went another way? What if a coach had called a different ...

Paolo Rossi's hat-trick against Brazil in 1982 provides the latest stop in our countdown towards Qatar 2022. The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ is now just 14 days away. The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ is ...