ArticleDUTCH AND GLOW
Morocco will aim to keep the smiles going when they face Netherlands tomorrow
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ArticleEveryone knows it’s a knockout
NOW the group stages are over and done with, the 2026 World Cup has now entered win-or-bust territory. One bad game means the end of the road and by next Saturday morning 48 teams will have been whittled down to just 16. Thomas Tuchel (below) and...
ArticlePELE’S HAT-TRICK Brazil 5 France 2
It was on June 24, 1958, at the Ullevi Stadium scored in Gothenburg, where Pele (above left) All his his hat-trick in the World Cup semi-final. 2-1 goals came in the second half, with Brazil and up before Pele struck in the 52nd, 64th 75th minutes...
ArticleTHE OTHER TWO BRAZIL WORLD CUP TREBLES
Leonidas da Silva in a 6-5 defeat de of Poland in Strasbourg in 1938 and Ademir beat Menezes, who scored four times as Brazil Sweden 7-1 in Rio de Janeiro in 1950.
ArticleSAMBA SENSATION
Pele steers the ball past Claude Abbes for the first goal of his hat-trick in 1958
ArticleThat’s one Al of a scoreline
ALGERIA 3 ALGERIA and Austria knew that a pedestrian draw would have sent both to the knockout round of the World Cup. They delivered a thrilling draw instead. Algeria took the lead in stoppage time only for Austria to answer on the final...
ArticleGRIN THE MOOD
Morocco forward Soufiane Rahimi and team-mates have delighted their fans
ArticleOF AFRICA
SURELY it is now just a matter of time before an African nation goes all the way and wins the World Cup. This tournament we have already seen several shocks from some of the 10 countries competing from the continent that is still yet to get...