Predictions about who will be the next world champion often miss the mark. The pressure at this tournament is as intense as ...

With the World Cup nearly upon us, Guardian readers share their mixed emotions – enthusiasm, hope, unease, anger, optimism – around this summer’s tournament ...

Hello and welcome to our coverage of England’s World Cup 1986 quarter-final with Argentina. The day is Sunday June 22, 1986, ...

The tournament was first played in 1930, when it was played inUruguay.The tournament has been played every four years, with ...

Every World Cup guarantees thrilling games, brilliant goals and the presence of the best players on the planet. But also, ...

Because Maradona did not seem to run that day. He appeared to float. Later calculations showed that the entire move lasted ...

Get the essential betting trends for the Golden Boot betting market from football betting expert Dave Tindall who reviews the ...

Lionel Messi finally got his hands on the World Cup in 2022, but Luis de la Fuente's Spain side are now coming for ...

In our ninth extract from The Soccer 100, we return to Mexico City in 1986 and the goals, grit and guile which saw Argentina ...

In need of lightweight uniforms for the blazing Mexico City sun, Argentina's staff found makeshift alternatives in a Mexican ...

It is 40 years since Diego Maradona dominated the FIFA World Cup finals in Mexico, scoring some of the tournament's most iconic goals and inspiring the Albiceleste to the title.

Maradona’s room-mate at Mexico 1986 recalls how Argentina won their second FIFA World Cup and sizes up his nation’s chances at the upcoming global showpiece.