
Triumphs, celebrations, heartbreaks and memorable moments of the teams and players at the FIFA World Cup.

Discover how Andrea Pirlo, the architect of the Italian triumph of 2006, had a style very much of his own; but this is also true of Germany in 1990 and the strategies of Brazil's golden age.

Zinedine Zidane dominated the World Cups of 1998 and 2006, but with contrasting fortunes.

Sergio Ramos leads Spain for a generation, Australia stuns in 2006, and Peter Shilton faces glory and heartbreak.

Ronaldo's World Cup record is the equal of any who have appeared on football's greatest stage. Brazil's poster boy of the 1990s, he was ice-cold in front of goal on the biggest stage.