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World Cup Features

The in-depth stories of the stars, and the unknowns, making the headlines at Russia 2018.

BEST OF THE REST

Who would win the World Cup of losers?

What would happen if the World Cup had a separate tournament for all the teams who finished third in their group?

GALACTICOS

Real Madrid players are dominating the World Cup Golden Ball discussion

SPOOKY

The symmetry between Lionel Messi's woes and Cristiano Ronaldo at the 2014 World Cup

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McBUG BURGER

Here's Dream Team's Alternative World Cup Team of the Tournament

POGBOOM

Paul Pogba put to bed multiple myths during his epic World Cup final display

20 YEARS

Luka Modric put Nike's World Cup curse to bed when he picked up the Golden Ball

DRAWING BOARD

Both sides are copying Gareth Southgate's tactics in the World Cup final

DUBIOUS

France's penalty shows how flawed VAR is at the moment

ADVANTAGE?

Here's how the head-to-head duels in France v Croatia played out domestically

MOUSTACHE

France have the most bizarre pre-match lucky charm

ALLEZ LES BLEUS

How France went back to the past to secure a brighter future

SHEPHERD

Incredible footage has emerged of Luka Modric herding goats as a child

JOUE

How France's 'golden generation' compare to the squad that headed to the '98 World Cup

FASHION

Danny Rose's socks are the best thing about England's third-place play-off

LOOK AGAIN

Everyone missed the unbelievable save that cost England a World Cup final place

TORN

England fans are totally divided about the third-place play-off against Belgium

BRONZE

7 weird and wonderful moments you half-remember from World Cup third-place play-offs

GAME ON

We arranged a five-a-side game in Moscow to sort out Anglo-Russian relations

BANG

The Adidas World Cup ball is inspired by NASA but it can't last 90 minutes

EFFORT

The distance covered by Russia at the World Cup shows the power of home advantage

PERU DO YOU

Peru are absolutely taking over Russia and everyone's loving it

POSTER BOY

How Aleksandr Golovin went from playing futsal to becoming Russia's talisman

RUSSIA

Messi Russian Dolls and clean streets... inside the 2018 World Cup so far

SWEEPING UP

Remembering when Manuel Neuer became an outfield player at the 2014 World Cup

SWAPS

These 8 players will play in different positions than you're used to at the World Cup

SPACE INVESTIGATOR

Thomas Muller is the World Cup specialist who 'wasn't good at anything'

MAESTROS

World Cup fantasy football: The 5 best midfielders in 2014

DARK HORSES

Serbia's squad is full of experience and one of Europe's best young talents

THROWBACK TWEETS

How did social media react to Frank Lampard's 'goal' in 2010?

ROCK SOLID

World Cup fantasy football: The 5 best defenders in 2014