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26 World Cup Images the World Will Never Forget

To celebrate the 2026 World Cup, Sports Illustrated takes a look at 26 photos from the tournament’s history that are simply impossible to forget.

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Bleep tests, alcohol bans and Gazza: Italia 90 set the bar for England and sports science

Bobby Robson employed a head of human performance for the World Cup and, despite wariness, the players got on board

The Guardian - UK

Paul Gascoigne details 'horrific' withdrawal from 30-a-day Red Bull addiction

Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has detailed his "horrific" withdrawal from a 30-a-day Red Bull addiction, revealing he thought "trees were dinosaurs", and he also sat on a rock for four days and "didn't move".

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Paul Gascoigne is the ‘happiest’ he’s been in years after addiction battle

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The Independent UK

Paul Gascoigne shares tearful health update amid addiction recovery: ‘I don’t think about tomorrow’

Ex-footballer has struggled with alcoholism and mental health issues for decades

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Paul Gascoigne breaks down in tears as he reveals memoir has saved people's lives

Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne broke down in tears during a live TV interview after revealing his book, Eight: The Real Gazza, has saved people's lives, and the star admitted he is the happiest he has been for "five years".

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‘His car stunk of fish for weeks’: Elliot Anderson on practical jokes and his World Cup dream

Midfielder tells Ben Fisher about the prank-fuelled promotion at Bristol Rovers that kickstarted his career, confidence in Nottingham Forest’s survival and modelling for England

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The Best and Worst Soccer Haircuts of All Time

For better or worse, these haircuts are etched into the minds of soccer fans forever.

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‘I drove a London bus down the road singing, ‘We’re all going on a summer holiday.’ My dad rang and said, “You stupid bastard, you’re never going to learn, are you?”’ Paul Gascoigne on the prank that got him in trouble with his dad

One classic Gazza prank even got on his father’s radar

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‘At Spurs, the lads said I wasn’t funny, so I brought an ostrich to training’ Paul Gascoigne recalls one of his most infamous pranks

Who else but Gazza would be able to wrangle an ostrich?

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‘It’s going to be a hard task for England to win the World Cup – we have a chance like everyone else, but every player has got to be on it, you can’t afford to carry anybody’ Paul Gascoigne assesses England’s World Cup chances

Gazza turned out 57 times for England during his career

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‘The smell was so bad that the chairman made me buy him a new car - £17,000 that cost me, and it was still cheaper than the other trout I divorced…’ Paul Gascoigne on the prank that cost him a fortune

Gazza loved a prank, but some came at a bigger cost than others…

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LIGHTS! CAMERA! ADDICTION! Gazza gives us his most revealing interview EVER

Many years since our last chat, FFT spent two weeks with Paul Gascoigne to get to know him as he is now. Conversations veered between the serious and the comical – from the dark side of fame, to a win bonus for a mouse…

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‘I got a phone call and our manager said, ‘I think you’d better take it’. It was the Pope - I said, ‘Hi Pope, you alright?’ So we went to the Vatican to meet the Pope and shook hands with him’ Paul Gascoigne on meeting Pope John Paul II

The Pope was lucky enough to have an audience with Gazza during his time in Serie A

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‘When Terry Venables died, I was sat in the car and cried my eyes out. Terry was a f**king diamond. He had to be, to put up with me’ Paul Gascoigne on the manager he loved playing for most

Gazza played for a succession of England managers and thrived more under some than others

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‘When Terry Venables died, I was sat in the car and cried my eyes out. Terry was a f**king diamond. He had to be, to put up with me’ Paul Gascoigne on the manager he loved playing for most

Gascoigne played his best football under Venables for Spurs and England

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"In the tunnel, I said to Diego Maradona, ‘I’m pissed.’ He said, ‘It’s OK, Gazza, so am I…’ I just started laughing!" Paul Gascoigne on lining up against Maradona

The maverick pair were two of the game’s most skilful - and unpredictable - players of their generation

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‘A guy went, ‘If I give you something, can I have a selfie with it?’ He pulled his f**king glass eye out and said, ‘Can you hold that?’ Paul Gascoigne on his greatest fan encounters

Gazza has been the subject of adoring fans for almost four decades

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‘I caught this snake, put it in a plastic bag and put it in Roberto Di Matteo’s pocket after training. Then I asked if he could lend me some money, so he’d put his hand in his pocket…’ Paul Gascoigne on his best pranks

You were never safe when sharing a dressing room with Gazza…

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‘Jack Grealish reminds me of myself - it doesn’t matter if he loses the ball, he always wants it again… He’s handsome as well!’ Paul Gascoigne on why he can’t imagine Grealish missing the World Cup

Gazza is a big fan of Everton loan star Grealish

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‘I told a teacher I was going to make it as a footballer and got kicked out of class. After the 1990 World Cup, I went back to the school and said, "Do you remember me, you f**king bastard!"’ Paul Gascoigne on practising his autograph at school

Gazza knew he would make it from a young age - and now tells us that he rubbed it in a teacher's face

The Independent UK

Paul Gascoigne reflects on ‘rock bottom’ moment of his life

Gascoigne had failed to make the England squad as he was grappling with the alcohol-related death of a close friend

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‘At Italia 90, the best bit about the entire tournament was that I knew I was the best player in the world’ Paul Gascoigne on being the best on Earth in 1990

England’s run to the World Cup semi-finals made Paul Gascoigne a household name in 1990

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‘It’s still my favourite. I was playing for my country against my own players from Rangers, they’d been giving me grief and I said, ‘Just wait until we get to Wembley…’ Paul Gascoigne on his Euro 96 goal against Scotland

Gazza’s goal against the Auld Enemy proved to be the turning point in England’s Euro 96 campaign

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England are uncomfortable with Jude Bellingham: and Thomas Tuchel will never win anything while that’s the case

Jude Bellingham is dominating conversation following England's international break - and Thomas Tuchel must not make this a regular occurrence

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