On July 5 in World Cup history: Paolo Rossi's hat trick helps Italy beat Brazil in Barcelona, Spain, in 1982. Italy started the 1982 World Cup slowly, barely making it through to the second group ...

36 years on, Italy and Brazil from 1982 remains one of the most talked about games in World Cup history. It pitted an underwhelming underdog against the tournament favourite and one of the greatest ...

The Italians' 3-2 win gave them a generous slice of World Cup history at the Italy v Brazil 1982 match. In the foreword itself is the story. A stadium, called Sarria, in Barcelona, now demolished, but ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Waldir Peres, the much-maligned goalkeeper in Brazil's 1982 World Cup side, died of a heart attack on Sunday, his former club Sao Paulo said. He was 66. Peres will always be ...

It's a question so often posed in the realm of sports. What if a certain player wasn't suspended, traded or hurt? What if a controversial call went another way? What if a coach had called a different ...

Tele Santana's side failed to reach the semi-finals in Spain but the coach's thrillingly offensive tactics had a huge impact on an 11-year-old Pep Pep Guardiola was an 11-year-old boy growing up in ...