Magic World Cup Memories - special edition on sale now

There is nothing quite like the World Cup to provide truly epic football moments that last the test of time.

We don’t know who will lift the World Cup in New York on July 19, but what we can say for certain is that one or two iconic moments will be produced over the course of five weeks in America, Canada and Mexico this summer.

There is nothing quite like the biggest football tournament on earth for producing special memories which go into folklore, never to be forgotten. And in our brilliant special edition - What in the World? - we take a look back at some of the most memorable moments from past World Cups.

The World Cup has always been a mix of the good, the bad and the ugly. Truly brilliant moments of individual genius, surreal happenings, sometimes downright notorious. It certainly isn’t just about who bags the winner in the final. There is so much more to the tournament than that. Yes there have been fabulous goals and we feature many of them in detail. Diego Maradona dribbling the ball from halfway before beating Peter Shilton versus Bobby Robson’s England in 1986. Don’t worry, we also cover off the infamy of his handball too.

Michael Owen against Argentina at France ‘98. Gary Lineker’s hat-trick to down Poland in Mexico and why he regarded the first of those, a tap-in from five yards, as the best of the 300-plus goals bagged throughout a glittering career. Carlos Alberto’s cracker for Brazil versus Italy in the 1970 final, perhaps the artistic team move which, more than any other, coined the phrase ‘The Beautiful Game’, which has become such a popular saying in recent times. But just as easily recounted as the great goals are other World Cup memories, for which the more the years go by, the greater the legend