“The nickname originally came from Italy, the Italians started to call me ‘Il Fenomeno’,” Ronaldo Nazario tells The Athletic, explaining the origins of the old nickname that has now become the title ...

The shirt won by Brazilian striker Ronaldo in the 1998 World Cup final and a lock of Diego Maradona’s hair are among over 200 items to be auctioned in Paris on December 15. Ronaldo — widely recognised ...

It’s one of the great mysteries of our time: not the Loch Ness Monster, Stonehenge or the Lost City of Atlantis; it’s the case of the missing striker — not so much a whodunit, more a kind of a what ...

Editor's note: Each day between now and the kickoff of the first match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Nov. 20, we'll unveil a different memory from World Cup history. The countdown from 101 continues ...

Former Inter Milan President Massimo Moratti feels that even VAR would not have changed the scandal around the 1997-98 Juventus title win. The former Nerazzurri President bitterly looked back on the ...

You know you're an international sports hero when your fans imitate your teeth, not just your hairstyle. With two goals in Brazil's World Cup final victory over Germany -- the first in the 67th minute ...

However, his greatest contribution to his country might just have been in Yokohama; his personal touch on the day of that final might just have made all the difference. The events of July 12, 1998, ...