
• 'We have to prove to people we are a good side'• Stage set for Rooney to be England's main man
The World Cup has scarred Steven Gerrard. From the groin surgery that denied him an appearance at the finals in Asia eight years ago to Ricardo's penalty save in the fateful shoot-out four years later, the to View more »
Early this afternoon the plan is for an almost impossibly frail old man who in a few days will be 92, going on a millennium of pain and glory, to brave a cold wind beneath a vast steel blue sky and launch the 19th World Cup.
He will unleash footballers such as Argentina's Lionel Messi, Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo a View more »| Years | Winners | Runner-up | Third place |
| 2006 | Italy | France | Germany |
| 2002 | Brazil | Germany | Turkey |
| 1998 | France | Brazil | Croatia |
| 1994 | Brazil | Italy | Sweden |
| 1990 | Germany | Argentina | Italy |
| 1986 | Argentina | Germany | France |
| 1982 | Italy | Germany | Poland |
| 1978 | Argentina | Holland | Brazil |
| 1974 | Germany | Holland | Poland |
| 1970 | Brazil | Italy | Germany |
| 1966 | England | Germany | Portugal |
| 1962 | Brazil | Czech | Chile |
| 1958 | Brazil | Sweden | France |
| 1954 | Germany | Hungary | Austria |
| 1950 | Uruguay | Brazil | Sweden |
| 1938 | Italy | Hungary | Brazil |
| 1934 | Italy | Czech | Germany |
| 1930 | Uruguay | Argentina | America |