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No - Rafeal Lesmes in 1956. Spanish international player but born In Ceuta

Here's a good quiz question. Who was the first African born player who win the European Cup or Champions League?

So that means the 1954 World Cup viewing figures will never be beaten in the UK.

So the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in is due to be voted for by the public on the night of the World Cup Final but the nominations for the finalists will be made next week. So they better hope nobody scores a surprise hat-trick for England in the final

https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/the-story-of-an-italian-pitch-invader-turned-soccer-pro-who-left-india-to-help-ukraine-refugees-flee-to-poland/ I think he's been too busy for pitch invasions lately

I remember how Scotland reached those Finals...

You mean 1986?

No, the answer I was looking for was Turkey, Tunisia, Trinidad, Togo and Ten-man Uruguay...

Actually this reminds me of the old quiz question. Name 5 teams beginning with the letter "T" who have played in the World Cup?

I have a strange feeling that 22 players will not be on the field at the end of Portugal versus Uruguay....

Gabor Csapo, Olympic champion with the Hungarian water polo team in 1976 and Erzsébet Vasvári-Pongrátz, a Hungarian who competed in shooting at Barcelona 1992 have died in the last few days

All depends on tonight, if Spain don't win tonight then Japan will probably have to beat Spain to qualify

Of course it will be much funnier if Germany beat Costa Rica 12-0 and still finish 3rd in the group...

Live coverage of the Japanese fans commenting on their performance today

Well, if Spain beat Germany, surely Spain and Japan will play out a 0-0 draw?

Costa Rica have now scored with 100% of their "shots on target". World record, surely?

Silver for Brad Hall in the 4 man Bob World Cup race in Canada. The bobsleigh and skeleton teams are really on form so far

One of the best things about the coverage in the UK is the option to play the radio commentary alongside the TV pictures.

At least you're not from with a family history from . I've not had a good World Cup so far...

That's how it works in the UK. A proper commentator does the main work with an ex-player making comments when needed

Football - Men's Tournament So in 1908 and 1912 were dominant but their opposition was weak, in the 20s and the of 2004 were great too. But for me the Mighty Magyars of in Helsinki were one of the 2-3 best teams in history, even if they never won the World Cup. To be honest, I can't imagine anybody voting for another team and if you did you're wrong. Volleyball, men's tournament Not a sport in which I can claim to be an expert in but I'll go for here Volleyball, women's tournament Again not a sport in which I can claim to be an expert in but luckily of the 90s were so good it makes an easy choice Fencing - Women's Team Foil Tough choice between and but Italy were a little more dominant in their wins Fencing, men's Team Sabre. Has to be especially the 1952 team which won every match very easily

You've just reminded me of the Syrian referee at the 1994 World Cup. Couldn't have been a bigger clown if he wore a bright red nose and giant shoes.

Astonishingly the 3rd sports star to die of the same disease in 5 days. Scottish rugby legend Doddie Weir