This is a series re-assessing famous individual or team performances in World Cup history. Some will be legendary displays by established world-class players or performances that fell short, others ...

ENGLAND legend and World Cup winner Sir Geoff Hurst will be headlining a cruise ahead of the upcoming 2026 tournament in ...

It’s been just over 50 years since England’s World Cup victory against West Germany in 1966 and still to this day Geoff Hurst remains the first and only footballer to ever score a hat trick in a World ...

As each new World Cup approaches, I always turn my mind back to July 30, 1966, and the day that changed my life forever. At the turn of that year, I hadn't really considered being in manager Alf ...

The man who scored a hat trick in England's sole World Cup final win 44 years ago believes that current coach Fabio Capello is a similar sort of leader to Alf Ramsey, his 1966 counterpart. Geoff Hurst ...

Alf Ramsey’s prediction that “England will win the World Cup” at home was bold. After all, the home of football had done very little since returning to the FIFA fold in 1950. But Ramsey was prescient ...

LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) - The red shirt worn by England's hat-trick hero Geoff Hurst in the 1966 World Cup final victory over West Germany went unsold at auction on Tuesday after it failed to reach ...

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Moore never received the honour despite leading England to glory at Wembley, an oversight Hurst claims is "abysmal". The 83-year-old was knighted after scoring a hat-trick in the final against Germany ...

Geoff Hurst states emphatically that his go-ahead goal for England in the 1966 FIFA World Cup final crossed the line, while two West Germany players disagree. It’s a discussion that has been raging ...