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FIFA says the USA finished third at World Cup 1930… but did they?

The original World Cup trophy, as seen in 1930 Getty Images World Cup 2026 co-hosts the United States are not considered among the most prominent nations in football history. But an underappreciated ...

A brief history of the World Cup in numbers

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe are among the players with records in their sights at this summer's ...

13 innovations that didn’t exist when the first World Cup was played

Innovations That Didn’t Exist When the First World Cup Was Played The first FIFA World Cup took place in Uruguay in 1930, ...

6 Influential People Who Were Alive During the First World Cup

From writers and actors to physicists and athletes, these six figures in history were alive during the first World Cup in ...