Italy legend Roberto Baggio admits he ‘wanted to die’ after missing a decisive penalty kick in the 1994 World Cup Final against Brazil: ‘If I had had a knife, I would have stabbed myself.’ Baggio ...

Arrigo Sacchi insists he is grateful to Roberto Baggio and reveals ‘what exactly happened’ with the Divine Ponytail during the 1994 World Cup. Sacchi’s previous article on La Gazzetta dello Sport ...

Less than three weeks after his infamous penalty miss in the USA '94 Final, Roberto Baggio was asked about the incident that should be seen as the defining moment of the competition. “The murder of ...

Italy’s heartbreak and Brazil’s mastery are memorable moments of an event that proved a catalyst for the game’s global expansion A quarter of a century ago on Saturday millions of people all over the ...

For more than an hour of their last-16 clash with Nigeria, Italy were crashing out of the 1994 FIFA World Cup™. The Azzurri, who had seized bronze on home soil four years earlier and still boasted ...

Peter Ruffai, the Nigeria goalkeeper in the 1994 World Cup, sent a message to “legend” Roberto Baggio about that dramatic late Italy goal. The Azzurri were on the verge of elimination and down to 10 ...

Sharing a surname with the best player of his generation meant that Dino Baggio was forever living in someone else’s shadow, but he should be remembered as a great of Italian football By Emmet Gates ...

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 ...