After the controversy, Qatar delivered a World Cup that defied expectations

Every continent was represented in the last 16 for the first time

20 December 2022 - 20:46 By Martyn Herman

A World Cup that has defied all expectations reached its climax on Sunday when Lionel Messi join Diego Maradona in Argentine immortality by taking the South Americans to the title, and France failed to become the first nation to retain it since 1962...

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