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 ...

Ronaldo only made his Brazil return, following two-and-a-half years out, 40 days before Luiz Felipe Scolari named his squad for Korea/Japan 2002. Disaster had struck at the San Siro in November 1999.

Is anyone out there telling the truth? When it comes to the sale and transfer of players at the highest levels of the game, the depressing answer to that question appears to be a resounding, “No!” ...

SÃO PAULO, March 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- In the summer of 2002, Brazil's Ronaldo Nazário took the pitch with a haircut that would become as legendary as his goals. For 24 years, the "half-moon" style ...

At the 2002 World Cup, Ronaldo arrived looking for redemption. While sporting one of the most unique haircuts in football history, the Brazil striker found exactly what he was searching for. This is ...

World Cups are remembered through images as much as goals. Diego Maradona’s curls in 1986. Zinedine Zidane’s shaved head in 1998. In 2002, Brazil’s triumph became tied to something far less ...

How would the likes of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo look with the 'Fenômeno 2002' hairstyle? You can find out right here... There was a lot of speculation over the wacky hairstyle ...