The beauty of World Cup moments, and really of soccer moments as a genre, is their scarcity. Soccer is a game of physical and tactical struggle, often misinterpreted as monotony. A game of slow builds ...

As for the tournament's best young star, it was Kylian Mbappe who announced his arrival on the global stage. The Frenchman scored four times in Russia, including a goal in the final, to make him only ...

The fifth in our 'recent nostalgia' series, looking back at the behind the scenes World Cup stories from our journalists ...

Group G, 6/18/2018 9:00:00 PM ...

The 2018 FIFA World Cup got underway on June 14, with 32 national teams taking over Russia. Some of those nations have beautiful, eye-catching kits. Others, not so much. We've glossed over all 64 home ...