The Daily Five — Tuesday, 4 August 2026
The set the whole world played that day, with answers and the stories behind them.
1 of 5 · World Cup 1966
Who scored the goal that dumped Italy out of the 1966 World Cup?
- Pak Doo-ik
- Pak Seung-zin
- Yang Seung-kook
- Li Dong-woon
The North Korean's low finish just before half-time at Middlesbrough's Ayresome Park won it 1-0, and Italy flew home to a hail of rotten tomatoes at Genoa airport.
2 of 5 · World Cup 1958
How many goals did Just Fontaine score at the 1958 World Cup?
3 of 5 · Goalkeepers
Whose header did Gordon Banks somehow claw over the bar in the 'save of the century' at Mexico 70?
- Pelé
- Jairzinho
- Tostão
- Rivelino
Pelé was already shouting 'goal' when Banks scrambled across to flip the bouncing header over the bar, and Brazil still won 1-0 through Jairzinho. —
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4 of 5 · Legends
Only one African player has ever won the Ballon d'Or. Who?
- George Weah
- Samuel Eto'o
- Didier Drogba
- Yaya Touré
Weah won it in 1995 at AC Milan, the first year non-Europeans were eligible, and 22 years later Liberia elected him President.
5 of 5 · AFCON
Who beat Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties to win the 2012 AFCON, 19 years after a plane crash wiped out their national team off that same coast?
The 1993 crash into the sea off Libreville killed virtually the entire squad; in 2012 Zambia won their first title in that very city, Drogba blazed a penalty over in normal time, and Stoppila Sunzu buried the winning kick.
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