The Daily Five: Sunday, 23 August 2026
The set the whole world played that day, with answers and the stories behind them.
1 of 5 · Euro 2016
Which team knocked England out of Euro 2016 in the round of 16?
- Iceland
- Wales
- Slovakia
- Northern Ireland
2-1 in Nice, and the thunderclap went around the world.
2 of 5 · World Cup 1930
Who scored the first goal in World Cup history?
- Lucien Laurent
- Guillermo Stábile
- André Maschinot
- Bert Patenaude
The amateur Peugeot factory worker volleyed in Libérati's cross after 19 minutes against Mexico, and nobody on the pitch realised history had just been made.
3 of 5 · Ballon d'Or
Which goalkeeper is the only one to have won the Ballon d'Or?
- Lev Yashin
- Dino Zoff
- Gianluigi Buffon
- Manuel Neuer
1963, for the Soviet Union and Dynamo Moscow. — read the legend's page
4 of 5 · World Cup
Who scored the goal that ended co-hosts South Korea's 2002 run, four minutes after the booking that ruled him out of the final?
- Michael Ballack
- Oliver Neuville
- Miroslav Klose
- Bernd Schneider
Ballack took the yellow hauling down Lee Chun-soo, knowing it meant missing the final, then won the semi anyway; Germany lost to Brazil without him.
5 of 5 · One-club men
Francesco Totti played for Roma from 1993 to 2017, a quarter of a century in one shirt. How many league titles did he win?
- One
- None
- Two
- Three
The 2001 Scudetto under Fabio Capello was the only one; Totti stayed anyway, captained Roma for a generation and retired at 40. — read the legend's page