๐จ The Norway national team marked their return to the World Cup for the first time since 1998 with a memorable celebration. As they look ahead to the 2026 tournament, the players took part in a special team photoshoot wearing retro shirts from the clubs where their football journeys began.
The photos showcase the squad in iconic kits from their childhood teams, paying tribute to the grassroots clubs that played a key role in their development.
The initiative shines a spotlight on the foundations of Norwegian football and the clubs that helped produce the players who ended the country's 28-year absence from the World Cup.
"We live in very different worlds."
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โ Best African Player of 2003: Samuel Eto'o.
โ Best African Player of 2004: Samuel Eto'o
โ Best African Player of 2005: Samuel Eto'o
โ Best African Player of 2006: Didier Drogba
โ Best African Player of 2009: Didier Drogba
โ Best African Player of 2010: Samuel Eto'o
โ Ivory Coast's all-time top scorer: Didier Drogba
โ Cameroon's all-time top scorer: Samuel Eto'o
โ Both scored more than 360 goals in their careers
โ Both won the Champions League by scoring in the final.
โ Both wrote their name in football history.
๐จ๐ฎ Didier Drogba: 792 matches and 365 goals.
๐จ๐ฒ Samuel Eto'o: 838 matches and 416 goals
You are looking at African Royalty. ๐
As we continue the countdown of the moments that helped shape footballโs greatest story, itโs time for No. 5 on the list. ๐โฝ๏ธ
Brazilian Ronaldoโs redemption in 2002.
Four years after the mystery and heartbreak of the 1998 final, and after a series of devastating knee injuries, many wondered if Ronaldo would ever return to his best.
Instead, he arrived in Korea and Japan to become the tournamentโs top scorer and lead Brazil to a fifth World Cup.
๐ฅ Episode 6 of my World Cup countdown.
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๐จ๐ด These guys were riding the cable car in Manizales when they passed directly over the stadium and captured one of the most beautiful football videos you'll ever see.
More than a game. It's a way of life. โค๏ธ๐จ๐ด
When Etienne Vaessen used a โFIFA trickโ to surprise the opposing attacker. ๐ฎ๐
๐ฃ๏ธ "I often play FIFA with my son, so you can do that too."
๐ง IQ: 1000.
๐ฃ๏ธ "I'm a goalkeeper, not a top model. My legs used to ache when playing on frozen ground or grass in the winter. So it's natural for me to wear tracksuit bottoms. It's a matter of comfort."
๐ญ๐บ Gabor Kiraly on why he wore his iconic tracksuit bottoms.
Marco Reus cried tears of sadness but was happy at the same time as his team-mates lifted the trophy.
Christian Vieri struggled for years afterwards.
Steven Gerrard walked along the beach in England shorts.
Robert Pires just wanted to be left alone.
Not much in football can be as devastating as missing a World Cup through injury.
In 2026, Hugo Ekitike, Rodrygo and Estevao are some of the high-profile absentees, but they are not the first to have had their dreams cruelly ended.
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๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Rio Ngumoha has become the 5th all-time youngest ever player to represent England at senior international level:
โช๏ธ Theo Walcott โ 17 years, 75 days
โช๏ธ Wayne Rooney โ 17 years, 111 days
โช๏ธ Jude Bellingham โ 17 years, 136 days
โช๏ธ James Prinsep โ 17 years, 252 days
โช๏ธ Rio Ngumoha โ 17 years, 281 days
๐ ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐๐๐๐: When Napoli ruled Serie A, they had ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Victor Osimhen. ๐
They were unstoppable together. ๐
Did you know? Mikel Arteta, Xabi Alonso and Andoni Iraola all played for the same boysโ club ๐ฒ
The incredible story of how three teammates from San Sebastian all came to manage top Premier League clubs ๐