Rules of the Game: In the event that the game ball should burst or fail somehow during the run of play, the referee will immediately stop the match until the game can be resumed by calling for a drop ball at the spot of the failure with a fresh ball.
The mascot for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA was a dog character named Striker.
FC Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium has the largest official seating capacity in Europe: 98,787.
Of the 16 members of the USA's first World Cup team in 1930, five were born in Scotland and one in England.
199,854 people filled Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro to watch the 1950 World Cup final between Brazil and Uruguay.