The former England centre defended his team's World Cup record of just one try in the past two games.
Jonny Wilkinson, a little short of his best kicking form, nevertheless notched 16 points and is just five short of Gavin Hastings' World Cup record 227.
Sinclair had also had a hit record the previous year when he was the lead voice on the Scotland football team's World Cup record We Have a Dream.
European champions Spain joined a select group of teams to record a perfect World Cup qualifying record, making it 10 wins out of 10 in Group Five with a crushing victory 5-2 over Bosnia in Zenica.
Match-winner Villa, who would have become Spain's record World Cup goalscorer with six goals if he had completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot, appeared more upbeat than his manager.
Along with Mark Waugh and compatriot Sachin Tendulkar he has a record four World Cup centuries.
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It was their third loss in four games after breezing through their first six at the World Cup with a 100% record.
Samoa's highlight came with a first-half try from Gavin Williams and the appearance in a record fifth World Cup for Brian Lima, as a replacement.
Fast-forward to 2013 and it is Vonn's turn to thank the elements as the American has been handed the World Cup downhill crown for a record sixth year in a row -- despite being sidelined with a serious knee injury.
Vonn, who won the downhill gold in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, is just three wins behind Annemarie Moser-Proll's record of 62 World Cup wins.
Since 1966, England have had a mixed record in the World Cup and have managed to reach the semi-finals on just one occasion in 1990.
Spain coach Jose Antonio Camacho said ending Spain's winless record in opening World Cup matches going back half a century was a huge weight off his shoulders.
Achille Webo and Samuel Eto were both on the scoresheet for the 'Indomitable Lions' who will set a new African record of six World Cup appearances in South Africa.
The 2010 tournament offers Parreira an opportunity to coach at a record-breaking sixth World Cup.
Egypt, African champions a record six times but World Cup qualifiers only once, face a difficult Group 12 assignment against the DR Congo in Kinshasa.
After taking silver at last year's World Championships behind New Zealand, Glover and Stanning won all three World Cup races this season and set an Olympic record in their heat.
Meanwhile, Tunisia beat Tajikistan 1-0 to maintain their perfect record at the under-17 World Cup.
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But there was nothing Valdez could do to prevent the prolific Villa from equalling Emilio Butragueno's Spanish record of five goals at a World Cup finals, which was set in 1986.
He was an integral part of Sir Clive Woodward's England side that triumphed at the 2003 World Cup, playing five matches and scoring an English record-equalling five tries in the pool game against Uruguay.
The goalless defeat further extends Greece's unenviable record of never having scored at the World Cup finals.
He will compete for the inside centre jersey with Mike Catt, 36 next month, who will equal Jason Leonard's England record of being selected for four different World Cup campaigns - 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007.
Absent of a particularly sparkling track record, British football fans are looking to this summer's World Cup in Munich with feelings of both excitement and trepidation.
Having won the fourth match of the series on Wednesday, England were hoping to continue their recovery and go on to record an unlikely 4-3 series win to take into their World Cup campaign, which begins against the Netherlands on 22 February.
Maze's 22nd World Cup podium pulled her level with Austrian legend Hermann Maier, having already broken her points record in a season.
With her 59th World Cup win overall, she's just three away from equaling Annemarie Moser Proell's record on the women's side.
It was the World Cup finalists' fourth successive defeat in 15 months at their home ground in front of a record 78, 808 crowd.
The Scots will hope to continue their remarkable kicking record - they are the only side who have not missed one in this World Cup.
Should he do so, Messi will become the first footballer to win the prestigious honor on four separate occasions -- a record that would be made all the more notable by the absence of a World Cup winner's medal in his cabinet.
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He also steered Australia to two ICC Cricket World Cup triumphs -- as well as playing in a third -- during which time they set a record of 34 consecutive victories: yet another record.
Now the Egyptian national coach, Bradley lasted until 2011 with the U.S. team, and had an overall record of 43 wins, 25 defeats and 12 draws, but he underperformed in the 2010 World Cup and thereafter, and supposedly played favorites, which seems to be the cardinal sin of all canned USMNT coaches.
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