The biggest margin of defeat in World Cup history was Australia's 256-run win over Namibia in 2003.
New Zealand's defeat meant they failed to reach the semi-final for the first time in World Cup history.
Michael Owen became the third youngest player in World Cup history when he came on for Sheringham in the 85th minute.
Niall O'Brien (57 not out) helped wrap up the third highest run chase in World Cup history in the 48th over.
This was the day before the Australian medium-pacer went on to take the second best figures in World Cup history and inspire Australia to a dramatic victory over England.
Both moves are unprecedented in Brazilian World Cup history.
Wales has only ever qualified for one major tournament in its history, the World Cup back in 1958.
Lindsey Vonn has won four Overall World Cup titles, one of only two women in history.
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Despite Torres' stuttering form, the European champions have reached the World Cup semi-finals for the first time in their history and will meet Germany in Durban on Wednesday.
It was as much as could be expected for a team ranked 109th by FIFA, and far better than the naysayers expected, who pointed out that a World Cup has never been handed to such a lowly team in its history.
Domestic issues aside, Toure is looking ahead to 2010, when the World Cup will be held in Africa for the first time in its history -- a tournament in which the powerful midfielder has high hopes for his national side, Ivory Coast.
What followed in Paris is history, but for the fans who watched Ireland dominate the former World Cup winners on their own turf, Trapattoni would remind many that night that he can turn any side into an organised and at times thrilling attacking outfit.
The promise of the 1999 World Cup is that it will be graced by three of the very best players in the history of cricket.
In July, Spain made history by becoming the first international team in the history of the sport to win three consecutive major trophies: Euro 2008, World Cup 2010 and Euro 2012.
It has been a history filled with disappointment, including a last-place finish at the 1998 World Cup, a drubbing made all the more humiliating when the women's team won the World Cup in 1999.
Fergani, who captained Algeria at the 1982 World Cup finals, was part of a team adjudged to be the best in the country's football history.
With a handful of players with international league experience (Cha Jong-Hyok plays for Swiss FC Wil in Europe, and three others are on Japanese J-League and Russian teams), the team fell short in the group stage of the World Cup finals but played some brilliant soccer along the way and just may have created an opportunity for history.
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