It was a World Cup full of stunning goals, epic entertainment, brilliant performances and many shocks. Sportsmail's Chris Wheeler reflects on Brazil 2014 and lists 10 reasons why it was the best ever.

It won the 2002 and 2010 Olympics (beating the USA in the gold medal games both times) and the 2014 Olympics (beating the Americans in the semifinals). It also won the 2004 and 2016 World Cup of ...

Here are 10 marketing plays that helped the 2014 World Cup become the most watched in history ... the Netherlands-Spain finals rematch, the USA-Ghana comeback match... these are the stories that ...

Did the USA co-hosting World Cup 26 play a factor in your decision ... 2010 before being left out of Jurgen Klinsmann’s Brazil 2014 squad. The Americans then failed to qualify for Russia 2018.

The 35-year-old has played a staggering 29 World Cup qualifiers, as well as six further play-off matches. Ukraine suffered heartbreak at the final stage of South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014 and Qatar ...

USA and Canada's first best ... to the Olympics for the first time since 2014 during the 2026 Milano Cortina Games. Two years later the World Cup of Hockey, which hasn't taken place since 2016 ...

Beyonce and Jay-Z perform together in 2014. / Robert Hanashiro ... Andy Abeyta/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK One major question surrounding the World Cup final halftime show is how exactly ...