Fox picked the most iconic moments in World Cup history

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As the biggest sporting event in the world, and one that first began in 1930, the World Cup has surely delivered a multitude of iconic moments over the years. But which ones stand out as the very best? Fox Sports, the television host of this year's World Cup in the United States, decided to take on the challenge of figuring that out, and their choices should not be at all surprising. 10 2010 World Cup, South Africa.

Spain had never won a World Cup until 2010. The team built around the generational talents of players like Xavi and Andres Iniesta, utilized the Tiki-taka style of play built around short passing and ball possession to dazzle the soccer world and capture international immortality.

9 1998 World Cup, France

Led by Zinedine Zidane, one of the game's true maestros with a ball at his feet, France won its first ever World Cup on home soil, with a team representing a multi-cultural France, such as Zidane, the son of Algerian immigrants, and the Ghana-born Marcel Desailly.

8 Tardelli's celebration, 1982 World Cup, Spain

After Marco Tardelli scored the second of Italy's three goals in the final, which Italy went on to win, he ran towards the Italian bench, screaming and pumping his fists in celebration. "After I scored, my whole life passed before me - the same feeling they say you have when you are about to die," he later said. "The joy of scoring in a World Cup final was immense, something I dreamed about as a kid, and my celebration was a release after realising that dream. I was born with that scream inside me, that was just the moment it came out."

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