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6-1 Russia’s Oleg Salenko scored a tournament-record five goals in one game during a 6-1 win over Cameroon at the 1994 World Cup in the United States. A record which he still holds to this day.

Trout fishing The Paradise Golf and Lake Resort where the Belgium team will be staying during the World Cup have stocked a lake with trout so that the squad can enjoy a spot of fishing to relax.

Hands Up! Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev has recorded several songs with popular Russian pop group Ruki Vverh! The name means Hands Up!