Seemingly every newspaper and website in the world is having a series on the best or most important moments from World Cup history right about now. I can't compete with that, but I can mention some of the worst.
No. 1: Diana Ross
At USA 94, Diana Ross was the main attraction of the opening ceremony. An odd choice on many levels:, she’s not the kind of artist that I think many football fans would have liked (especially back then when football was a lot less female friendly than it is now) and her star was seriously on the decline by then; she hadn't had a top 10 album in the US since 1980 and a top 10 single since 1984. 19 of her previous 20 singles had even failed to chart in America at all.
Anyway, at one point in the ceremony, Diana was meant to kick a football into a goal, only it didn't quite go to plan. She spannered the ball hopelessly wide, made worse by the fact the goals fell apart as if her "goal" had broken them. Ever the pro, she kept on running and singing. And by singing, I mean lip-synching; and quite badly too, she doesn't even bother holding the microphone to her mouth much of the time. She does sing the odd bit over the backing tape to be fair though as the show goes on.
You can watch the whole 8 minute Diana Ross section of the opening ceremony by clicking here. You can also see her nipples poking through her top quite prominently towards the end of her performance too, if you're into that kind of thing.
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