{"id":2431,"date":"2026-06-10T11:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=2431"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:59:14","slug":"world-cup-how-has-world-changed-since-scotland-were-last-at-mens-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=2431","title":{"rendered":"World Cup: How has world changed since Scotland were last at men’s finals?"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Euro didn’t come into use until the year after.<\/p>\n

And it was that year too that Scotland’s first First Minister, Donald Dewar proclaimed “today there is a new voice in the land,” as the new parliament opened in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

There have been six First Ministers since, and one vote on independence in 2014.<\/p>\n

Glasgow hosted the Commonwealth Games in the same year, two summers after London welcomed the world for the Olympics. Hampden hosted a few men’s and women’s football games during that one.<\/p>\n

Including the 1998 title, won weeks before the jaunt to France, Celtic have won 21 Scottish top-flight titles since, that one in 98 – the Scottish Premier Division league title, as it was then called \u2013 ending nine years of dominance by Rangers.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the sport, a 22-year-old Tiger Woods was waltzing into the golfing world. He had just one major to his name – The Masters – but would go on to win a further 14.<\/p>\n

Roger Federer hadn’t even made his ATP debut, never mind won any of his 103 singles title – or his 20 majors, while Wimbledon’s winner in ’98, Pete Sampras earned \u00a343,500 more than women’s winner, Jana Novotna.<\/p>\n

Equal pay finally arrived in 2007 with last year’s winners – Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek – both receiving \u00a33m. Changed days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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