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Hat tricks in World Cup: Full list of players to score three goals in tournament history as Lionel Messi nets treble in 2026 World Cup opener

Scoring a hat trick at the World Cup as good as it gets for a footballer, and it took Lionel Messi 20 years to discover the ...
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From gifting a hat to tossing them onto the rink, a history of hat tricks in sports

The men's hockey tournament at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games is underway and many fans are hoping to see the exciting feat of scoring three goals in a single game, better known as a hat trick. " I'm ...