Diana Ross’ Infamous 1994 World Cup Penalty: The Iconic Miss

At the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, the opening ceremony had a surreal moment: pop superstar Diana Ross stepped up to take a penalty kick. Dressed in a white suit, she fired the ball toward the goal, but it curled wide of the post and missed the net entirely. The goalkeeper, a young boy, had already dived in the opposite direction, making the miss all the more theatrical. Despite the glaring error, the penalty became one of the tournament’s most iconic highlights. Ross’s shot was n...