Dembele becomes 1st player in 32 yrs to score hat-trick in 1st half of FIFA WC

France's Ousmane Dembele scored a hat-trick in first half against Norway in FIFA World Cup 2026, finding the net in 7th, 20th, and 32nd minutes. Dembele became first player to score a first-half World Cup hat-trick in 32 years. The previous player to achieve the feat was Russia's Oleg Salenko, who scored a first-half hat-trick at 1994 FIFA World Cup.