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- Forlan claims top honour from FIFA
Uruguay's Diego Forlan has won the FIFA Golden Ball as the outstanding player at the World Cup.
The Atletico Madrid man scored five goals, including a couple of stunners against Ghana and Germany, as Uruguay exceeded expectations to reach the semi-finals and then lose the third-place play-off 3-2 to Germany.
Fo View more »- Finalists head Golden Ball nominees
Ten players have been shortlisted for FIFA's player of the tournament award, including three from Spain and two from fellow finalists Holland.
The player will be announced after Sunday's final based on votes from journalists accredited for the World Cup.
The 2010 shortlist - which does not include a single goalkeep View more »- Milla hits out at poor performance
Roger Milla believes the display by the African nations at the World Cup has been disappointing.
The former Cameroon international - a star at the 1990 World Cup in which he scored four goals on the way to defeat to England in the quarter-finals - also hit out at his own nation's woeful display in the tournament, View more »- Finalists head Golden Ball nominees
Ten players have been shortlisted for FIFA's player of the tournament award, including three from Spain and two from fellow finalists Holland.
The player will be announced after Sunday's final based on votes from journalists accredited for the World Cup.
The 2010 shortlist - which does not include a single goal View more »- Trio named for young player award
Germany midfielder Thomas Muller, Mexico forward Giovani dos Santos and Ghana midfielder Andre Ayew have made the three-man shortlist for the young player of the World Cup.
The trio for the Hyundai award were announced by FIFA's technical study group on Friday.
Muller, who has scored four goals, is the favourit View more »- World Cup top 10
World Cups give Premier League managers the opportunity to expand their horizons and discover players who may have eluded their intensive scouting systems; here are 10 that may have caught the eye of the Premier League.
Flying high: could Siphiwe Tshabalala's World Cup heroics for South Africa alert Premier League View more »- Blatter rules out 'penalty goals'
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has rejected any possibility of 'penalty goals' being brought in following Luis Suarez's handball that denied Ghana a World Cup semi-final place.
Blatter did say however that any law changes being considered as a result of the Uruguay striker's actions would be discussed at the Internat View more »- Luis Suarez: A hero in Uruguay, a cheat everywhere else - but if Rooney had done it he'd be a hero too
The look on the face of Uruguay boss Oscar Tabarez told its own story.
Twenty four hours before the biggest game of his life, the World Cup semi final, and a group of English journalists were still quizzing him about the red card for Luis Suarez.
Predictably, Tabarez got annoyed, brushed aside the questions and dis View more »- Van Persie set to lead Dutch line
Robin van Persie will start up front for Holland when they face Uruguay in the World Cup semi-final on Tuesday.
The Arsenal striker had been a doubt after injuring his elbow against Brazil in the quarter-final but has been given the all-clear and will be hoping to fire the Dutch to their first World Cup final sinc View more »- Van Marwijk ready for battle
Holland coach Bert van Marwijk is predicting a battle royal against the "fighters" of Uruguay in Tuesday's semi-final but believes his Dutch players have added some steel to their renowned brand of attractive football.
The Dutch are the clear favourites to make it to Sunday's final, especially with Robin van Persi View more »
