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View more »- World Cup WAGs - Caroline Fleming (Denmark)
Caroline Fleming (or Baroness Caroline Luel-Brockdorff to give her official name) is the girlfriend of the Arsenal and Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner.
She divorced from a rich banker and is reported to be worth over £400m, which would dwarf any riches that the Danish Player-of-the-Year could possibly have s View more »- Maradona's expressive face
View more »- Park pleased with Korea progress
South Korea captain Park Ji-sung was all smiles as his team reached their goal of making it to the last 16 of the World Cup.
The Manchester United midfielder earned the man-of-the-match award after his side's entertaining 2-2 draw against Nigeria on Tuesday night which secured second place in Group B and booked a View more »- Maradona: Bigger challenges to come
Argentina coach Diego Maradona admitted his side will face greater tests after their 2-0 victory over Greece at the Peter Mokaba Stadium made it three wins in succession in Group B.
Defender Martin Demichelis and substitute Martin Palermo scored the goals in the last 13 minutes after finally breaking through a det View more »- Evra to explain Les Blues woes
France captain Patrice Evra will call a press conference later this week to fully detail the reasons behind Les Bleus' disastrous World Cup campaign.
Raymond Domenech's team lost 2-1 to South Africa on Tuesday to finish bottom of Group A in a campaign in which Nicolas Anelka was sent home following a dispute with View more »- Milner set to start on the right
James Milner leads the race to replace Aaron Lennon
Fabio Capello will make a final decision on Wednesday morning on whether to include James Milner or Joe Cole in his starting XI for the must-win final Group C tie against Slovenia.
In the running: James Milner trains ahead of England's must-win match
The En View more »- Capello stands by final claim
Fabio Capello looked ahead to World Cup D-day declaring: "I am not crazy. We can reach the final."
Capello's pre-tournament assertion that England were capable of competing for the biggest prize in the game at Soccer City on July 11 has looked a little hollow over the past fortnight and they must beat Slovenia on View more »- South African supporters react to being knocked out
South African fans watch the last of their team's group stage matches against France at the Motherwell Township in Port Elizabeth
South Africa fans in Nelspruit pray for good luck during the game
Bafana Bafana fans gathered in Sandton fan park in the hope that South Africa could qualify for the 2nd round. View more »- Watch out England, France & Italy - the most stunning group stage exits in World Cup history
Each nation has tasted a bitter early departure in tournaments gone by...
Three previous World Cup winners are potentially just 90 minutes away from an ignominious group stage exit from the 2010 tournament.
The embarrassment and humiliation of turning their nation’s expectations – four years in the mak View more »
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| Years | Winners | Runner-up | Third place |
| 2006 | Italy | France | Germany |
| 2002 | Brazil | Germany | Turkey |
| 1998 | France | Brazil | Croatia |
| 1994 | Brazil | Italy | Sweden |
| 1990 | Germany | Argentina | Italy |
| 1986 | Argentina | Germany | France |
| 1982 | Italy | Germany | Poland |
| 1978 | Argentina | Holland | Brazil |
| 1974 | Germany | Holland | Poland |
| 1970 | Brazil | Italy | Germany |
| 1966 | England | Germany | Portugal |
| 1962 | Brazil | Czech | Chile |
| 1958 | Brazil | Sweden | France |
| 1954 | Germany | Hungary | Austria |
| 1950 | Uruguay | Brazil | Sweden |
| 1938 | Italy | Hungary | Brazil |
| 1934 | Italy | Czech | Germany |
| 1930 | Uruguay | Argentina | America |
