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- Del Bosque unhappy after defeat
Spain coach Vincente Del Bosque saluted Switzerland for their solid work in defence but insisted they did not deserve victory over his side in Durban.
Gelson Fernandes struck the only goal as Switzerland, executing coach Ottmar Hitzfeld's game-plan to perfection, beat Del Bosque's European champions 1-0 in the big View more »- Parreira rages at referee
South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira slammed referee Massimo Busacca after seeing Bafana Bafana's hopes of making the last 16 of the World Cup suffer a blow with a 3-0 defeat to Uruguay.
Uruguay took a first-half lead through Diego Forlan, who then doubled his side's advantage from the penalty spot 10 minute View more »- North Korean 'Fans' Actually Chinese Actors
North Korea fans cheer on their team during its 2-1 loss to Brazil in the World Cup on Tuesday
(Newser) – Remember those rambunctious North Korean fans who made the trek to South Africa to watch their country take on Brazil? They were supposedly “hand picked” by Kim Jong-Il. Well, turns out they were View more »- Viva Ronaldo – Love him or hate him, there's no denying we miss him
He complains of a lack of protection, he plays with a scowl on his face and there is a genuine of sense that he believes the World Cup revolves around him and him alone, but there is no doubt about it, the Premier League just isn’t the same without Cristiano Ronaldo.
Put aside for a moment the debate as to whe View more »- World Cup WAGs - Bianca Kajlich (USA)
This American beauty Bianca Kajlich is the ex-Mrs Landon Donovan, and is an accomplished TV Star and actress. She started her carrer as a ballerina and spent seven years with Olympic Ballet Theater before deciding to become a professional actress.
Bianca has appeared in numerous TV shows and also in the films ‘ View more »- World Cup WAGs - Julia Godicke (Germany)
After Germany's brilliant peformance against the Australians the other day, I thought it was time that we had a look at one of their gorgeous WAGs.
This is the extremely sexy Julia Grodicke, who is the ex-girlfriend of the German left back Marcell Jansen, and also has a child with his international team-mate Chris View more »- Rooney: England had no fear
Wayne Rooney has rejected suggestions that England played with "fear" during their draw with the United States in their World Cup opener.
Captain Steven Gerrard had given England a dream start in Rustenburg by giving them a fourth-minute lead but a howler from keeper Robert Green allowed Clint Dempsey to equalise as View more »- Beausejour makes it a beautiful day for Chile
Honduras 0 Chile 1
Jean Beausejour scored the only goal as Chile beat Honduras 1-0 in their Group H opening match yesterday to secure their first World Cup finals victory in 48 years.
"We have to enjoy this win, but there's another tough match coming and we have to win again," said the Chile forward Alexis Sanchez. View more »- Favourites fail to strike back in first major upset of finals
Spain 0 Switzerland 1
Maybe it is those infernal vuvuzelas. Whatever it is, something about South Africa disagrees with Spanish footballers. They have only lost twice in 48 matches since November 2006, both times here.
Last summer, in the Confederations Cup, Spain unexpectedly lost to the United States. If that wa View more »- Forlan at the double for Uruguay
Host nation South Africa were left facing the prospect of an early World Cup exit after slumping to a 3-0 defeat at the hands of a Diego Forlan-inspired Uruguay in Pretoria.
Forlan scored Uruguay's opening two goals, the first a deflected 25-yard effort and the second from the penalty spot late on after an inciden View more »
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The Top 3 Teams of Previous Tournaments
| 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 |
