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Read a full match preview of the World Cup 2010 Group A game between South Africa and Uruguay at the Loftus Versfield Stadium, Pretoria on Wednesday June 16 2010, kick-off 19.30 BST.
Group A
South Africa v UruguayLoftus Versfield Stadium, PretoriaKick-off: Wed June 16, 7.30pm BSTTV: BBC1 7pm, BBC1 HD 7pm
This is View more »- Fabio Capello believes Germany are scared of England
Fabio Capello believes that Franz Beckenbauer's damning criticism of the England team is because Germany are scared of meeting them in the World Cup.
According to sources, the England manager, who has a good relationship with Beckenbauer, has not taken the attack too seriously and merely regards it as an attempt to View more »- Brazil 2 North Korea 1
Read a full match report of the World Cup 2010 Group G game between Brazil and North Korea at Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg on Tuesday June 15 2010.
It’s official. There is definitely something iffy about this Jabulani ball. Even the Brazilians struggle with it although Maicon’s extraordinary goal, f View more »- Parreira expecting
South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira believes his side will be more confident going into Wednesday's potentially crucial World Cup showdown with Uruguay having got their first game under their belts.
Parreira revealed he is likely to keep faith with the majority of the side that drew 1-1 in their Group A ope View more »- Brazil edge North Korea clash
Brazil began their quest for a sixth world crown with a 2-1 victory over North Korea at Ellis Park but it was far from a vintage display from Dunga's men against hard-working opposition.
The Koreans, ranked 85th in the world, kept Brazil at bay for 55 minutes until Maicon's cross-cum-shot swerved in at the near po View more »- Brazil off and running
- Brazil began their quest for a sixth world crown with a 2-1 victory over North Korea at Ellis Park but it was far from a vintage display from Dunga's men against hard-working opposition. The Koreans, ranked 85th in the world, kept Brazil at bay for 55 minutes until Maicon's cross-cum-shot swerved in at the near post a View more »
- South Africa VS Uruguay: First game was toughest - Parreira
- South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira believes his side will be more confident going into their potentially crucial World Cup showdown with Uruguay having got their first game under their belts. The pressure was on the host nation heading into Friday's curtain-raiser against Mexico and nerves looked to play a par View more »
- Ramos eager to get started
Spain defender Sergio Ramos admits the European champions are now champing at the bit ahead of their World Cup opener against Switzerland on Wednesday.
Coach Vicente Del Bosque is just happy to have all of his Spain players available for selection. Fernando Torres, Cesc Fabregas and Andres Iniesta all suffered inj View more »- Del Bosque: We can make the World Cup great
- Spain coach Vicente del Bosque heads into his team's opening Group H game against Switzerland believing South Africa's tournament can still be remembered as the best World Cup of all time. Del Bosque said he and his players feel a sense of responsibility to make the tournament a success so the people in the host count View more »
- Spain eager to light up World Cup
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque heads into his team's opening Group H game against Switzerland on Wednesday believing South Africa's tournament can still be remembered as the best World Cup of all time.
Del Bosque said he and his players are determined to help make the tournament a success so the people in the host 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 |
