
New Zealand snatch a point in dramatic circumstances in injury time...
New Zealand claimed their first ever World Cup finals point with a dramatic equaliser in stoppage time from defender Winston Reid with just seconds remaining on the clock.
Slovakia had thought they had done just enough to win after Robert Vitte View more »
Thirty-six female Holland fans were thrown out of their country's game against Denmark at Soccer City after Fifa officials accused them of wearing orange mini-dresses to promote an unlicensed beer brand.
South African newspaper the Star said the women were accused of "ambush marketing". Fifa only allows promotional View more »
France defender William Gallas is a minor doubt for their second World Cup Group A game after missing training with a muscular problem.
The Arsenal player, France's best remaining specialist centre-back, sat out Monday's session and was being assessed before training ahead of Thursday's clash with Mexico.
Gallas, who View more »
Wayne Rooney and Ashley Cole both took part in England's training session on Tuesday, having missed the session on Monday.
Rooney was forced to miss yesterday's session in order to receive treatment on a minor ankle injury sustained when he was kicked during the 1-1 draw with the USA.
However, after some work in th View more »
Jamie Carragher insists an astute piece of management from Fabio Capello has ensured England will not be affected too badly by the loss of Ledley King.
Critics have condemned Capello for taking a chance on King's fitness, which was placed under the microscope once captain Rio Ferdinand had been ruled out of the tourna View more »
Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba has been given the green light to play with a protective cast on his arm for the World Cup Group G match against Portugal.
The Chelsea forward's participation had been in doubt after he suffered a fractured arm in a challenge during a friendly match against Japan in the build-up to th View more »
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On June 13th, Berlin, Germany has held an erotic 'World Cup' of their own, complete with body painting. The two teams of players had their bodies painted in the likeness of German and Australian team uniforms – one team was called the “X-rated Movie Divas” and the other & View more »
Germany legend Franz Beckenbauer has accused England of playing "kick and rush" football and believes they are suffering for the lack of domestic players in the Barclays Premier League.
Beckenbauer saw Joachim Low's side record an impressive 4-0 win over Australia the day after England toiled to a 1-1 draw with the Un View more »
Japan's rising star Keisuke Honda savoured the moment after steering his side to a 1-0 victory over Cameroon in the World Cup, 24 hours on from his 24th birthday.
The Cameroon defence failed to cut out Daisuke Matsui's cross to the back post in the 39th minute and Honda reacted quickly. The CSKA Moscow midfielder prod View more »| 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 |