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- Low: More to come from Germany
Germany strolled to a 4-0 victory over Australia in their World Cup opener and winning coach Joachim Low believes his team can get even better.
Goals from Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klose, Thomas Muller and Cacau gave the Germans a great start to their campaign, while the Socceroos were left to rue not only the result b View more »- Italy's Cool Hand Luke
In Italy, the girls always reckoned that in his younger days as an elegant defender at Sampdoria, Marcello Lippi was the spit of Paul Newman.
Up in smoke: Marcello Lippi will struggle to stop Italy being repaced as World Cup winners
"Such a good-looking b------ that he makes the rest of us look like Bela Lugosi," View more »- World Cup organiser may ban vuvuzela
The vuvuzela may face a possible stadium ban after complaints over noise levels. Their cacophonous din has so far been a soundtrack for the World Cup, to the delight of some and the profound annoyance of others. But organisers said that the vuvuzela, one of the most visible and certainly most audible motifs of View more »- Ledley King set to miss rest of World Cup
Ledley King has been effectively ruled out of the rest of the World Cup after picking up a groin injury against the United States on Saturday.
Injury problem: Ledley King has been effectively ruled out of the rest of the World Cup after picking up a groin injury against the United States on Saturday
The Tottenham View more »- Germany 4-0 Australia
The third place finishers from the 2006 World Cup, Germany, kicked off their 2010 Group Stage with an impressive 4-0 win over Australia.
Overall, it was a solid performance throughout the German side as they had goals from four different players and kept a clean sheet. The goals were scored by Podoski in the 8th min View more »- Germany sweep past Socceroos
Germany got their World Cup campaign off to a flying start with a resounding 4-0 win over 10-man Australia in Durban.
Lukas Podolski opened their account in the eighth minute before veteran Miroslav Klose doubled the lead before the half-hour mark. The Socceroos showed more determination after the re-start but saw the View more »- World Cup 2010: Miroslav Klose helps Germany put four past Australia
Germany, once again, are wasting little time showing the world why their name should always figure prominently when the list of potential World Cup winners is being put together. This is the sixth successive tournament in which they have won their opening game, and they did so here in a manner that suggests they are View more »- Lippi hints at Di Natale omission
- Italy coach Marcello Lippi has dropped the strongest hint yet that his country's best goalscorer will not start Monday's World Cup Group F opener with Paraguay. On Sunday night Lippi put his men through their paces in an 11-a-side practice match featuring what seems likely to be his starting XI, before telling the med View more »
- Bocanegra happy with taming Rooney
United States captain Carlos Bocanegra praised his players for limiting the threat of Wayne Rooney during their 1-1 World Cup draw with England in Rustenburg.
Rooney was restricted to only a couple of opportunities throughout the 90 minutes as the USA centre-backs Oguchi Onyewu and Jay DeMerit concentrated on deny View more »- Okada: We will attack
- Japan coach Takeshi Okada is quietly confident his side can return to winning ways in their opening game against Cameroon. Okada insists they will take the game to their opponents at the Free State Stadium. After a run of five warm-up matches without a victory and only one goal scored, he has been accused of negativi 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 |
