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- Rehhagel graceful in defeat
Greece boss Otto Rehhagel admitted that his team were second best after watching them lose their World Cup opener 2-0 to South Korea.
South Korea took the lead at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth with just seven minutes gone when central defender Lee Jung-soo volleyed home Ki Sung-yueng's free-kick View more »- Maradona has a taste for success
Diego Maradona wants his Argentina side to get "the flavour of winning" after they opened their World Cup campaign with a 1-0 victory over Nigeria and the coach compared Lionel Messi's love for the ball to a child's love for chocolate.
Argentina created a series of excellent openings in the Group B match but took just View more »- Capello defends keeper delay
Fabio Capello defended his decision not to name his goalkeeper until a couple of hours before kick-off after seeing Robert Green make a howler in the 1-1 draw against the United States in England's opening World Cup encounter.
Green fumbled a 25-yard shot from Clint Dempsey and watched the ball spin behind him and tri View more »- England v USA: Wayne Rooney left frustrated as Americans keep striker subdued
Close attention: Wayne Rooney found little space against the USA
As the seconds ticked by before England’s World Cup started, before the release of weeks of tension, build-up, expectation and desire, Wayne Rooney gave a little indication he was feeling the pressure. He licked his lips in that dry-mouthed, edgy w View more »- The good picture from Group B
The excellent coach: Diego Maradona
View more »- Click to World Cup heroes: Maradona
Keith Hackett's official answers appear in Sunday's Observer and here from Monday.
View more »- Florent Malouda's angry silence speaks of French ills
- This is awkward. Harry Kewell's soap-star wife is crying and it is my fault. It is March 2006 and we are at a fashion awards night in London and it feels as though the party has come to a record-scratching halt. There is no intent to make Sheree Murphy's mascara run: we have simply been chatting about her husband's sto View more »
- ITV apologises after England World Cup 2010 goal gaffe
- ITV was forced to apologise following an "interruption" to its live coverage of England's opening World Cup game that caused viewers to miss Steven Gerrard's goal. Viewers of the channel's high definition HD service reported the channel had temporarily gone down at the moment England scored their first goal of the com View more »
- The World Cup: Only a game
- What are those things? The must-have accessory for South African football fans is cross between a trumpet and a hunting horn which they blow incessantly throughout the games. In its standard form, made of plastic and played en masse by spectators, it emits – so experts assure us – a low, moaning B-flat. B View more »
- Gerrard's flying start ruined by Americans' rub of Green
Jeepers keepers: Rob Green somehow lets Clint Dempsey's shot slip through his fingers
After the build-up, the let-down. The 24 hours that had been designated England Football Day culminated in one of those frustrating opening games the country often produces to begin a major tournament. As against Paraguay four years 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 |
