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- Preview: Argentina - Mexico
Diego Maradona’s Albiceleste have a perfect record in the competition to date, but el Tri will be no pushovers...
Kick Off: Sunday, June 26, 2010. 16:00 CET Soccer City, Johannesburg
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Argentina View more »- England out as Germany shine
- England suffered the pain of German revenge as Fabio Capello's men made a controversial World Cup exit with a 4-1 defeat. The Three Lions had hoped 44 years of hurt would end in South Africa. It did. German hurt. When Frank Lampard's first-half shot crashed off the bar and bounced a clear two feet over the line, only View more »
- Germany 4-1 England: Brilliant Germany Dismantle Unlucky Three Lions
The rivals put in an exciting contest at Bloemfontein...
Frank Lampard's disallowed strike has left England trailing at Free State Stadium, as Germany lead 2-1. Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski scored and it looked comfortable, but Matthew Upson's tally has turned this into one of the best matches of the World Cup View more »- Zola backs Prandelli
Gianfranco Zola believes Cesare Prandelli is the right man to take Italy forward after their shock exit from the World Cup.
Prandelli has been appointed as successor to Marcello Lippi, whose Italy side were eliminated in the group stages in South Africa following a 3-2 defeat against Slovakia.
"I definitely like him, View more »- Del Bosque backs mis-firing Torres
Fernando Torres may not have hit top form in the World Cup yet but Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque insists the Liverpool striker remains a major threat to opposition defenders.
Torres had to play catch-up with regards to his preparations for the World Cup after missing the majority of Spain's build-up having underg View more »- We should play without fear - Barry
Gareth Barry has urged England to play with freedom and no fear when they face Germany in Sunday's World Cup last 16 clash in Bloemfontein.
The Manchester City midfielder believes Fabio Capello's side will be bubbling with confidence after reviving their hopes with an impressive 1-0 victory over Slovenia.
Barry, who View more »- Suarez keeps the dream alive
Matchwinner Luis Suarez is dreaming of winning the World Cup after firing Uruguay into the quarter-finals.
The 23-year-old Ajax striker curled home a superb 80th-minute winner to break South Korea's hearts in Port Elizabeth after seeing his opener cancelled out by Lee Chung-yong. That was the first goal Uruguay had co View more »- Rajevac: Ghana can go further
Ghana manager Milovan Rajevac believes the Black Stars' World Cup adventure is far from over after they reached their first quarter-final with a stunning 2-1 victory against the United States.
Asamoah Gyan scored the winning goal after three minutes of extra time in Rustenburg. Kevin-Prince Boateng had put Ghana ahead View more »- Final 16 celebration - the Japanese way
View more »- Vela returns for Mexico
Mexico will be boosted by the return to fitness of Arsenal forward Carlos Vela for their last-16 clash with Argentina after a hamstring injury kept him out of their final World Cup Group A match against Uruguay.
Gonzalo Higuain and Javier Mascherano are among the players expected to return to the Argentina team af 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 |
