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- Sneijder dumps Brazil
- Wesley Sneijder dumped favourites Brazil out of the World Cup as Holland finally got the better of their South American nemesis with a 2-1 victory. But they had to come from behind to avenge their heartbreaking defeats of 1994 and 1998 and book their place in the semi-finals. Robinho, who had already had an effort ru View more »
- Torres set to continue
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque is expected to persist with Fernando Torres for Saturday's quarter-final against Paraguay.
The Liverpool striker has failed to hit the target at the World Cup, while Fernando Llorente looked more of a goal threat following his introduction against Portugal. However, Del Bosque has ba View more »- Preview: Uruguay - Ghana
The Celeste meet the Black Stars in a quarter-final encounter that few would have predicted...Kick Off: Friday, July 2, 2010. 20:30 CETSoccer City, Johannesburg
Delivering Dreams
After a 40-year absence from the World Cup quarter-finals, Uruguay, winners of the competition in 1930 and 1950, have made a spectacular View more »- Paraguay boss vows to attack Spain in quarter-final
Paraguay coach Gerardo Martino has leapt to the defence of his goal-shy attack ahead of Saturday's World Cup quarter-final with Spain in Johannesburg.
Spanish test: Euro big guns are up next for Martino
Martino has steered Paraguay to their first ever last-eight appearance at football's biggest tourname View more »- Holland v Brazil: match preview
Kicking off: Brazil coach Dunga and Holland's Bert van Marwijk Quarter final
Holland v BrazilNelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port ElizabethKick-off: Fri July 2, 3pm BSTTV: BBC1, BBC1 HD 2.30pm BST
These teams have met just three times in the World Cup previously – and all three have been epic battles.
In 1974, View more »- Holland ready to beat Brazil
Giovanni van Bronckhorst has warned Brazil that Holland are ready to break their World Cup stranglehold over them.
Confident: Holland believe that they can finally defeat Brazil in a World Cup finals
Holland have twice in recent times suffered heartbreaking exits at the hands of the five-times winners, going out at View more »- Coaches dismiss Webb conspiracy theories
The coaches of Uruguay and Ghana brushed aside conspiracy theories suggesting that English referee Howard Webb was replaced as the man in charge of their World Cup quarter-final.
No nonsense: Kaka is shown a yellow card by Howard Webb
It follows the controversy over Frank Lampard's disallowed goal against Germany. View more »- Coaches: No conspiracy over Webb
The coaches of Uruguay and Ghana have brushed aside conspiracy theories claiming English referee Howard Webb was replaced as the man in charge of Friday's World Cup quarter-final because of the controversy over Frank Lampard's disallowed goal.
A Uruguayan referee team led by Jorge Larrionda was in charge of the En View more »- Maradona taunts Schweinsteiger
Diego Maradona has mocked Bastian Schweinsteiger and accused Germany of nerves ahead of Saturday's World Cup showdown with Argentina.
Schweinsteiger has attacked Argentina's behaviour following the last-eight clash four years ago, when they lost on penalties. The Germany midfielder followed up by accusing the Sout View more »- Demichelis slams Terry
Argentina defender Martin Demichelis has lashed out at John Terry, claiming if he performs as badly against Germany as the England man did he would not be allowed home.
Although a war of words between Argentina and Germany has ignited a fuse between the two sides ahead of Saturday's World Cup quarter-final between 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 |
