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World Cups give Premier League managers the opportunity to expand their horizons and discover players who may have eluded their intensive scouting systems; here are 10 that may have caught the eye of the Premier League.
Flying high: could Siphiwe Tshabalala's World Cup heroics for South Africa alert Premier League View more »- Napoli eye former Liverpool winger
Jermaine Pennant has been offered a move to Italian giants Napoli.
Cash-strapped Real Zaragoza are ready to offload Pennant just a year after signing the ex-Liverpool winger because of their crippling financial problems.
That has alerted a host of Premier League clubs including Wolves, West Ham, Wigan and Stoke.
B View more »- Blatter rules out 'penalty goals'
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has rejected any possibility of 'penalty goals' being brought in following Luis Suarez's handball that denied Ghana a World Cup semi-final place.
Blatter did say however that any law changes being considered as a result of the Uruguay striker's actions would be discussed at the Internat View more »- Neuer: Germany lacked courage
Germany keeper Manuel Neuer claimed his side lacked the courage to beat Spain in Wednesday night's World Cup semi-final.
Although it took Carles Puyol's late header to set up a final meeting with Holland at Soccer City on Sunday, in truth, Germany were outplayed. It was a sad way for Joachim Low's young team to ex View more »- Pedro surprised by starting role
Spain striker Pedro has admitted he was surprised to start Wednesday night's World Cup semi-final ahead of Fernando Torres.
The Liverpool forward was dumped to the bench by coach Vicente del Bosque after failing to score a single goal in South Africa. Pedro repaid his manager's faith by producing an excellent perf View more »- Germany v Spain World Cup semi-final interrupted by one-fan pitch invasion
A one-man pitch invasion - complete with Superman T-shirt and vuvuzela - brought a halt to the World Cup semi-final between Germany and Spain after just four minutes of the match.
The individual, who appeared to be a Spanish fan, was quickly collared by security staff after escaping the stewards and running onto th View more »- Germany v Spain: Joachim Low backs Spain to win World Cup final
Germany coach Joachim Low believes Spain have the talent to overcome Holland in their first World Cup final.
Gracious: Germany coach Joachim Low conceded Spain were better than his side in the World Cup semi final.
A second-half header from Carles Puyol secured Spain's 1-0 win over Germany in the semi-finals of the View more »- Germany v Spain: supporters miss World Cup semi-final due to flight delays
Five planeloads of football fans headed for the World Cup semi-final between Spain and Germany suffered severe delays on Wednesday at Durban's King Shaka international airport, forcing some to miss the match.
Four planes from Johannesburg and one from Cape Town thought to be carrying around 400 passengers in total View more »- Germany v Spain: victory is a homage to Catalonia and the world's greatest club side
How fitting, how totally perfect, that a victory made in Barcelona with a goal fashioned in Barcelona should be scored by Senor Barcelona himself.
Flying machine: Barcelona's Pedro torments Germany's Bastian Schweinsteiger
And how ironic that a victory for the silk, style and skill of the finest club team the world View more »- World Cup 2010 Comment: Abandonment Of Philosophy Sends Germany Packing
Clark Whitney opines that Germany’s lack of confidence in their attack-minded strategy left them with no chance of winning tonight's match.
Just days ago, Germany coach Joachim Loew revealed his team’s plan for success, originally formulated in December.
“Our analysis was quite clear, we could only 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 |
