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- Arjen Robben 'haunted' by World Cup final miss
Arjen Robben has said he is being haunted by thoughts of his World Cup final miss.
Haunted: Arjen Robben feels he could have won the World Cup for Holland
The Holland winger went through one-on-one with Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas but saw his shot saved before Andres Iniesta grabbed a dramatic extra-time goal to View more »- FA full of praise for Webb
The FA have praised Howard Webb amid criticism of his performance in Sunday's stormy World Cup final, congratulating the English referee on a "well-handled" match.
I beg to differ: angry Joris Mathijsen argues with referee Howard Webb after he feels the goal scored by Andres Iniesta of Spain was offside
The 39-year- View more »- UK deputy PM’s wife hits out at Casillas coverage
- LONDON (AP)—The Spanish wife of Britain’s deputy prime minister has hit out at claims Spain captain Iker Casillas was distracted by his TV reporter girlfriend at the World Cup. Goalkeeper Casillas conceded in the opening game loss to Switzerland while girlfriend Sara Carbonero was working on the touchline. View more »
- Dutch celebrate 2nd place in World Cup
- AMSTERDAM (AP)—Hundreds of thousands of fans lined Amsterdam’s web of canals to cheer the World Cup runner-up Netherlands as the team cruised the waterways, swigging beer and blowing vuvuzelas, in an open-top boat on Tuesday. Looking to have finally shaken off the disappointment of the team’s third s View more »
- Thousands greet Spain's heroes
Hundreds of thousands lined the streets of Madrid to cheer Spain's national team as they paraded in an open top bus displaying the coveted World Cup
The victorious heroes arrived to a rapturous welcome as crowds of red and gold covered fans chanted "Campeones! Campeones! Campeones!"
In temperatures soaring to alm View more »- Tense time for Torres as Spain enjoy glory
It's a riot for Rafa Nadal but tense time for Torres as Spain enjoy gloryAs Spain’s favourite son Rafa Nadal celebrated his country’s World Cup triumph and a nation welcomed their heroes home on Monday, Fernando Torres’s joy was tinged by fears of another long injury lay-off.The striker faces a scan o View more »- Spain arrive home to heroes' welcome
National pride: thousands of Spaniards filled the streets of Madrid to greet their team home from Africa
I'm waving, I'm waving: less than 24 hours after winning the World Cup the country was still celebrating
True colours: an aerobatic group from the Spanish Air Force honoured the new World champions
Flag View more »- Howard Webb: My two hours of hell - English referee 'drained' by World Cup final ordeal
English referee Howard Webb has described Sunday's World Cup final as 'the most difficult two hours' of his career.
The Rotherham official admitted he was 'physically and emotionally drained' following the hellish experience of handing out a record 13 yellow cards and one red during Spain's 1-0 extra-time win View more »- Forlan credits team for award
Diego Forlan has dedicated his FIFA Golden Ball award for the outstanding player at the World Cup to his Uruguay team-mates and vowed he will not let the praise go to his head.
The Atletico Madrid striker scored five goals, including a couple of stunners against South Africa and Germany, as Uruguay exceeded expectatio View more »- Blatter laments Webb's hard task
FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes referee Howard Webb had a "very hard task" in the World Cup final between Spain and Holland that saw a record 14 yellow cards shown.
In a record for a final, Webb booked 13 different players - John Heitinga was shown two yellows followed by a red - in a fiery encounter that saw And View more »
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| 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 |
