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- Fernandes strike stuns Spain
- Switzerland stunned European champions Spain in the first big upset at the World Cup with a narrow 1-0 win in the teams' Group H opener in Durban. Despite the Spaniards dominating possession, the Swiss took a surprise lead in the 52nd minute with Gelson Fernandes firing past goalkeeper Iker Casillas. Spain's Xabi Alo View more »
- Chile beat Honduras for first World Cup win since 1962
Honduras 0 Chile 1 Beausejour 34
Jean Beausejour secured Chile's first World Cup win since 1962 as the South Americans made an impressive tournament entrance against Honduras.
Beausejour rewarded coach Marcelo Bielsa for his attacking approach by claiming the only goal after 34 minutes of an entertaining Gro View more »- Beausejour seals Chile win
- Jean Beausejour secured Chile's first World Cup win since 1962 as the South Americans made an impressive tournament entrance against Honduras with a 1-0 win. Beausejour rewarded coach Marcelo Bielsa for his attacking approach by claiming the only goal after 34 minutes of an entertaining Group H encounter at Nelspruit' View more »
- Brazil 2 North Korea 1
Read a full match report of the World Cup 2010 Group G game between Brazil and North Korea at Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg on Tuesday June 15 2010.
It’s official. There is definitely something iffy about this Jabulani ball. Even the Brazilians struggle with it although Maicon’s extraordinary goal, f View more »- Brazil off and running
- Brazil began their quest for a sixth world crown with a 2-1 victory over North Korea at Ellis Park but it was far from a vintage display from Dunga's men against hard-working opposition. The Koreans, ranked 85th in the world, kept Brazil at bay for 55 minutes until Maicon's cross-cum-shot swerved in at the near post a View more »
- Half Time: Cote d'Ivoire 0-0 Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo Threatens In Quiet Opening Half
One of the glamour ties of the group stage is scoreless at the interval...
Portugal and the Didier Drogba-less Cote d'Ivoire played out a dull first half as their World Cup Group G encounter remained scoreless at half time in Port Elizabeth.A continent held its breath and then received the unfortunate but admittedly View more »- New Zealand 1-1 Slovakia: Last-Gasp Equaliser Stuns Slovakia In Rustenburg
New Zealand snatch a point in dramatic circumstances in injury time...
New Zealand claimed their first ever World Cup finals point with a dramatic equaliser in stoppage time from defender Winston Reid with just seconds remaining on the clock.
Slovakia had thought they had done just enough to win after Robert Vitte View more »- World Cup 2010: Dirk Kuyt taps in to seal win for Holland over Denmark
Holland 2 Agger (og) 46, Kuyt 85 Denmark 0
Whisper it softly, but though Holland got off to a winning start in Group E their performance was not that much better than England's. The Dutch fans must be hoping their team are slow starters too.
Holland did not concede a comedy goal like England, but they mostly View more »- Azzurri fight back for draw
De Rossi: Grabs the equaliserWorld Cup holders Italy were forced to fight back from 1-0 down as they earned a 1-1 Group F draw in their opener with Paraguay in Cape Town.
The Azzurri were stunned by a late first-half header from Antolin Alcaraz which handed Paraguay a shock lead.
While the defending cham View more »- Italy held in opener
- Defending champions Italy had to come from behind to salvage a 1-1 draw in their World Cup Group F opener against Paraguay in Cape Town. Having played well in the first half at Green Point Stadium the 2006 winners were shocked when Wigan-bound defender Antolin Alcaraz rose to head home a 39th-minute free-kick. Italy' 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 |
