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- Dario Vidosic backs Germany's young stars
Australia's Dario Vidosic, waiting in the wings should Brett Emerton miss their World Cup opener with injury, rates Germany's young breed as capable of firing a new generation of international stars.
Australia face a testing opener in Group D against the three-time World Cup champions in Durban.
Vidosic, who is t View more »- Spain 6 Poland 0
Read a full match report of the international friendly between Spain and Poland on Tuesday June 8 2010.
Fernando Torres marked his return from injury with a goal as Spain routed Poland 6-0 in their last World Cup warm-up match on Tuesday, but the European champions were left with doubts over Andres Iniesta after th View more »- Gareth Barry to miss opening group game with USA in Rustenburg
Gareth Barry will play no part in England's opening game in Rustenburg
The Manchester City midfielder who remained a doubt for Fabio Capello's 23-man squad had made a quicker than expected recovery from the ankle injury he suffered last month.
After being handed a deadline of June 13, the day after the USA game, to View more »- Fifa blame ticketing policy for Nigeria-North Korea problems
Fifa have blamed ticketing policy for the crowd problems that occured at the Nigeria-North Korea World Cup warm-up.
Sixteen people, including two police officers, were injured when a stampede occurred at the Johannesburg ground where fans were trying to get in to watch Nigeria take on North Korea in a pre-World Cup fr View more »- Platinum Stars v England - as it happened
Wayne Rooney will not start for England in their practice match against Platinum Stars today
Follow today's game live with the Telegraph team on Twitter.
FULL TIME Platinum Stars 0 England 3 There we are, then. Defoe, Cole and Rooney on the scoresheet, several moments of promise but few of brilliance, several moment View more »- Edson Buddle double lifts creaky USA over Australia
USA 3-1 Australia
This eventful match in Roodepoort held the crowd's interest, but the array of incidents would have been a particular pleasure to the watching Franco Baldini, England's general manager. The three goals for the victors will have counted for less than the realisation that the USA lacked resilience and View more »- Switzerland hold World Cup holders Italy to draw
Switzerland 1-1 Italy
The World Cup holders Italy were held to a draw by Switzerland in their final warm-up match before heading to South Africa.
Udinese's Gokhan Inler put Switzerland ahead in the 10th minute, but Fabio Quagliarella, a late addition to Marcello Lippi's squad, levelled four minutes later. However, View more »- Holland keep Arjen Robben in World Cup 2010 squad despite injury
• Winger given time to recover from hamstring trouble• Holland begin campaign on 14 June against Denmark
Arjen Robben is remaining in Holland's World Cup squad after the winger's hamstring injury proved less serious than first thought following a scan today.
The Dutch FA said he damaged his left hamstri View more »- FA in safety talks after crowd crush
Concerns over England warm-up after 15 people are injured in Johannesburg stadium stampede
The Football Association last night sought assurances that England's World Cup warm-up match today against a local South African club would be safe after a stampede involving supporters at a similar game outside Johannesburg s View more »- France heading for early exit, says Marcel Desailly
Marcel Desailly (right) celebrates France winning the World Cup in 1998
And on Sunday their former captain, Marcel Desailly, added to the sense of crisis by declaring that he did not expect Les Bleus to even reach the last 16, never mind have any prospect of winning the tournament. He tipped Uruguay and a resurgent So 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 |
