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- England defender Ledley King insists his knee will cope with campaign
Ledley King believes he can replace Rio Ferdinand in England's defence and play a full part in the World Cup.
With captain Ferdinand ruled out of the tournament with a knee injury, King looks set to partner John Terry, ahead of Jamie Carragher, at the back.
That could mean playing as many as seven games in the month View more »- US over Australia 3-1
- ROODEPOORT, South Africa (AP)—The dress rehearsal could not have gone much better for the United States. In a small stadium near an open field in a suburb west of Johannesburg, the Americans beat Australia for the first time, a 3-1 victory Saturday on a sun-splashed autumn afternoon that filled the U.S. players View more »
- Ghana beats Latvia 1-0
- MILTON KEYNES, England (AP)—Substitute Quincy Owusu-Abeyie scored a late goal Saturday to help Ghana beat Latvia 1-0 in its final warmup match before the World Cup in South Africa. Owusu-Abeyie shot past Latvia goalkeeper Andris Vanins in the 89th minute. Until then, Ghana had failed to convert its many chances View more »
- Slovakia beats Costa Rica 3-0
- BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP)—Robert Vittek and Stanislav Sestak scored a goal each Saturday to lead Slovakia to a 3-0 victory over Costa Rica despite an injury to key defender Martin Skrtel in a World Cup warmup match. Douglas Sequeira’s own-goal gave Slovakia the lead in the 16th minute. The Costa Rica defen View more »
- Cote D'Ivoire Beat Japan 2-0 In Friendly Win
Captain limps off pitch as concerns grow over suspected elbow fracture injury...
Cote D'Ivoire beat Japan 2-0 in a pre-World Cup warm up match on Friday in Sion, Switzerland. But coach Sven-Goran Eriksson will see the result as a loss after losing captain Didier Drogba to a suspected fractured elbow.
It was Drogba View more »- France 0-1 China
A famous win for the Great Wall side...
France stumbled once more in their build up to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa by losing 1-0 to underdogs China in Saint-Pierre, Reunion.
Shandong Luneng midfielder Deng Zhuoxiang scored just his second international game with fifteen minutes left to sink Raymond Domenech' View more »- Spain 1 South Korea 0
In his stride: Jesus Navas scores his first goal for Spain against South Korea
Cesc Fabregas might be the world's most wanted footballer just now, yet his relatively lowly place in the hierarchy of an utterly regal Spanish midfield also remains clear.
Thursday was Fabregas’s first match since breaking his l View more »- Germany 3 Bosnia 1
Bastian Schweinsteiger scores Germany's third goal from the spot
Bastian Schweinsteiger converted two penalties in four minutes to give Germany a morale-boosting 3-1 win over Bosnia in their final World Cup warm-up game.
Germany looked sluggish in the first-half but substitutes Thomas Müller, Marko Marin and View more »- Italy 1 Mexico 2
Shh: Carlos Vela scored first for the Mexicans Mexico secured a 2-1 victory on Thursday in their final friendly before next week's World Cup opener over a rusty Italian side that still have work to do if they are to retain their title.
The world champions, whose previous match was a 0-0 draw with Cameroon in View more »- Zimbabwe 0-3 Brazil
The World Cup favourites displayed their footballing pedigree with a...
The first half of the encounter did not seem to be a true Brazil match, with few chances falling to either side, although Zimbabwe held their own and worked hard to keep the South Americans at bay.
It was only a matter of time however, and Braz 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 |
