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- Okazaki, Japan's lethal weapon
- By any standards, Shinji Okazaki's rise to prominence has been meteoric. He debuted just 18 months ago and since then the 23-year-old has already accrued 16 goals at a strike rate of better than a goal every other game. Last calendar year proved memorable for Okazaki who scored 15 times for Samurai Blue, including fir View more »
- Inkoom: Ghana can go all the way
- Since playing his way into the hearts of the Black Stars fans last year, 20-year-old defender Samuel Inkoom has become one of the most important members of Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac's squad, epitomising an exciting new generation of players in the national team known as the 'young and wild ones.' The right-back made View more »
- Schwarzer: We are quietly confident
- Though in the twilight of his career Australia goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer is enjoying rare form for both club and country. The Socceroos No1 for several years now, Schwarzer played a major role in his country reaching successive FIFA World Cups™ for the first time. His well-documented penalty shoot-out heroic View more »
- Switzerland team at World Cup 2010
Key men: Alexander Frei (up) and Johan Djourou could have big roles to play for Switzerland
The Coach: Ottmar Hitzfeld (German, 60). Appointed: July 2008. WC experience: Player: None. Coach: None.
Der General is in international management for the first time, having rejected the chance to coach his native Germany i View more »- Wilson Palacios: Honduras star player at World Cup 2010
Strength in character: Wilson Palacios helped his country qualify despite news that his brother had been murdered
Palacios is just as fearsome a presence for Honduras as he is for Tottenham. Such determination, however, has been forged in great adversity.
When Palacios, once a stalwart for Wigan, scored his first go View more »- Alcaraz and Albirroja aim for semis
- Keen for the praise to fall on those who earned it most, Antolin Alcaraz positively glowed with gratitude as he savoured Paraguay's recent form. “The success of this team is down to the coach,” the defender told FIFA.com, with just two months to go before he and his colleagues touch down in South Africa for View more »
- Lagerback: No limits for Nigeria
- Lars Lagerback is Nigeria’s 23rd expatriate coach since Englishman John Finch in 1949, but he is the first Scandinavian to handle the Super Eagles. Always considered something of a long-shot to get the post ahead of former England bosses, Sven Goran-Eriksson and Glenn Hoddle, the Swede apparently dazzled his inte View more »
- All's well that ends well
- Once the Taeguk Warriors' automatic choices up front, at present Ahn Jung-Hwan and Lee Dong-Gook are nervously waiting for their chances to take part in what would probably be their last FIFA World Cup™. The two strikers used to work in tandem with one another during the qualifying for Germany 2006, but four year View more »
- Low open to Kuranyi discussions
- Kevin Kuranyi's chances of returning to the Germany squad have been given a boost after coach Joachim Low revealed the issue would be on the agenda at a meeting of technical staff next week. Kuranyi has not figured for Germany since he walked away from the squad at half-time of their FIFA World Cup qualifier with Russ View more »
- France Coach Raymond Domenech 'Very, Very Worried' That Arsenal's William Gallas Will Not Be Fit For World Cup 2010
Gunners star out for rest of Premier League season with calf injury...
France boss Raymond Domenech has admitted his concern with regards to the fitness of centre-back William Gallas following the calf injury he sustained during Arsenal's 2-2 draw with Barcelona in the Champions League.
Gallas, who had originally b 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 |
