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  • Beckenbauer, Germany's Kaiser, is World Cup advertising king

    2006-06-23 16:01

    Franz Beckenbauer, who won the soccer World Cup both as player and team coach and is referred to in Germany as the ``Kaiser,'' is the highest-grossing marketing personality at the 2006 tournament.

  • Maradona remains center of Argentina soccer show

    2006-06-23 09:23

    Argentinian soccer remains the Diego Maradona show.

  • Yao Ming back home in Shanghai

    2006-06-22 07:30

    Chinese NBA star Yao Ming has returned to his home in Shanghai on Wednesday evening. According to Yao's agent Zhang Mingji, Yao has made significant progress in his recovery from foot surgery.

  • World Cup,an excellent adventure for Van Basten

    2006-06-20 10:40

    One moment he acts like a schoolboy, juggling a ball and mischievously playing word tricks with the German language.

  • 5-time World Cup coach enjoys being ordinary spectator

    2006-06-18 19:23

    Reveling in his status as an ordinary tournament spectator, five-time World Cup coach Bora Milutinovic said he never knew the experience could be so much fun.

  • Shaq looking forward to Father's Day

    2006-06-18 09:25

    This has already been a big year for Shaquille O'Neal.

  • Three Argentines reunited

    2006-06-16 15:07

    Three Argentine merchants yesterday retrieved their missing World Cup tickets that one of them left at an airport bank last week.

  • Beckham blasts 'sad' German writer who lampooned his family

    2006-06-14 09:38

    England captain David Beckham blasted the "sad" writer at a German tabloid who described his sister as "Fat-ham" and his mother as having the "smile of a peasant," a British daily reported.

  • The legend of Hiddink keeps growing

    2006-06-15 09:24

    The legend of Guus Hiddink keeps growing.

    He guided his native Netherlands to the semifinals at France in 1998 and his run to the semifinals with South Korea in 2002 was nothing short of stunning.

  • Kaka goal gives Brazil record-breaking win

    2006-06-14 08:54

    World champions Brazil became the first team in World Cup history to win eight successive matches in the finals when they opened their campaign with a 1-0 win over Croatia at the Olympiastadion on Tuesday.

  • Ronaldo's girlfriend says she won't pose nude

    2006-06-08 15:26

    One less thing for Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo to worry about in the run-up to the World Cup -- his supermodel girlfriend says she will never pose in the nude.

  • Shao returns to play in Germany

    2006-06-07 11:43

    Midfielder Shao Jiayi is to return to the German Bundesliga after Chinese Super League club, Beijing Guo'an, agreed to transfer terms with newly promoted Energie Cottbus, according to a Beijing newspaper.

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