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  • Ronaldo laughs off insults

    2006-05-30 15:31

    Brazil striker Ronaldo says that continued speculation about his weight is sparked by lack of knowledge and the media having nothing better to talk about.

  • Look out for the secret signals at World Cup matches

    2006-05-30 14:27

    If the play gets boring at the World Cup, watch out for the secret signals between the match officials running the game.

  • World Cup betting likely to touch billion pounds

    2006-05-30 06:40

    Up to one billion pounds ($1.89 billion) is expected to be placed through British bookmakers on the June 9 to July 9 World Cup in Germany.

  • Brazil fans unhappy with training camp

    2006-05-30 10:53

    Some Brazilian soccer fans are unhappy because they can't get to see the players at training camp.

  • German police stick to plans despite stabbings

    2006-05-30 09:11

    Berlin's police chief insisted on Monday there was no need to tighten World Cup security plans after a drunken youth stabbed more than 30 people at a street party in the German capital last week.

  • Rooney's foot tops the bill again

    2006-05-30 08:55

    Wayne Rooney's broken foot, never far from the headlines, was back at the top of England's World Cup agenda again on Monday after Manchester United agreed to bring forward the striker's next scan by a week to June 7.

  • Bangladesh university suspends exams for World Cup

    2006-05-29 15:48

    A Bangladesh university has postponed exams until after the World Cup finals after hundreds of students lay siege to the vice-chancellor's office.

  • Torres' talent threatens to outshine icon Raul

    2006-05-29 05:47

    Real Madrid icon Raul is already playing catch-up in Spain's pre-World Cup goalscoring and popularity charts with his cross-city rival at Atletico, Fernando Torres.

  • Students force university to suspend exams during World Cup

    2006-05-29 11:06

    Student protesters demanding that their studies should not interfere with their enjoyment of World Cup soccer games managed Sunday to sway authorities at a top Bangladeshi university to suspend classes and examinations during the monthlong event.

  • Berlin hopes World Cup will heal divisions

    2006-05-29 09:52

    The city split by the Cold War was reunited in 1989 after the euphoric collapse of the Berlin Wall but divisions between the formerly Communist East and West Berlin's enclave of capitalism still linger.

  • France players tired of boos from Paris crowd

    2006-05-29 10:59

    Several France players, starting with Thierry Henry, criticised the Paris crowd for booing their team in Saturday's 1-0 win over Mexico in a World Cup warm-up.

  • Brazil unworried by lack of worries

    2006-05-29 10:37

    As the cows graze peacefully on a grassy hillock overlooking their practice ground in the idyllic village of Weggis, all appears to be bliss and harmony in Brazil's World Cup training camp.

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