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  • Anti-racism day for World Cup

    2006-05-25 17:01

    FIFA plans to stage an anti-racism day during the World Cup to demonstrate its opposition to discrimination in any form, organisers said on Wednesday.

  • FIFA adapting new world rankings

    2006-05-25 08:41

    FIFA is adopting a new world soccer ranking system. It's easy to see why.Under the old scheme, the United States rose to No. 4 in April's rankings - its highest ever position. The eye-popping rise occurred a few weeks after the Americans were routed 4-1 by World Cup host Germany.

  • England already arranging World Cup victory celebration

    2006-05-25 16:56

    Queen Elizabeth II has set aside July 10 to welcome England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson and his players for an open-top bus World Cup victory celebration to Trafalgar Square.

  • Trinidad to make 1st World Cup appearance

    2006-05-25 16:27

    The prime minister declared a national holiday and tens of thousands of fans danced to steel drums and soca music when Trinidad and Tobago qualified for its first World Cup. For the tiny twin-island Caribbean nation, just making it to Germany was a remarkable accomplishment.

  • German weather may spring surprises

    2006-05-25 16:10

    The weather in Germany could be as full of surprises as the soccer during the World Cup, with cold fronts, heatwaves, heavy rain, bright blue skies or severe thunderstorms among the myriad of possibilities.

  • UK pubs and bookmakers await lucrative World Cup

    2006-05-25 15:33

    Success for England in this summer's soccer World Cup could lift sales at some UK pubs by 10 percent, but for bookmakers it could mean payouts totalling nearly 10 million pounds.

  • Cool Owen brushes off the pressure

    2006-05-25 09:10

    As England wait nervously for the verdict on Wayne Rooney's broken foot, Michael Owen says he is ready to bear the striking burden at the World Cup.

  • World Cup vibrators withdrawn

    2006-05-25 11:51

    Berlin - A German sex shop chain has bowed to threats of legal action and withdrawn from sale vibrators named after two of the country's leading football stars.

  • Problems at home unlikely to derail Italy's quest

    2006-05-25 11:34

    Italy qualified for the World Cup finals with relative ease and go to Germany as candidates to challenge Brazil for the title.

  • World Cup tickets soar online

    2006-05-24 09:49

    Online bids for individual tickets to the July 9 final in Berlin ran into thousands of dollars.

  • German weather may spring surprises

    2006-05-25 10:31

    The weather in Germany could be as full of surprises as the soccer during the World Cup, with cold fronts, heatwaves, heavy rain, bright blue skies or severe thunderstorms among the myriad of possibilities.

  • Norway ties Paraguay 2-2

    2006-05-25 08:36

    Frode Johnsen scored his second goal of the match in the 61st minute Wednesday, helping Norway salvage a 2-2 draw against World Cup-bound Paraguay in a friendly.

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