Sharp contrast to the FIFA's campaigning Say No to Racism the current edition of the FIFA World Cup is experiencing racial discrimination for the first time.
It is quite shocking to note that the black players are deliberately insulted both in and out...
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It appears that the defending champions Brazil is under pressure ahead of the quarterfinal encounter against France in Frankfurt with injury list being enlarged.
After striker Robinho, two regular starters Emerson and Kaka caused injuries in the...
With 15 World Cup goals, Ronaldo has not only surpassed Gerd Muller's 32 years old world cup record but also proved that he is the most versatile player and complete attacker of the present times. Haling Ronald's historic achievement, Germany soccer...
Patrick Vieira and Zinedine Zidane scored two goals in the last 10 minutes to end Spain's World Cup run in the quarterfinals. Now the former champions will set their quarterfinals battle against the defending champions.
It is interesting to note the...
Ronaldo has emerged as the highest scorer in the FIFA history after scoring his 15th World Cup goal against Ghana in the pre-quarterfinals at Dortmund, Germany. Adriano and Ze Roberto gave two more goals to provide Brazil an inspirable 3-0 victory...
Ukraine advanced to the quarterfinals of FIFA World Cup 2006 after defeating Switzerland 3-0 in a penalty shootout.
The two teams got a number of chances in both halves. No one scored a goal in the 120 minutes. Oleg Gusev hit the deciding penalty to...
Italy reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup after scripting a thrilling 1-0 victory over Australia in the second round match at Kaiserslautern.
The match was at its dramatist stage when both sides scored no goals playing 89 minutes and heading...
Portugal reserved their place in the quarterfinals of the World Cup after beating Holland 1-0 in the highly tensed and controversial pre-quarter final encounter at Stuttgart, Germany. The Portuguese will take on England in the quarterfinal.
The...
David Beckham scored a goal with a free kick in the 60th minute on Sunday to lead England to a 1-0 win over Ecuador at Stuttgart and a spot in the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
David Beckham who has been criticized for the poor show in the first...
Switzerland reserved their place in the second round with a courageous 2-0 victory over South Korea in their final Group G game in Hanover. Philippe Senderos headed a goal in the 23rd minute of the game to give Swiss 1-0 lead. Alexander Frei scored...
Former world champion France won their first match after a long wait when they eliminated Togo from the FIFA World Cup 2006 at Cologne, Germany.
Debutant Togo lost to South Korea and Switzerland in their first two Group G matches. They met a...
FIFA's Disciplinary committee has banned Italian midfielder Daniele De Rossi for four matches after elbowing the US striker Brian McBride in the Group E match.
It seems that the ban has ended Rossi's World Cup run. If Italy enters into final or...
Brazil striker Ronaldo silenced the critics by his two resounding goals against Japan in the Group F match. The goals helped Brazil to post a 4-1 victory over Japan at Dortmund.
With 14 World Cup goals, Ronaldo now shared with the former Germany...
Italy removed the Czech Republic from the FIFA World Cup 2006 with its 2-0 easy win in the last Group E match.
The win took Italy to the knock out stage with seven points from two victories and one draw in the Group E clashes. Italy with seven...
Ghana hailed as the true Brazilian of Africa when it defeated the US 2-1 in a Group 'E' match at Nuremberg. The first time qualifier into the FIFA world Cup entered into the second round of the FIFA World Cup 2006.
There were celebrations in the...
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