The 32 participating associations at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ will be obliged to submit their list of 23 players by 15 May at the very latest. This decision was confirmed by the Bureau of the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup™ at its meeting in Zurich today.

During the World Cup workshop in […]

Italy’s coach, Marcello Lippi told everyone today not to take the recent 4-1 win over Germany as a sure thing for the World Cup.

More, he advices caution for the group matches.
“If Italy don’t get through the group, it won’t be because they have underestimated their opponents,” he said. “We have great respect for Ghana, the […]

Seen by many as an important key in Sven’s team, Wayne Rooney can’t wait for the World Cup to begin.

He said: “I’m very excited. As a young lad I used to love watching the World Cups and seeing the best players in the world, and I’m lucky enough hopefully to be playing in one.”
Meanwhile, Rooney, […]

Serbia will probably play a match with Uruguay to warm up for the World Cup in Germany.

Serbia and Montenegro will play Uruguay in Belgrade on May 27 in a final warm-up for the World Cup finals, the country’s football association (FSSCG) said on Wednesday.
“A friendly match against Uruguay will be an excellent final test for […]

And we thought they would have wanted players. If you want a summer job, here is one you might find great: waiter during the World Cup.

Four thousands waiting staff are required to serve at the stadiums hosting the World Cup 2006, which will begin on June 9 in Germany.
German newspaper Bild reported the waiting […]

The 44 referees in the running for an appearance at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ are set to attend a workshop in Frankfurt on 21-25 March. At this workshop the officials from the six FIFA confederations will be put through an extensive medical check-up and fitness test. In addition, the candidates will be tested […]

Ghana announced their plans for the World Cup in Germany 2006.

The Black Stars will hold a training camp in Portugal from mid-May as they get ready for their first ever World Cup appearance this summer.
They have chosen this location since the weather is much more similar to the weather in Ghana than the weather in […]

We already said in some of previous posts about the players getting injured before the World Cup. It is time to see which players are still injured.

Early casualties were Gabriel Heinze (Argentina), Roque Santa Cruz (Paraguay), Ricardo Oliveira (Brazil) and England’s Michael Owen, Sol Campbell and Ashley Cole. They soon might return to club duty, […]

As we said earlier, FIFA thought that posting photos immediatly after the matches on siteswould be a bad move. Apparently, they came to their minds.

World football’s governing body, FIFA, and the World Association of Newspapers, WAN, today announced that they had reached an agreement to lift all restrictions on digital publication of photographs of the […]

Munich World Cup stadium needs a new pitch, after the rough winter in Germany.

“Even Barcelona would have problems playing on a pitch in that state,” Bayern coach Felix Magath told the club’s website.
The Munich stadium needed repairs earlier this month after a bearing in a joint between two concrete slabs was damaged.
This comes after […]