Months before the start of World Cup in Germany, it seems the plague of match-fixing has reached the country.

Four people were arrested in Germany’s latest game-fixing scandal, with soccer authorities promising to resolve the case before the country hosts the World Cup.
Tough. But, compared to the latest match-fixing scandal in Germany, referees weren’t involved. More, […]

USA will play three more matches before going to the World Cup.

The United States men will play three games in May, against Morrocco, Latvia and a South American opponent, in their final preparations before departing for the World Cup in Germany.
The dates might be:

Morocco, May 23rd, in Nashville
South American nation (probably Venezuela), May 26th, Cleveland
Latvia, […]

After a series of injuries that made him almost miss the place for World Cup, it seems like Italy’s Inzaghi is making a great comeback.

Scoring 9 goals in his last 7 matches, 2 of them against Bayern Munich with his club team, AC Milan, Pippo Inzaghi is making a statement: he wants and he should […]

Cell phones become more and more a medium for viewing important events, political and, most important for us, sporting events.

T-Mobile, the mobile wing of the German telecoms company Deutsche Telekom, is planning to broadcast 20 matches of the four- week tournament to be held in Germany, German radio Deutsche Welle reported Thursday.
Mobile phone customers will […]

As you might know, the World Cup tickets were deemed to be non-refundable and non-transferable. The fact changed.

Fans with tickets for the 2006 World Cup will be allowed to sell them back or, under certain circumstances, transfer them to another supporter, the German organising committee said on Thursday. Sale or cession of tickets that have […]

Many of the national teams coaches complain that the mid-May deadline for announcing their teams for the World Cup is too early and would like it to be moved a lot later.

Most World Cup coaches want the deadline for naming World Cup squads pushed back from mid-May until shortly before the tournament starts.
After a two-day […]

Argentina striker Luciano Figueroa has been ruled out of the World Cup after suffering a serious knee injury.

Even if you hoped the other day that no more players would miss the World Cup, it seems we are not so lucky.
Figueroa, who was on the fringes of the Argentine squad, limped off during River Plate’s […]

The FIFA World Cup Trophy arrived in Malaysia yesterday on its inaugural journey to 31 cities in 29 countries ahead of the 2006 World Cup Finals in Germany from June 9-July 9.

The 6,175gm 18 carat gold trophy will be displayed at the Berjaya Times Square today and tomorrow.
Created by Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, the […]

Arsene Wenger, Arsenal’s coach, says that Cole will be fit to play for England at World Cup 2006.

As we said yesterday, , Ashley Cole got injured for six weeks again and was feared to miss the World Cup in Germany, in summer.
His club coach, Arsene Wenger, said he expects him back shortly and told a […]

Well, who wouldn’t be, after losing 4-1 against Italy, 100 days before World Cup start?

Klinsmann wouldn’t. He is keeping his cool, saying that he has a plan for the World Cup and that there will be no problem there. He gave a response to Beckenbaur saying that he stays more at home, in USA, then […]