2006 FIFA World Cup Soccer News and Blog

Eusebio on fire in England
Geoff Hurst may have scored a hat-trick in the Final for England but the star striker of the 1966 FIFA World Cup was Eusebio, whose nine goals took debutants Portugal to the semi-finals and won him the Golden Shoe…

Join us on the road to the World Cup (The Electric New Paper)
SEVENTY-ONE days to go. What if I told you Brazil won’t win the World Cup? Which means, come 9 July (10 July, Singapore time), they won’t lift the trophy you see in the picture below.

Tickets on line for Soccer World Cup (NZCity)
Thinking about making the trip to Germany in June for soccer’s World Cup finals? World Cup organisers have today opened the internet ticket portal, which provides fans the chance to purchase tickets or legally transfer them to other supporters.

Injury fears for Portugal’s Valente
Portugal defender Nuno Valente faces up to six weeks out with a thigh injury, leaving him with a battle to convince Luiz Felipe Scolari of his fitness ahead of the FIFA World Cup finals…

Soccer: Brazil’s World Cup secret — plenty of sex (Channel News Asia via Yahoo! Asia News)
LONDON : Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira wants his team to play with a smile on their faces at this year’s World Cup — so has ruled out imposing a sex ban.

Germany wary of new threats at World Cup (Sports Illustrated)
Germany is wary of new security threats at the World Cup — East European hooligans and potential violence at hundreds of jumbo screens showing the games across the country.

SA’s World Cup budget to be split (Independent Online)
The 2010 World Cup local organising committee has a tough task ahead as they meet to decide how to divide R240-million in government funding for the planning of the prestigious soccer tournament among nine host cities.

Embrace To Record England World Cup Theme (ContactMusic)
British rockers EMBRACE will record the official England World Cup song ahead of this summer’s (06) soccer tournament in Germany. The band follows in

Injury fears for Portugal’s Valente
Portugal defender Nuno Valente faces up to six weeks out with a thigh injury, leaving him with a battle to convince Luiz Felipe Scolari of his fitness ahead of the FIFA World Cup finals…

Soccer: Japan beat Ecuador 1-0 in World Cup warm-up game (Channel NewsAsia)
OITA, Japan : Substitute striker Hisato Sato scored five minutes from time to give Asian champions Japan a 1-0 win over Ecuador in a warm-up game for the World Cup in June.

Cape World Cup soccer stadium back on track (Independent Online)
Planning for the redevelopment of Cape Town’s Green Point stadium - earmarked as a venue for a 2010 Soccer World Cup semifinal - appears to be back on track following a meeting between city mayor Helen Zille and Fifa local organising committee members.

Parreira: Coaching Brazil is a dream
Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira speaks to FIFAworldcup.com about his side’s status as FIFA World Cup favourites and explains why the players at his disposal are "any coach’s dream&quot…

Experts meet on World Cup security (World Peace Herald)
BERLIN — Some 140 security experts from 40 countries met Thursday in Berlin for a two-day conference on how to best safeguard the FIFA Soccer World Cup.

R240m for World Cup to be split today (Cape Argus)
The 2010 World Cup local organising committee will decide today how to divide R240 million in government funding for the planning phase of the prestigious soccer tournament among nine host cities, including Cape Town.

World Cup trophy arrives in Ukraine (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
KIEV, March 31 (RIA Novosti, Vladimir Suprun) - The gold trophy awarded to soccer World Cup champions arrived in Ukraine from Russia Friday as part of its worldwide tour.

CANTONA ON CELEBRITY WORLD CUP SOCCER (Redissue)
We can only hope it s not as painful as it sounds. As if a summer of football due to the World Cup wasn t enough Sky have gone one step further by bringing celebrity football to our screens. However if Cantona is involved it may be worth giving it a few minutes time.

LG Supplies Mobile TV Phone To Germany 
South Koreas LG Electronics Inc. will launch its mobile TV broadcasting phone business in Europe with the first shipment of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB)-enabled handsets to Germany in May, the company said in a report.

And the Winner is German Tourism 
With a million foreign visitors expected for the 2006 World Cup soccer games, and another 40 million television viewers globally, the German tourism industry is eager to promote curry sausages and the Cologne Cathedral.

LG Supplies Mobile TV Phone To Germany 
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. will launch its mobile TV broadcasting phone business in Europe with the first shipment of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB)-enabled handsets to Germany in May, the company said in a report.

Toshiba Digital Music Player to Feature “One-Segment” TV 
Tokyo, March 17 (Jiji Press)–Toshiba Corp. plans to launch soon a new digital portable music player able to receive so-called “One- segment” television services for mobile terminals, Jiji Press learned Friday.

German Stocks Decline, Led by E.ON, RWE; KarstadtQuelle Slides 
March 28 (Bloomberg) — German stocks dropped, led by E.ON AG and RWE AG after UBS AG cut the recommendation on both stocks. KarstadtQuelle AG fell for a second day after transferring most of its real estate to a company the retailer set up with Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

LG supplies mobile TV phone to Germany 
SEOUL, South Korea South Koreas LG Electronics Inc. will launch its mobile TV broadcasting phone business in Europe with the first shipment of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB)-enabled handsets to Germany in May, the company said in a report Friday (March 10).

Star-studded tourism only for the select few
Independent Online, South Africa - Mar 29, 2006… He said the group had also already secured privileged access to the French Open Tennis in Paris and Wimbledon, the World Cup Soccer final in Berlin in July the …

High definition TV will need extra time to score
ic Birmingham.co.uk, UK - Mar 20, 2006World Cup soccer was expected to showcase the next generation of television to millions of prospective buyers, but with the tournament in Germany only three …

World Cup Passes on Smart Soccer Ball
CIO Asia, Singapore - Mar 1, 2006World Cup soccer players should be happy: A new chip-enabled soccer ball won t be ready for use at the World Cup soccer tournament in Germany this June …

Sports & Indy: Is it good teamwork?
Indianapolis Star, United States - Mar 29, 2006… At the same time, local officials dream of landing a Super Bowl or part of the World Cup soccer tournament to keep the city’s sports industry growing. …

ROK to steal World Cup
Inquirer, UK - Mar 11, 2006According to sources inside the company, it should offer Brits the chance to watch the forthcoming World Cup soccer games like on their mobile phones. …

South Africa: SA Has High Hopes for World Cup Prospects
AllAfrica.com, Washington - Mar 15, 2006… Analysts warn, however, that recent hosts of World Cup soccer tournaments have been burdened by the cost of servicing debt long after the event has passed, and …

SBS scores World Cup soccer win up to 2014
The Age, Australia - Mar 18, 2006By Michael Lynch. SBS known for years as the “Soccer Broadcasting Service” has cemented its reputation as Australia’s home …

World Cup soccer games to be broadcasted on mobile phones
Xinhua, China - Mar 9, 2006 BERLIN, March 9 (Xinhuanet) — The German telecoms giant, DeutscheTelecom, will broadcast 20 games of the 2006 FIFA World Cup for its mobile phone users in …

Japan, S. Korea to increase no. of working holiday visas issued+
TMCnet - Mar 29, 2006… to aim for bilateral exchanges of more than 10,000 people a year was made in commemoration of their success in co-hosting the 2002 World Cup soccer finals. …

Nike’s profit up 19 percent in third quarter
Columbus Dispatch - Nike Inc. said yesterday that profit jumped 19 percent to almost $326 million in its third quarter to easily beat Wall Street estimates as the world s largest manufacturer of athletic shoes and clothing began operating under its new chief executive

Winning on the world stage
SLAM! Sports - Working at McDonald’s at age 15 also seemed pretty cool until he got the chance to pursue his soccer-playing dreams in Germany a year later. Three German league championships, two German Cups, a Champions League title and a World Cup appearance later

Nets to Screen World Cup in HD
Adweek - NEW YORK ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC Sports will televise a total of 64 FIFA World Cup Soccer matches between June 9 and July 9 from Germany. ESPN2 will carry 31 matches, ESPN will cover 21 and ABC will broadcast 12, including the title match on July 9 at 1

XM Satellite Radio Unveils All Star Broadcast Team for FIFA World Cup
Hola Arkansas - Featuring soccer greats Carlos Hermosillo, Bora Milutinovic, Carlos Valderrama and Luis Alves Zague , original programming and dedicated channels for Spanish and English play-by-play Washington, DC–(HISPANIC PR WIRE)–March 21, 2006–XM

Sumo debuts limited edition World Cup iPod cases
iLounge - Sumo Cases has introduced a new collection of leather iPod cases designed for the 2006 World Cup soccer tournament. Made for fifth-generation iPods, the new striped cases feature the flag colors of eight countries, a soccer ball patch, and hexagon

Student entrepreneurs heading to Dallas
MetroWest Daily News - H OPKINTON — Thanks to their impromptu plan for a student travel package, Hopkinton High School seniors Ken Ritchie and Ben Charleston are going places. In late April, they will go to Dallas for a competition that tests the business acumen of high

Why can’t we just kick back and relax?
Globe and Mail - Asinger’s voice is lost, concerts are cancelled, a butterfly turns moth. Hawksley Workman, Canadian pop musician, is a colourful flier sadly grounded. A bout of laryngitis destructs Workman’s ability to perform, and many shows have been postponed so

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LG supplies mobile TV phone to Germany
CommsDesign - Mar 10, 2006… terrestrial DMB services are scheduled to be in test-run in Germany in May and commercialized in June, when Germany hosts the 2006 World Cup soccer finals. …

German Stocks Decline, Led by E.ON, RWE; KarstadtQuelle Slides
Bloomberg - Mar 28, 2006… EM.TV AG (EV4 GY), owner of the merchandising rights for the 2006 World Cup soccer games, dropped 47 cents, or 8.8 percent, to 4.85 euros as the company’s …

World Cup 2006 | 12.03.2006 And the Winner is German Tourism
Deutsche Welle, Germany - Mar 12, 2006With a million foreign visitors expected for the 2006 World Cup soccer games, and another 40 million television viewers globally, the German tourism industry …

Brazil’s World Cup secret: plenty of sex (Independent Online)
While other managers will be imposing sex bans on their players for the duration of the Soccer World Cup, Brazil’s players will get plenty of action between the sheets while they are in Germany.

World Cup handbook shows communist-era Croatia flag (Tiscali)
BERLIN (Reuters) - The organising committee for the soccer World Cup in Germany apologised on Wednesday after it accidentally printed a handbook for tournament volunteers showing Croatia s communist-era flag.

South Africa: Soccer, Coastline Have Hospitality Groups Smiling (AllAfrica.com)
WITH the 2010 Soccer World Cup looming in the not-so- distant future and a growing tourism industry in SA, newly listed IFA Hotels & Resorts should look forward to some good years.

R242bn set aside for World Cup infrastructure (Independent Online)
The government has committed itself to spending about R242-billion to prepare for the Fifa soccer World Cup in 2010 - over half of the country’s annual budget.

Tickets on line for Soccer World Cup (NZCity)
Thinking about making the trip to Germany in June for soccer’s World Cup finals? World Cup organisers have today opened the internet ticket portal, which provides fans the chance to purchase tickets or legally transfer them to other supporters.

Tickets on line for Soccer World Cup (NZCity)
Thinking about making the trip to Germany in June for soccer’s World Cup finals? World Cup organisers have today opened the internet ticket portal, which provides fans the chance to purchase tickets or legally transfer them to other supporters.

Sport MEC backs freeze on World Cup stadium (Independent Online)
The new Cape Town mayoral committee has expressed serious concern about the proposed R1,28-billion African Renaissance Stadium for the Soccer World Cup in 2010.

World Cup handbook shows communist-era Croatia flag (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
The organising committee for the soccer World Cup in Germany apologised on Wednesday after it accidentally printed a handbook for tournament volunteers showing Croatia’s communist-era flag.

Embrace To Record England World Cup Theme (ContactMusic)
British rockers EMBRACE will record the official England World Cup song ahead of this summer’s (06) soccer tournament in Germany. The band follows in

Growth in American soccer parallels world parity in other sports. (SoccerTimes)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (Wednesday, March 22, 2006) — So the finger pointing has begun now that United States baseball team bombed out of the inaugural World Baseball Classic, ironically in a 2-1 loss to Mexico.

Germany, fighting unemployment and slow growth, banks on World Cup (Khaleej Times)
FRANKFURT, Germany - Germany is hoping that the million soccer fans expected for the World Cup will give its torpid economy a mighty kick.

News: Sumo debuts ‘World Cup’ leather iPod cases (MacCentral Online)
Sumo’s new World Cup leather iPod cases let soccer fans show their national pride.

2006 World Cup team profile: Spain (Sports Illustrated)
Through late April, SI.com will profile two World Cup teams a week. We continue with Spain. Click here for the full archive.

Ricardo Setyon: Soccer hunger around the world is insatiable (Sports Illustrated)
No doubt I want to tell you about my three-month trip around the world, where I saw the state of soccer in seven different countries. But first I want to talk about food.

Injured Vicente pessimistic about his chances
Valencia winger Vicente is pessimistic about his chances of recovering from injury in time to make the Spain squad for the FIFA World Cup finals in Germany…

English FA Embrace song for 2006 World Cup (Reuters.co.uk)
LONDON (Reuters) - The Football Association said on Tuesday that Yorkshire rock band Embrace would record England’s official world cup song, following in the footsteps of the likes of New Order and the Spice Girls.

Germany, fighting unemployment and slow growth, banks on World Cup (Khaleej Times)
FRANKFURT, Germany - Germany is hoping that the million soccer fans expected for the World Cup will give its torpid economy a mighty kick.

Ricardo Setyon: Soccer hunger around the world is insatiable (Sports Illustrated)
No doubt I want to tell you about my three-month trip around the world, where I saw the state of soccer in seven different countries. But first I want to talk about food.

Indaba on World Cup needs (News 24 South Africa)
Mpumalanga will hold an indaba to thrash out soccer development issues ahead of the 2010 soccer World Cup matches.

Embrace To Record England World Cup Theme (ContactMusic)
British rockers EMBRACE will record the official England World Cup song ahead of this summer’s (06) soccer tournament in Germany. The band follows in

Vieri out for up to four weeks with knee injury
Monaco striker Christian Vieri will be out for up to four weeks with a knee injury, sports daily L’Equipe’s website reported on Wednesday…

Germany to play Luxembourg before World Cup (Pravda)
Germany has added another World Cup tuneup game and will play Luxembourg on May 27 in Freiburg . The German squad will train beforehand in Sardinia and Geneva , Switzerland , its national soccer federation said Wednesday.

World Cup organisers’ threat to press freedom 
International news organisations have rejected restrictions on media coverage of the 2006 World Cup soccer championships in Germany as a threat to press freedom.

LG supplies mobile TV phone to Germany 
SEOUL, South Korea South Koreas LG Electronics Inc. will launch its mobile TV broadcasting phone business in Europe with the first shipment of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB)-enabled handsets to Germany in May, the company said in a report Friday (March 10).

German Stocks Decline, Led by E.ON, RWE; KarstadtQuelle Slides 
March 28 (Bloomberg) — German stocks dropped, led by E.ON AG and RWE AG after UBS AG cut the recommendation on both stocks. KarstadtQuelle AG fell for a second day after transferring most of its real estate to a company the retailer set up with Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

LG Supplies Mobile TV Phone To Germany 
South Koreas LG Electronics Inc. will launch its mobile TV broadcasting phone business in Europe with the first shipment of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB)-enabled handsets to Germany in May, the company said in a report.

LG Supplies Mobile TV Phone To Germany 
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. will launch its mobile TV broadcasting phone business in Europe with the first shipment of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB)-enabled handsets to Germany in May, the company said in a report.

Toshiba Digital Music Player to Feature “One-Segment” TV 
Tokyo, March 17 (Jiji Press)–Toshiba Corp. plans to launch soon a new digital portable music player able to receive so-called “One- segment” television services for mobile terminals, Jiji Press learned Friday.

And the Winner is German Tourism 
With a million foreign visitors expected for the 2006 World Cup soccer games, and another 40 million television viewers globally, the German tourism industry is eager to promote curry sausages and the Cologne Cathedral.