2006 FIFA World Cup Soccer News and Blog

Paris Matchup
Slate - Having been in Paris during two World Cup soccer tournaments, I expected to hear at least a few celebratory shouts and honks, especially given the emotions stirred up by the campaign. But in the Left Bank neighborhood where I am staying, it seemed to

Linux-based robots patrol Berlin soccer stadium
Network World Fusion - While one group has just completed a World Cup championship in Bremen, Germany, another is diligently patrolling Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, one of 12 venues hosting the World Cup soccer tournament currently under

Google quarterly profit doubles, despite spending
KPLC TV - The month-long World Cup soccer tournament also cut traffic, but did not affect sales. “It looks like our model continues to work extremely well,” Schmidt said, then later added: “We don’t see any signs of approaching any limits to this vision.”

Upbeat ceremony sheds light on new CBC-TV season
CBC News - In addition to building on traditional strengths like hockey and curling coverage, CBC Sports will tackle the Olympics in Beijing, major league baseball and two World Cup soccer tournaments: the FIFA U-20 and the Women’s World Cup. Noteworthy new

Stocking stuffers
ESPN.com - David Nalbandian, a former singles finalist and the No. 4 seed at Wimbledon, requests an early start for his third-round match with clay-court specialist Fernando Verdasco, so he can be done in time to catch the Argentina-Germany World Cup soccer

AP Service Guide
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MasterCard World Cup Bid Under Review United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (ePaynews)
May 29 2007 : MasterCard’s future sponsorship of the FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) World Cup is once again in question after a United States Court of Appeals questioned an earlier court judgment in favor of MasterCard.

Warriors urged to focus on 2010 World Cup (The Herald)
EDDIE NYATANGA the Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters Association boss believes the Warriors should forget about the 2008 Nations Cup finals in Ghana and instead focus on the 2010 World Cup showcase in South Africa.

FIFA bans World Cup games at high altitudes (Orange County Register)
FIFA has banned international games from being played at high altitudes. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the decision to ban games more than 8,200 feet above sea level was made Sunday after a review by the medical team for world soccer’s governing body.

Beckham Recalled to England Squad for 1st Time Since World Cup (Bloomberg.com)
May 26 (Bloomberg) — Former captain David Beckham has been recalled to the England soccer squad for the first time since Steve McClaren took charge after last year’s World Cup.

Court orders review of World Cup sponsor ruling (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
An appeals court on Friday ordered a lower court to revisit a ruling that gave MasterCard Inc. a coveted sponsorship deal for World Cup soccer tournaments.

Youngsters eyes World Cup goal (The National)
By HENRY MORABANG A young Papua New Guinea will come close to realise his dream to play in the Soccer World Cup.

SA bids to host Science Centre ‘World Cup’ (SABC News)
By Christina Scott Two Cape Town women head off to Lisbon today to help South Africa bid to host the sixth Science Centre World Congress in 2011.

US court orders review of World Cup sponsor ruling (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday ordered a lower court to revisit a ruling that gave MasterCard Inc. a coveted sponsorship deal for World Cup soccer tournaments.

MasterCard World Cup Bid Under Review United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (ePaynews)
May 29 2007 : MasterCard’s future sponsorship of the FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) World Cup is once again in question after a United States Court of Appeals questioned an earlier court judgment in favor of MasterCard.

FIFA Bans High-Altitude International Soccer Matches (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
May 28 (Bloomberg) — FIFA banned international soccer matches from being played more than 2,500 meters (8,200 feet) above sea level, hurting the chances of teams including Ecuador and Bolivia of qualifying for the World Cup.

World Soccer: Hooliganism not the only blight on Argentine game (Sports Illustrated)
Every four years at least since 1986, when Argentina won its second World Cup, there is collective grief in Argentina when the national team is knocked out of the finals because the fans expect it to win the trophy every time. Yet when Argentina took top spot in the FIFA rankings for the first time this March, nobody took it seriously. True, Argentina had beaten France 1-0 in its most recent …

Soccer: Insults fly as FIFA meets under a cloud (International Herald Tribune)
On Thursday, Sepp Blatter, will begin a new four-year term as president of soccer’s world ruling body FIFA. There will be no vote. Nobody will stand against him. One man who won’t be there is John McBeth, a Scot who has been disqualified as a delegate after an intemperate outburst.

Court orders review of World Cup sponsor ruling (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
An appeals court on Friday ordered a lower court to revisit a ruling that gave MasterCard Inc. a coveted sponsorship deal for World Cup soccer tournaments.

Soccer: K. Nakata, Narazaki recalled for Kirin Cup friendlies (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ Swiss-based defensive midfielder Koji Nakata and Nagoya Grampus Eight goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki have both won their first Japan call-ups since last summer’s World Cup finals for the upcoming friendlies against Montenegro and Colombia.

Beckham Recalled to England Squad for 1st Time Since World Cup (Bloomberg.com)
May 26 (Bloomberg) — Former captain David Beckham has been recalled to the England soccer squad for the first time since Steve McClaren took charge after last year’s World Cup.

Soccer: Insults fly as FIFA meets under a cloud (International Herald Tribune)
On Thursday, Sepp Blatter, will begin a new four-year term as president of soccer’s world ruling body FIFA. There will be no vote. Nobody will stand against him. One man who won’t be there is John McBeth, a Scot who has been disqualified as a delegate after an intemperate outburst.

MasterCard World Cup Bid Under Review United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (ePaynews)
May 29 2007 : MasterCard’s future sponsorship of the FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) World Cup is once again in question after a United States Court of Appeals questioned an earlier court judgment in favor of MasterCard.

South Africa: Limpopo Spends R76m On 2010 Airport Upgrades (AllAfrica.com)
The Limpopo Department of Roads and Transport will spend R76 million upgrading airport facilities ahead of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup.

MasterCard’s World Cup fight to get further review (The Journal News)
NEW YORK - The future sponsorship of World Cup soccer tournaments is up in the air again after a federal appeals court yesterday asked a lower-court judge to review her ruling granting sponsorship to Purchase-based MasterCard Inc.

SA bids to host Science Centre ‘World Cup’ (SABC News)
By Christina Scott Two Cape Town women head off to Lisbon today to help South Africa bid to host the sixth Science Centre World Congress in 2011.

FIFA bans World Cup games at high altitudes (Orange County Register)
FIFA has banned international games from being played at high altitudes. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the decision to ban games more than 8,200 feet above sea level was made Sunday after a review by the medical team for world soccer’s governing body.

City Islanders will host Aegean Hawks FC in First Round of U.S. Open Cup (OurSports Central)
Harrisburg, PA, May 29, 2007) - The Harrisburg City Islanders professional soccer team announced today that their first-round opponent in the U.S. Open Cup will be the Aegean Hawks FC (USASA) from the DC / Virginia area.

Bill Gates: Microsoft Strategic Account Summit 2007
Microsoft PressPass - So imagine you’re watching the Super Bowl, you’re watching World Cup soccer or Wimbledon, and you’re able to not only watch that TV from the that show or game from the comfort of your couch, but you’re able to now chat live with your Xbox headset

SFGate: Politics Blog
San Francisco Gate - But it seems the fan base for professional women’s basketball pales in comparison to the region’s interest in World Cup soccer. Local television station KXTV broadcasts the Monarchs’ games live and planned to carry a game Saturday at the same time as

Eric Kinney, President
PRWeb - Hosted on http://sports.zeenext.com, this sports website has been launched at a time when the cricket, World Cup Soccer and Formula 1 fever are catching up. The website is built in association with Sportz Interactive, the sporting division of SIDS

Thanks, soccer, see you in four years
ESPN.com - This is something of a confession. It has taken me some 36 years to realize it, but I am a fan of World Cup soccer, but not of soccer itself. For a long time I was loathe to admit this. I realized that I was hooked on the World Cup one morning this

Hitachi Postpones New PDP Plant
Twice - Plasma manufacturers continue to suffer from global overproduction over the last year that was in part spurred on by bullish expectations for strong big-screen TV demand surrounding World Cup soccer telecasts in Europe and Asia. When demand fell well

So long, Mooch
Greeley Tribune - It’s a sad day in the soccer world. Glenn “Mooch” Myernick, former coach of the Colorado Rapids and recent assistant coach of the U.S. World Cup soccer team, died on Monday. He had been at a Thornton hospital since Thursday, after suffering a heart

Online Press Release
PRWeb - Overwhelming Speed of Team Ghana Eliminates US National Team from 2006 World Cup The United States World Cup soccer team showed that a lack of overall team speed is a recipe for disaster at the highest levels of competition. Future success for

Paris Matchup
Slate - Having been in Paris during two World Cup soccer tournaments, I expected to hear at least a few celebratory shouts and honks, especially given the emotions stirred up by the campaign. But in the Left Bank neighborhood where I am staying, it seemed to

Old enough to fight, old enough to drink?
SignOn San Diego - Binkerd said he went to Germany for World Cup soccer last year and saw no problems, even though 16-year-olds could legally drink. Older students, though, had differing opinions about the legal age. Some said 18 can be too young. Drinking with a

EVS BROADCAST EQUIPMENT : 1Q07 SALES 19.9M EUR, EPS 0.63 EUR, BIG
Market Wire - Europe, Middle-East and Africa (”EMEA”) sales are down -35% to 6,9 million EUR as a result of a strong 1Q06 linked to the Torino Winter Games and shipments linked to the World Cup soccer in Germany. EVS solutions in EMEA should gain traction over the

Rogge impressed by South Africa’s World Cup preparations (The Globe and Mail)
IOC president expresses confidence in country’s ability to host the 2010 soccer World Cup

South Africa: Limpopo Spends R76m On 2010 Airport Upgrades (AllAfrica.com)
The Limpopo Department of Roads and Transport will spend R76 million upgrading airport facilities ahead of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup.

US court orders review of World Cup sponsor ruling (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday ordered a lower court to revisit a ruling that gave MasterCard Inc. a coveted sponsorship deal for World Cup soccer tournaments.

Hitachi Postpones New PDP Plant
Twice - Plasma manufacturers continue to suffer from global overproduction over the last year that was in part spurred on by bullish expectations for strong big-screen TV demand surrounding World Cup soccer telecasts in Europe and Asia. When demand fell well

French Quarter is in a funk
CNN - O’Flaherty’s, an Irish pub known for its soul-warming reels and TVs tuned to World Cup soccer, is gone. So too is the 125-year-old Maison Hospitaliere, a nursing home that began as a home for Confederate widows. Bella Luna, La Madeleine and the Old

Philips CE Unit Reports Higher Profits For Q1
Twice - Philips said that last year’s first-quarter CE sales were helped by a sell-in of TVs due to the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament held later in the year; however, in this year’s first quarter, flat TV shipments were 50 percent higher than the previous

GD 2007 Spring Update: South Africa
Foreign Policy Association - Provision has also been made for the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament, which South Africa will host. In the State of the Nation Address on February 9, 2007, President Thabo Mbeki introduced a new earnings-related social security system to be

Simmons column
ESPN.com - Those games always sound like a World Cup soccer match, with fans loudly cheering for both sides, just a constant din of noise, unquestionably the best subplot for the upcoming Round 2 series (assuming it happens). There are some other juicier-than

HERE & NOW
Washington Post - HE’S BEST KNOWN for the head-butt heard ’round the world, but until his notorious skirmish with an opponent during last year’s World Cup soccer competition, Zin dine Zidane (”Zizou”) was known as one of the greatest — and most modest — players on

Lawmakers push for coin commemorating civil rights movement
Macon Telegraph - The coins are sold at prices that cover the Treasury’s costs. Other past coins have celebrated Civil War battlefields, various Olympic games and the 1994 World Cup soccer tournament, and the Statue of Liberty. The Mint is scheduled to begin selling its

May 2006
ESPN.com - Odds are if Roger Federer was not the No. 1 seed at this week’s French Open, he would be leading the Swiss World Cup soccer team in Germany in a few weeks. (For the record, the United States Foosball Association was devastated when they learned I was

Thanks, soccer, see you in four years
ESPN.com - This is something of a confession. It has taken me some 36 years to realize it, but I am a fan of World Cup soccer, but not of soccer itself. For a long time I was loathe to admit this. I realized that I was hooked on the World Cup one morning this

Articles from 5.01.2005 to 5.31.2005 :
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HealthCheck Reports: June 2006
WPVI - And just as World Cup soccer gets started Friday. There are alarming reports out of Britain about infections linked to soccer shoes. Case studies published in the British Medical Journal describe 2 children who developed toxic shock syndrome after

Philips CE Unit Reports Higher Profits For Q1
Twice - Philips said that last year’s first-quarter CE sales were helped by a sell-in of TVs due to the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament held later in the year; however, in this year’s first quarter, flat TV shipments were 50 percent higher than the previous

Open-skies deal worries tourism
New Zealand Herald - They’ve got a very active tourist board, they’ve got some good flight capacity which is being enhanced a lot by the Middle East carriers [and] they’ve got the World Cup soccer coming up in 2010,” Lee said. Goldman Sachs JBWere analyst Marcus Curley

Botswana: World Soccer Cup Prompts Ambitious Airports Programme (AllAfrica.com)
The Department of Civil Aviation is rolling out an ambitious programme to upgrade its airports and rebuild key facilities in preparation for the 2010 Fifa World Soccer Cup to be hosted by neighbouring South Africa, the Director of Civil Aviation, Olefile Moakofi, has said.

Three get call for Gold Cup (Boston Globe)
The Revolution, which is tied for the overall lead in Major League Soccer with 17 points, had three players — defender Michael Parkhurst, midfielder Steve Ralston, and forward Taylor Twellman — named yesterday to the United States team roster for the Gold Cup, scheduled for June 24 in six US cities.

Sentech gears up to go digital before World Cup (Independent Online)
Sentech intends to launch at least one high definition television satellite channel in time for the 2010 soccer World Cup.

FIFA-MasterCard Ruling (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The future sponsorship of World Cup soccer tournaments is up in the air again after a federal appeals court Friday asked a lower court judge to review her ruling granting sponsorship to MasterCard.

Beckham Returns to England for Big Games (The San Francisco Examiner)
(AP Photo/Martin Meissner) England’s David Beckham applauds fans after their 3-1 loss in a penalty kick shootout against Portugal during the quarterfinal World Cup soccer match between England and Portugal in Gelsenkirchen, Germany in this Saturday, July 1, 2006 file photo.

Botswana: World Soccer Cup Prompts Ambitious Airports Programme (AllAfrica.com)
The Department of Civil Aviation is rolling out an ambitious programme to upgrade its airports and rebuild key facilities in preparation for the 2010 Fifa World Soccer Cup to be hosted by neighbouring South Africa, the Director of Civil Aviation, Olefile Moakofi, has said.

IOC president impressed by South Africa’s World Cup preparations (Slam! Sports)
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - The president of the International Olympic Committee expressed confidence Friday in South Africa’s ability to host the 2010 soccer World Cup.

Hale’iwa’s Ching picked for U.S. Gold Cup soccer team (Honolulu Advertiser)
NEW YORK Tim Howard has replaced Kasey Keller as the top U.S. goalkeeper heading into the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Court orders review of World Cup sponsor ruling (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
An appeals court on Friday ordered a lower court to revisit a ruling that gave MasterCard Inc. a coveted sponsorship deal for World Cup soccer tournaments.