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The Dutch certainly appear likely to win Group E although Cameroon and Denmark will have other ideas.

Gilberto Silva arrives at his third World Cup trying to prove that he can still be useful for Brazil.

Midfielder Andres Iniesta asked to be substituted with a thigh muscle problem during Spain's WC warm-up match.

Italy's Azzurri and France's Les Bleus seem to have a bad case of the blues just days ahead of their opening games.

Monday was Mexico's first practice with every member present since the team arrived in South Africa a few days ago.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the organization regretted Sunday's incident, which left 16 people injured.

Striker Nikola Zigic said on Monday the team will do "whatever we can to get into the second round."

Spain will reportedly receive the most money out of all 32 World Cup teams if it wins the World Cup.

Didier Drogba will rejoin the Ivory Coast World Cup squad on Monday after weekend surgery on a fractured arm.

Portugal's first World Cup training session in South Africa was watched by around 2,000 fans.

France was beaten by China 1-0 on Friday after being outplayed in a 1-1 draw against Tunisia.

Rio Ferdinand has been ruled out of the football World Cup afer injuring his left knee in training at Rustenburg.

Torres was the only player in Del Bosque's 23-man squad to miss the last two warmups over the past week.

Brazil coach has defended his players after their complaints about the World Cup ball were criticised.

A second-half goal from Roman Zozulia gave Ukraine a 1-0 win over Norway in a friendly match on Wednesday.

Netherlands coach is pondering whether Wesley Sneijder or Rafael van der Vaart should be the creative midfielder at the WC.