Police officers watch supporters before the World Cup soccer match between U.S. and Czech Republic in Gelsenkirchen June 12, 2006. Calm but no-nonsense German policing appears to be paying off in the opening days of soccer's World Cup with the hosts successfully weathering the first big waves of potential problem supporters. With hooliganism seen as one of the biggest security threats to the World Cup, police have been schooled in the whole gamut of prevention measures, from soothing body language to full-scale riot control.[Reuters]