Photo: England, Germany fans clash in Stuttgart

Asian campaign frustrated at Germany World Cup

The World Cup knockout stage will start on Saturday with no Asian teams featured

Beckenbauer escapes for secret wedding

The head of Germany's organising committee, who has used a helicopter to attend up to three matches a day, exchanged vows in a private ceremony in a small Austrian village near Kitzbuehel, Bild newspaper reported on Saturday.

Fans fail to lift local sex industry

The hordes of beer-swilling men who have descended on Germany for the World Cup are proving a disappointment for the host nation's sex workers, preferring to party in public rather than spend time with prostitutes

Fan forgets hotel location in six-hour ordeal

South Koreans attack,but fail to penetrate Swiss defense

South Korea ran and attacked as much as it could.It was not enough for the 2002 semifinalist, which was bounced from the World Cup after a 2-0 loss to Switzerland.

Ukraine beat Tunisia 1-0 to advance

Thanks to star striker Andriy Shevchenko's penalty goal, World Cup debutants Ukraine beat ten-man desperate Tunisia in their last Group H match here on Friday.

France beats Togo to reach top 16

France finally won its game of brinkmanship and a World Cup game for the first time since capturing the title eight years ago on its homeland.

Beckenbauer, Germany's Kaiser, is World Cup advertising king

Franz Beckenbauer, who won the soccer World Cup both as player and team coach and is referred to in Germany as the ``Kaiser,'' is the highest-grossing marketing personality at the 2006 tournament.

Cup for women not a nightmare, but 'sex stimulus'

People always say the World Cup is a nightmare for women, but a carnival for men. However, a recent medical study rejects this idea completely.

World Cup nannies emerge in Shanghai

Fierce battles for the world cup are being waged half a world away from china. Prim Shanghai people do not want to miss the quadrennial carnival.

High on soccer,Australia dreams of World Cup bid

Australia's World Cup success Friday sparked calls from politicians for an Australian bid to host the 2018 tournament.