FIFA president Sepp Blatter is worried that this year's World Cup might end up the lowest scoring ever, and he wants to figure out ways to "make football more attractive again."
Brazil national team players are not very popular here these days, following the team's elimination from the World Cup, local media said on Thursday.
The golden balls are ready for Sunday's World Cup final.
Argentina's Horacio Elizondo will referee Sunday's World Cup final between Italy and France, the FIFA said on Thursday.
Everything seems to have gone digital, even trading stamps at the World Cup. What was once a children's hobby of collecting, trading and pasting actual stamps in a book can now be done electronically in a computer - only this is free, without the glue, and it's brought to you by the same company best known for the pastime.
France start as favourites to win the World Cup final because they are less stressed than Italy, Azzurri forward Alessandro Del Piero said on Thursday.
An elderly Chinese man went on a rampage in Nanjing after Brazil's defeat to France in the World Cup quarter-finals last weekend.
As one of the most popular sports feast, the World Cup is entertaining dozens of millions of soccer fans in China. But, unfortunately, some fans also paid the price for getting too excited.
The abbot of China's ancient Shaolin Temple will fly to Berlin, Germany, to watch the World Cup final on Sunday at the invitation of FIFA President Sepp Blatter.
Four days before the football World Cup final, tickets for the match in Berlin were selling on the black market for 10 times their original price.
Zinedine Zidane made sure the last match of his glittering career would be a World Cup final when he presented France with a 1-0 win over Portugal in a tense semi-final.
France's president and prime minister set official business aside Wednesday to discuss the country's World Cup semifinal match against Portugal.
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