There's no better way for Zinedine Zidane to end his career than winning another World Cup for France.
The basis for the strategy that has won Luiz Felipe Scolari 12 straight games as a coach at the World Cup isn't some New Age philosophy - it's more than 2,400 years old.
As the eyes of the world turn to the quarter-finals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, FIFA have taken advantage of the occasion to continue the fight against discrimination in all its forms. These special events, known as FIFA Anti-Discrimination Days, are taking place on 30 June and 1 July with the full involvement of those teams still remaining in the competition.
On the night before Germany was to play Argentina in the quarterfinals of the World Cup, the prostitutes who work at the Artemis Sauna Club here were putting on their game faces.
Major British newspapers looked for a silver lining following the collapse of England's World Cup dreams, and easily found it in the fact that manager Sven Goren Eriksson is on his way out.
FIFA is investigating the role of Germany midfielder Torsten Frings plus Argentina defender Leandro Cufre and forward Maxi Rodriguez for their part in the fracas that followed Friday's World Cup quarter-final.
A man angry about loud, jubilant French soccer fans opened fire on a crowd celebrating France's World Cup victory against Brazil, injuring two people before being shot dead by police
England's infamous soccer fans accepted defeat with dignity, German police and officials said Sunday, allaying fears that its World Cup exit would be marked by drunken violence
Portugal isn't exactly George Mason, though its soccer pedigree isn't much stronger than what the Patriots brought to college basketball's Final Four. Then again, surprise teams in the World Cup semifinals are hardly a surprise.
Barely a month ago, France was booed by its own fans, Zinedine Zidane looked like he could hardly walk, let alone run, and Les Bleus seemed headed for another early World Cup exit.
A German motorist injured 21 people Sunday when he drove a Volkswagen Polo through a concrete barrier that protects Berlin's main World Cup public viewing area, police said.
In the end, England's soccer fans accepted World Cup defeat with dignity - and without the drunken violence authorities had prepared for and hoped against.
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