Police arrested 69 people as troublemakers smashed Paris shop windows and set two cars ablaze during mostly peaceful celebrations of France's victory over Brazil in the World Cup quarter-finals.
England were left to rue missed penalties, injuries and a lack of discipline as Sven-Goran Eriksson's stewardship ended in a World Cup exit at the hands of Portugal.
Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira said he had failed after his team had been knocked out of the World Cup quarter-finals by France on Saturday.
Riot police detained more than 40 English and German fans overnight after brief clashes in Gelsenkirchen ahead of England's World Cup quarter-final with Portugal, a British spokeswoman said on Saturday.
Hundreds of soccer fans in the Bangladesh capital attacked a jail and an electricity office after power failures interrupted broadcasts of the World Cup quarterfinal match between Argentina and Germany.
The head of FIFA's Referees Committee denied accusations of poor officiating at the World Cup finals on Friday saying the standard had never been higher.
The memories of the 1998 World Cup final between France and Brazil remain fresh.
An over-zealous TV announcer's headline-making rant has become music to the ears of Chinese cellphone users, combining their love for mobile chatter and World Cup soccer into a single new accessory.
England captain David Beckham has shrugged off criticism of his team's tactics by FIFA chief Sepp Blatter ahead of Saturday's World Cup quarter-final.
Vila Brasilandia, an poor, remote neighborhood in Sao Paulo, has been gripped by World Cup fever. Rough portraits of the Brazilian squad adorn walls. Green and yellow national flags hang overhead.
A Chinese entrepreneur who once tried to sell land on the moon is hoping to cash in on China's obsession with the World Cup by offering fans bags of stadium air.
France striker Thierry Henry is a self-confessed fan of Brazilian football.
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