The World Cup stopped the show for Versace on Monday as fashionistas watched Italy and Australia on a screen at the end of the catwalk and Donatella Versace herself only reluctantly broke away from the game.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter said the referee could have been yellow-carded himself after sending off four players and handing out bookings to eight others in Portugal's World Cup 1-0 win over the Netherlands.
Riot police detained more than 150 England soccer supporters on Saturday after they clashed with German fans, throwing bottles and chairs and trading punches. [Reuters]
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.
On this day 20 years ago Diego Maradona made three indelible marks on the World Cup, scoring its most infamous and then its most brilliant goal before providing its most memorable quote.
Owen's daughter Gemma walks with mum to a waiting plane at the airfield in Baden-Baden June 21, after her dad was injured yesterday during the World Cup match against Sweden.
The Ghanaian Football Association apologised on Monday after one of its players waved an Israeli flag to celebrate their 2-0 World Cup win against the Czech Republic.
A pair of English fans went for a ride in their sleep, police said Sunday, failing to wake up when their van crashed into a parked car.
Cheryl Tweedie (L), girlfriend of England's Ashley Cole, sits in the stands with Victoria Beckham before Trinidad and Tobago's Group B World Cup 2006 soccer match against England.
The Year of the Dog is also the year of Italy and Brazil, according to the Chinese zodiac, making the two countries clear favorites for the World Cup, says a Malaysian newspaper.
In the heat of first World Cup encounter, England's footballers started well but faded fast.Their wives and girlfriends put on a performance of stamina and spending power that showed England have a team to take on the world - at shopping.
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