Some South Korean banks may be secretly hoping there is no repeat of the national side's stunning 2002 World Cup run after strong demand for financial products offering higher yields depending on how the team does.
FIFA has launched an investigation into claims that World Cup tickets designated officially to Paraguay have been put on general sale.
The US government expressed concern that women are being forced to go to Germany during the World Cup soccer tournament to act as prostitutes for the army of fans.
World Cup fever may be sweeping the world, but many war-weary Iraqis fear they will miss out on the spectacle.
FIFA will set up an independent ethics committee to combat scandals involving referee bribing and match-fixing.
World Cup referees told teams in the tournament to behave - or else.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter says soccer's governing body must develop a way to cover the insurance costs of players who get injured while on national team duty.
Argentina versus Ivory Coast will not be a must-see World Cup game for most Germans but in the small town of Herzogenaurach a decades-old feud will be played out on the pitch when they meet on Saturday in Hamburg.
Singing sheep, a "crazy" cartoon frog and a disgraced former MP -- the English may not lift the trophy but when it comes to the World Cup pop charts, they are hard to beat.
Paraguay, England's first opponents in the World Cup, have been accused of selling nearly half of their tickets for Saturday's match to touts who are charging fans up to 645 pounds (1,200 dollars) a seat.
If Iran's World Cup team advances out of the first round, the nation's controversial president might be on hand for the rest of its games.
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