The German government says a lack of information about the identity of VIP ticket holders will make for easier black-market trading for some of the best World Cup seats.
A Bangladesh university has postponed exams until after the World Cup finals after hundreds of students lay siege to the vice-chancellor's office.
Student protesters demanding that their studies should not interfere with their enjoyment of World Cup soccer games managed Sunday to sway authorities at a top Bangladeshi university to suspend classes and examinations during the monthlong event.
A depressed mining town doing all it can to stave off industrial decline, Gelsenkirchen clings to soccer and its famed club Schalke 04 as a lifeline.
The swanky Bavarian city of Munich fancies itself as the "capital of soccer" in Germany with a club that dominates the Bundesliga and supplies a steady stream of talent to the national team.
Cobbled streets, timber-framed houses and shaded squares make Nuremberg arguably the most attractive of the 12 World Cup hosts.
The city split by the Cold War was reunited in 1989 after the euphoric collapse of the Berlin Wall but divisions between the formerly Communist East and West Berlin's enclave of capitalism still linger.
An anti-soccer demonstration on July 9 could pose security problems in the German capital on the day of the World Cup final, according to a police union leader.
One out of every three Croatians is expecting to be allowed to watch World Cup matches at work.
Some 3,500 known English soccer hooligans will be stopped from going to the World Cup, Sports Minister Richard Caborn said Thursday.
Most soccer fans in Britain believe crowds influence referees' decisions during matches, according to a survey released on Thursday.
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