Fingernails chewed and pints downed, the tetchy crowd fidgeted, with only cries of "Come on England!" breaking the nervous silence
Japan coach Zico on Thursday angrily dismissed remarks by a senior FIFA official who said his team should have had a penalty in their World Cup opener.
The future of Europe was on the table but EU leaders seemed keener to talk about the World Cup as they kicked off a two-day summit in Brussels on Thursday
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Rikki the Belgian Malinois paws at his muzzle as his handler surveys the thousands of German and Polish fans partying on the steps outside Cologne's spectacular cathedral
Italian women suffer World Cup fever like their men - but it's the wrong kind, according to a survey reported Wednesday
Football is tense enough especially if your job depends on it, but Mexico's chain-smoking coach Ricardo Lavolpe has been firmly told that cigarettes are not the answer.
World Cup soccer fever has turned South Korea into a nation of litterbugs, newspapers said on Thursday
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
SBS reaped its second-largest audience on Monday night, with 2.17 million people tuning in to watch Australia beat Japan 3-1, and notch its first World Cup win.
Football's governing body FIFA have promised to give the 32 teams at the World Cup more opportunity to take in fluids to combat the searing heat sweeping through Germany.
All of Germany, it seems, is staying up late for the World Cup -- including the shops.
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