Sports products manufacturer Nike, the supplier of cleats for Brazils national football team striker Ronaldo, released an official statement on Tuesday about the player's blister issue.
Thousands of flag-draped fans, locals and journalists crammed into the cobbled courtyard of the stately Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg to welcome South Korea to Germany amid chaotic scenes on Tuesday.
Brazil is taking advantage of the popularity of its national football team to promote the country's culture in Germany.
All tickets for the World Cup, which kicks off in Munich on Friday, are expected to be sold despite a limited number going on sale after late returns from some soccer associations, Franz Beckenbauer said on Tuesday.
The German capital’s largest legal brothel, the four-story Artemis near the Olympic stadium, is ready for the hordes of mostly male soccer fans from around the world who are flooding the city for the start later this week of the World Cup tournament.
Host nation Germany nestled into their Berlin World Cup base with manager Jurgen Klinsmann determined to stay there through to the final on July 9.
A radical plan to restructure international football, prepared for top European clubs, envisages the World Cup being held every two years, the Financial Times reported on Monday.