Police have arrested the infamous bookmaker in Pakistan's south port city Karachi for his alleged involvement in raising bets worth millions of rupees as regards World Cup semi-final, local private Geo TV reported on Wednesday.
Blaring horns, whistles and cheers resounded around Paris after France reached the World Cup final with a 1-0 win over Portugal on Wednesday
With shouts of "Zizou, Zizou!" and "We're in the final!" on their lips, tens of thousands of French fans poured onto the Champs Elysees after France advanced to the World Cup final Wednesday night. One fan was killed in a subway accident, disrupting traffic while the metro system was packed with people.
Former France international Youri Djorkaeff, who left the New York Red Bulls last week ostensibly for a family emergency, was briefly arrested during a weekend visit to the World Cup.
According to statistics from an overseas blog called "Worldcupdeathwatch," 50 soccer fans around the world have died as a result of the World Cup since it began on June 24. Eleven of those fans were from China, the most of any country.
Pakistani authorities have arrested around 100 people on charges of betting on World Cup football matches, a crime in this conservative Islamic republic, local media reported Tuesday.
The basis for the strategy that has won Luiz Felipe Scolari 12 straight games as a coach at the World Cup isn't some New Age philosophy - it's more than 2,400 years old.
A pioneering initiative to make the 2006 FIFA World Cup not only entertaining but environmentally-friendly is proving a winning team, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) announced Monday.
The World Cup is soccer's greatest spectacle. It's also a monthlong grind, and the fatigue is starting to show.
Pakistani authorities have arrested around 100 people on charges of betting on World Cup football matches, a crime in this conservative Islamic republic
While the fans in Germany are pampered in high-tech stadiums or fun-filled fan areas, in other parts of the world the struggle to catch the World Cup action can cost you your life.
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