Juergen Klinsmann is basking in the affections of a nation but the coach knows a slip against Sweden on Saturday would make him responsible for one of the least successful World Cup campaigns in German history.
Argentina need to rediscover their goal power when they take on Latin American rivals Mexico in the second round of the World Cup at the Zentralstadion on Saturday.
Zinedine Zidane's career is just about over, shutting the light on a brilliant career. The end might be painful.
Mexico came into the World Cup promising its best showing ever. Now, the same team that arrived in Germany dreaming of its first semifinal berth just hopes to avoid a fourth straight second-round loss.
The achievements of African teams at previous World Cup tournaments inspired Ghana captain Stephen Appiah.
U.S. coach Bruce Arena and his team were critical of a penalty kick call that led to Ghana's winning goal Thursday and elimination from the World Cup for the Americans.
Serbia and Montenegro bowed out of international football with the weakest record in the 2006 World Cup, hoping to rise from the ashes of the tournament as plain Serbia before the first Euro 2008 qualifiers in the autumn.
Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson may be ready to give 17-year-old Theo Walcott a slice of the World Cup action against Ecuador on Sunday after losing Michael Owen to injury. Eriksson believes Walcott, the youngest player in England's international history, could ease the strain on Wayne Rooney or Peter Crouch in the later stages of the second-round match in Stuttgart.
France coach Raymond Domenech, his job on the line in Friday's World Cup Group G decider against Togo, said he should not be judged yet.
After losing all its World Cup final matches in Germany, a disgraced and jetlagged Costa Rican soccer team had to face taunts from a group of angry hecklers when it arrived home on Wednesday.
Italy and the Czech Republic will battle to survive their "Group of Death" in an enticing showdown on Thursday that will untangle Group E -- where all four teams still have a chance to advance.
Ivory Coast showed why they are regarded as one of Africa's most gifted teams when they recovered from two goals down to beat Serbia & Montenegro 3-2 in their final Group C match at the World Cup on Wednesday.
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