South Korean soccer internationals Lee Ho and Kim Dong-jin left for Russia on Tuesday after signing for Zenit St Petersburg.
Italy coach Marcello Lippi said on Monday his team will not be unnerved in a stadium packed with partisan home fans for the World Cup semi-final against Germany.
Costa Rica coach Alexandre Guimaraes resigned on Monday after his team's dismal performances at the World Cup in Germany where the Central American nation suffered three straight defeats.
Ecuador's World Cup squad were awarded medals by the country's government on Monday for their performance in Germany where the team reached the second round of the tournament for the first time.
Michael Ballack looks at scorelines from recent matches between Italy and Germany and draws a grim conclusion.
Eighteen-year-old Bruno Cunha, a college student, had an unpleasant new experience: for the first time he watched Brazil failing to reach the World Cup final
A Portuguese-speaking team in the World Cup final four is almost always a given. Just not this one.
Three weeks of sparkling soccer has done what six decades of soul-searching could not: It's made Germans proud to be German again, and prouder still of national team captain Michael Ballack, the communist sports prodigy who left the East to become a capitalist star in the West.
He arrived confident and secure, consistent in his coaching and his comments. It seemed there were no doubts on Carlos Alberto Parreira's mind.
Brazilians across the country crawled out of bed with their eyes dried from so much crying after watching France shatter their dreams of another World Cup victory
Brazil or France, France or Brazil -- Portuguese players knew they'd be playing a soccer heavyweight in their World Cup semifinal.
Australia are continuing talks with Gerard Houllier about the possibility of the Frenchman replacing Guus Hiddink as the Socceroos' next head coach.
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German trains collide near Duesseldorf, several people injured
China beats Germany 7-4 in men's curling Olympic qualification
Bayern beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in UEFA Champions League
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