World Cup Finals stories:
I Want to Play For England After World Cup, Says Beckham
Nov 20th, 2009 - New York Times
Filed at 7:30 p.m. ET LONDON (Reuters) - David Beckham wants to continue playing for England even after next year's World Cup finals in South Africa, he was quoted as saying on Saturday.
Irish up in arms over French star's handball
Nov 20th, 2009 - National Post
As with all things controversial in soccer, the tabloids tell it best in the headlines. "Hand of the Frog" was one. "Hand of the Gaul" another.
A handball by Frenchman Thierry Henry...FIFA should allow replays for cheating: French minister
Nov 20th, 2009 - Washington Post
PARIS (Reuters) - World soccer's governing body FIFA should order replays of matches where "cheating" affects the outcome, a senior French government minister said on Friday.
No guarantees for Beckham
Nov 20th, 2009 - Sky Sports
England midfielder David Beckham accepts that his six-month loan return to AC Milan will not ensure a certain ticket to his fourth World Cup finals.
The LA Galaxy star...Stung Egypt in diplomatic row after Algeria loss
Nov 19th, 2009 - Yahoo! News
CAIRO (AFP) – Egypt, whose state-owned media staked so much on qualifying for the World Cup finals for the first time in two decades, vented its anguish on Thursday in an escalating diplomatic row with its Algerian vanquishers.
World Cup Finals videos from YouTube:
- World Cup 2010: The final...All 32 teams who will play in South Africa next year have been finalised after a dramatic night of play-offs, including controversy involving Ireland. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com
- ALGERIA IN THE WORLD CUP FINALwhat a great goal by yahia to finish the egyptian off, 1 2 3 viva l'algerie
- FIFA World Cup Final 2006...Zidane's removal from the World Cup Final 2006, for headbutting Marco Materazzi. The BBC version.
- world cup final 1966 in colourBritish pathe news report on englands world cup success
World Cup Finals from WikiPedia:
The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, because of World War II.
The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month – this phase is often called the World Cup Finals. A qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation(s). The World Cup is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 final.
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