Germany legend Franz Beckenbauer has turned his anger on France after their dismal 2-0 defeat against Mexico last night left them on the verge of an early exit.

England manager Fabio Capello will be left to decide Gareth Barry’s World Cup fate after the Manchester City midfielder was sidelined for four weeks by an ankle injury.

Vision D’Etat has been given the green light to run in today’s Dubai World Cup.

Former Republic of Ireland defender Kevin Moran has backed the current central defensive pairing to impress in the upcoming World Cup play-off.

WALES star Gavin Henson’s World Cup dream is in ruins after he underwent surgery on a dislocated bone in his right wrist.

MANKIND’S greatest global sports festival opens in South Africa this afternoon when the hosts play Mexico in World Cup 2010’s opening game.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter will consider a rule change allowing three yellow cards before a suspension in future World Cups and has called for a crackdown on players feigning injury to disrupt matches.

Irish rugby coach Joe Schmidt reflects on the need for squad balance in the run up to rugby World Cup and Paddy Jackson reflects on his return to Ireland duty after injury. Just a few of the highlights from last night’s post Barbarians match press conference. 

Referees in Premier League matches next season will use the vanishing spray that came to prominence in the recent World Cup in Brazil, it was announced yesterday.

Graham Poll has paid the price for his yellow-card blunder by being named among the 14 referees sent home from the World Cup.

Pakistan’s World Cup Group D match against Zimbabwe will go ahead as scheduled later today.

The Football Association intend to announce plans in the near future to mark England’s 1966 World Cup uccess.

Australia 1 Uruguay 0 (1-1 aggregate)

Brazil right-back Cafu will not be calling time on his international career just yet.

Bernard Laporte today confirmed he would be staying on as France coach until the 2007 World Cup.

Ireland’s World Cup hopes were dealt a shattering blow at Murrayfield this afternoon as inspirational full-back Geordan Murphy was ruled out of the competition with a broken leg.

Berti Vogts has insisted he has no intention of quitting as Scotland manager despite reports that he has been offered the opportunity to coach South Korea.

Ireland U19s went down to Bangladesh in their final group match of the U19 World Cup's Plate Championship to leave the Irish facing a tough semi final draw against Australia.

England’s hopes of a place in the semi-finals of the IRB Under-21 World Cup were extinguished by a 21-16 defeat to France at Henley today.

Denmark and Senegal have handed a World Cup boost to France with a draw in their Group A clash in Daegu.