Morales gets Uruguay's second goal on 70 minutes that puts them ahead on aggregate in their World Cup play-off second leg against Australia.

Uruguay have taken the lead in the second leg of their World Cup play-off against Australia in Montevideo.

FIFA will decide whether any action is necessary after Australian squad members admitted to gambling among themselves on their opening World Cup match.

JAPAN have been backed in their bid to host the 2011 World Cup by Martin Johnson and Nick Farr-Jones.

RIVALDO has warned that he could retire from international football if he is not part of the plans for the 2006 World Cup.

FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has been judged to have violated the organisation’s code of ethics by his involvement with selling World Cup tickets.

Two out of three Argentinians expect their national team to win the World Cup according to a survey carried out in Argentina.

Fifa whistleblower Chuck Blazer has said he and others took bribes for South Africa to host the 2010 World Cup, in a testimony published by the United States Department of Justice.

The number of teams competing in golf’s Omega World Cup in China on November 22-25 has been increased from 24 to 28.

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Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has dismissed the latest allegations against him as “foolishness” and insists there is a witch hunt against Qatar.

Brazil - overwhelmed by what seems like terminal ecstasy - is planning an epic homecoming for the heroes due back from the Far East tomorrow with the country’s fifth World Cup.

Brazil 2-0 Germany

Ireland 63 Georgia 14

TV3 have won the rights to exclusively screen the 2015 Rugby World Cup in Ireland.

A worker at one of the World Cup stadiums still under construction in Brazil has been killed in an electrical accident, an official has said.

It's a big day tomorrow for Paul the Octopus.