Roque Junior has received a yellow card for a foul after five minutes of the World Cup final.

Mansiz scored his second of the day - and third of the World Cup - with a cool finish to extend Turkey's lead.

World Cup Bad Boys

Italy have kicked off their World Cup second round match with Korea. A place in the quarter-final aginast Spain awaits the winner.

Pauleta scored Portugal's second goal of the second half in the World Cup qualifier in Greece.

Michael Constantinou scored for Cyprus in the 24th minute of the World Cup qualifier in Greece.

Brazil captain Thiago Silva has promised his side will deliver great football at the World Cup this summer.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has appointed Paddy O’Brien as IRB Referee Manager.

England are favourites to win the World Cup after their victory against France today.

Portugal 4-0 Poland

The first ever Rugby World Cup tour has come to Ireland, stopping off in Limerick, Cork and Dublin this November.

Senegal 3 Uruguay 0

Japan 0 Russia 0

Sweden 2 Senegal 1

Mark Kennedy looks to be out of the Irish World Cup squad through injury, according to reports.

French midfielder Zinedine Zidane has hinted that next year’s World Cup finals will be his last.

Colombia have made a surprise entry into the bidding to host the 2014 World Cup.

The countdown to the 2008 World Cup begins in The Hague tomorrow when Holland face Russia in the opening match of the European preliminary qualifying tournament.

FIFA’s World Cup committee has named Ireland among the second group of seeds for next year’s World Cup finals in Japan and South Korea.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes the World Cup will be "nothing" without him in it.