South Korea 2 France 2

Germany 2 Albania 1

John Hartson has added his second goal for Wales to put them into the lead against Armenia.

England’s top referee Howard Webb has announced his retirement - and not a moment too soon for a lot of football fans.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has admitted that it was “a mistake” to choose Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup.

The mayor of Porto Alegre in Brazil has revealed his city may be forced to pull out of hosting matches at this year’s World Cup over a lack of temporary structures at its stadium.

The Republic of Ireland's women's team remains unbeaten after three games in their 2019 World Cup qualification campaign.

Today marks the 80th birthday of Big Jack Charlton, Ireland's legendary soccer manager, and his big day has been celebrated online with glowing tributes.

A website selling Rugby World Cup tickets has been shut down by authorities after a consumer group warned that it appeared to be breaching tournament rules and flouting the law.

Germany World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer is predicting a Germany versus Spain final at Euro 2012.

British sportswear retailer JJB Sports today shrugged off England’s early exit in the World Cup as it said sales had soared in recent weeks.

Holland coach Bert van Marwijk admitted today that he is very concerned about the hamstring injury picked up by Arjen Robben in today’s World Cup warm-up victory over Hungary.

Fabio Capello refused to blame his players for England’s woeful exit from the World Cup at the hands of Germany, instead focusing on the decision to disallow Frank Lampard’s equalising goal.

German legend Franz Beckenbauer has apologised for his criticism of England.

Paraguay have dismissed suggestions that Oscar Cardozo could be out of the World Cup through injury and declared the striker could yet make next week's opening match against Italy.

Now that the dust has settled on Europe's volcano crisis Ireland's women's hockey team can finally concentrate on their World Cup Qualifier in South America this week.

Munster centre Jean de Villiers will return to South Africa at the end of the current season to fight for his place in the 2011 World Cup squad.

New Zealand lock Jason Eaton has been ruled out of this year's Rugby World Cup with a knee injury.

Arsene Wenger says Robert Pires will wait three weeks before deciding whether to have an operation on his knee - but will still be ruled out of the World Cup.