Holland have been drawn in the same group as Argentina in the 2006 World Cup.

The Football Association of Ireland has announced that it will commission an independent review of its preparations for the World Cup once the competition is over.

Morales' second and Uruguay's third means the South Americans will be heading to next year's World Cup finals instead of Australia.

FIFA have admitted they have taken out insurance in case the 2010 World Cup does not go ahead in South Africa.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has confirmed for the first time that there is a ’plan B’ for the host nation of the 2010 World Cup.

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be a 32-team tournament as originally planned, FIFA has announced.

POPE Benedict will watch the most important matches of next year’s World Cup and believes Germany has a strong side, World Cup chief Franz Beckenbauer said after meeting the Pontiff yesterday.

Rep of Ireland 0 France 1

Ireland hammering Namibia in the Rugby World Cup in Australia.

Japan v Russia

Brazil v Turkey match stats

Brazil 1-0 Germany

Brazil 0 0 Germany (Half-time)

Brazil have formally submitted their application to host the 2014 World Cup, presenting a letter to FIFA at the Club World Cup in Japan.

FIFA could face a multi-million shortfall in funding for next year’s World Cup finals in Japan and Korea after the collapse of their marketing agents, ISL.

WEST GERMANY’S 1974 World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer has refused to rule himself out of the running to succeed Lennart Johansson as UEFA president in 2006.

Qatar will host the World Cup finals for the first time after FIFA awarded them the rights to the 2022 tournament in Zurich today.

Argentinian football fans are struggling to decide who they most want to lose the England-Brazil World Cup clash.

Australia captured the inaugural Deaf Rugby Sevens World Cup, which has been run side-by-side with the first ever 15-man World Cup, in Auckland today.