France and Uruguay have ended their World Cup Group A match scoreless.

74th minute: Valeron doubles the score for Spain in Group B of the World Cup.

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Ireland have been rewarded one of the top seedings for the European Cup draw, which takes place today, for their superb display in the qualifying round of the World Cup.

A new tournament which has been dubbed as a 'mini-World Cup' is being proposed by FIFA president Gianni Infantino.

Ireland have moved to 20th in the FIFA world rankings following the recent victory over the Cyprus and qualification for the World Cup play-offs.

Didier Drogba is “definitely not out” of the World Cup at this stage and is awaiting the verdict of the Ivory Coast medical team on his injured arm, a national federation spokesman has confirmed.

Qatar have developed artificial clouds to provide shade for stadiums and training grounds at the 2022 World Cup.

Twenty suspects have been arrested in connection with the Uganda bomb attacks that killed 76 people watching the World Cup final on television, police in the country said today.

Ireland coach Phil Simmons has named an 18-man squad for the World Cup qualifiers in South Africa in April.

Belgium have been named the cleanest team at the World Cup after finishing top of Fifa's fair play table ahead of Sweden and Japan.

Nuno Gomes scores for Portugal three minutes into the second half of the World Cup qualifier in Greece.

England World Cup flanker Lewis Moody has agreed a new two-year contract with Guinness Premiership champions Leicester.

Dublin firm World Cup Wanderers offered a crash course in ‘Japlish’ - a poor form of Japanese - which some Irish fans took up before flying out to the World Cup finals.

The Japan Football Association have officially declared their intention to bid for the right to host the World Cup in either 2018 or 2022.

The United States, Canada and Mexico will jointly host the 2026 World Cup after beating bid rival Morocco, FIFA has announced.

Leinster’s CJ van der Linde will move to the Super-14 Cheetahs next season in an effort to win back his place in the South African squad for the 2011 World Cup.

The Rugby Football Union has confirmed it will submit a bid to host the World Cup in 2015.

World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper has hinted that Ireland’s timing hasn’t been right as the country finds itself ranked behind “two masters of the universe in terms of putting on major world events” in the race to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

The bidding battle to host Rugby World Cup 2023 is set to be between Ireland and three other countries - France, Italy and South Africa.