The World Cup’s local organising committee (LOC) is confident that vuvuzela-blowing fans will respect the tension of penalty shoot-outs once the tournament reaches the knock-out stages.

Football Association chief executive Ian Watmore has confirmed threatened industrial action will not result in England’s World Cup qualifier against Andorra tomorrow being played behind closed doors.

Shaun Wright-Phillips will miss England’s World Cup qualifying double header with Kazakhstan and Andorra next month with a knee injury.

Eleven police officers have been injured in the North during disturbances at Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifier match with Poland.

England skipper John Terry has insisted there is no question mark over his fitness ahead of next summer’s World Cup finals.

Iranians in Seoul are taking advantage of a World Cup football qualifier to denounce their home government deeply mired in allegations of election rigging.

Front-row forward Wayne Kerr has been called into the Irish side to face Samoa in Wednesday's crucial clash at the Rugby League World Cup.

Wakefield rugby league back-row forward Jason Golden has been ruled out of Ireland’s World Cup plans through injury.

Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has handed Liverpool winger Albert Riera a recall for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Estonia and Belgium.

Germany captain Michael Ballack is an injury doubt for Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier against Wales after sitting out training today.

The draw for the 20-11 Rugby World Cup will be made in London this afternoon.

Germany’s soccer playing robots are just as dangerous in penalty shootouts as their human counterparts. A team from the University of Bremen beat a team from the University of Texas in a penalty shootout to win Robocup 2016.

Wales captain Lee Briers is battling to be fit for the crucial World Cup qualifier against Scotland next month.

Simon Best is expected to return to Ireland in the next two days after the health scare that has ended his World Cup campaign.

Ireland's Simon Best is facing further medical tests after being hospitalised last night while socialising with his team-mates.

Ireland’s 3-2 defeat to Egypt at the men’s World Cup qualifier in China leaves their hopes of booking their ticket to Germany in September in the balance.

Bookmaker Paddy Power’s popular footballer’s wives betting on who will emerge as the leader of the WAGS has revealed that Coleen McLoughlin, girlfriend of Wayne Rooney, is officially the number one.

A French Riviera resident, angry over raucous revelry following Portugal’s World Cup win over England, was shot dead by police after he shot and wounded two Portugal fans.

World Cup-winning striker Alessandro Del Piero has revealed he could have joined Manchester United in the summer.

Walter Smith is unimpressed by Norway coach Age Hareide’s dismissal of Scotland’s World Cup prospects.