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Chile's last victory during the finals was in 1962 when it came in third as host of the World Cup.

Germany great Franz Beckenbauer says England has "gone backwards" under coach Fabio Capello.

De Rossi scored an equaliser in the 63rd minute against Paraguay on Monday.

Denmark frustrated the Dutch before an own goal gave Netherlands the lead and then Dirk Kuyt doubled it.

Algeria coach Rabah Saadane hopes that more African national teams will soon start working with coaches from the continent.

Brazil's players are having a hard time waiting for their turn to debut at the World Cup.

Slovenia and Algeria will already be playing for World Cup survival when they meet in their opening Group C match.

Beckham's experience at Los Angeles Galaxy might come in handy for England in their World Cup opener.

Soccer City, the stadium that will host the opening and closing games of the world's biggest football tournament.

"The 23 players are in optimum condition," team doctor Donato Villani said.

The absence of injured captain Michael Ballack does not have to be a drawback, Franz Beckenbauer said.

Fernando Torres returned from injury as a substitute and scored for Spain in a 6-0 rout of Poland.

Lothar Matthaus has pointed out that the Nationalelf lack the individual class to go all the way in South Africa.

Cruyff says England's play is too similar to Italy's as they are "only interested in the result".

Spain won the Euro 2008 in Austria, and the team trained in the Alpine country to prepare for the upcoming WC.

The Ivory Coast skipper broke his right arm on Friday in a warmup game.