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  • World Cup 2006 Round Up - Quarter Finals  By : David Walker
    The World Cup is down to eight countries as we approach the business end of the tournament. This is what happened the four quarter finals and who will be squaring off against who in the semis.
  • World Cup 2006 Review - Semi Finals & Final  By : David Walker
    The World Cup is over for another four years and it was Italy that were crowned World champions. Here is a short round up of the semi final, third and fourth place play off and the final.
  • World Cup 2006 Review - Last 16  By : David Walker
    The World Cup has been reduced from 32 to 16 participating nations as the knockout stages begin. This is how the last 16 faired as they battled for a place in the quarter finals.
  • World Cup 2006 Preview - Tunisia  By : David Walker
    Tunisia qualified for their third straight finals in dramatic fashion in the final round of fixtures. They needed just a point against arch-rivals Morocco but were trailing 2-1 until Nuremberg midfielder Adel Chadli netted the crucial equaliser 20 minutes from the end.
  • World Cup 2006 Preview - Togo  By : David Walker
    First-time World Cup qualification for the tiny west African nation was such a great achievement the country’s president declared a national holiday to celebrate.
  • World Cup 2006 Preview - Switzerland  By : David Walker
    Switzerland qualified from the same group as Group F opponents France and also remained unbeaten in 10 qualifying matches, with four wins and six draws.
  • World Cup 2006 Preview - Spain  By : David Walker
    Spain, yet again, are tipped as dark horses for the World Cup and 2006 will finally end years of disappointment and this generation of players will fulfil their undoubted potential.
  • World Cup 2006 Preview - South Korea  By : David Walker
    South Korea shocked the football world four years ago when they beat Italy and Spain to reach the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup.
  • World Cup 2006 Preview - Saudi Arabia  By : David Walker
    Germany will mark Saudi Arabia’s fourth successive appearance at the World Cup but they are still trying to emulate the success achieved in the 1994 finals.
  • World Cup 2006 Preview - Japan  By : David Walker
    Japan are a difficult team to predict. Last year they beat European champions Greece and earned a credible draw with Brazil in last year’s Confederations Cup but their qualifying campaign was less than convincing.
  • World Cup 2006 Preview - France  By : David Walker
    France were required to call on the cavalry to ensure qualification to the finals. Stuck in fourth place in their group, retired veterans Zinedine Zidane, Claude Makelele and Lilian Thuram returned to the side in an attempt to turn around the fortunes of the failing side.
  • World Cup 2006 Preview - Croatia  By : David Walker
    Croatia enter their third successive finals and will look for a repeat of the heroics of 1998 rather than the embarrassment of 2002.
  • World Cup 2006 Preview - Brazil  By : David Walker
    What else is there to be said about Brazil? They are the only team to have participated in every World Cup finals and are five times winners in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. They have also finished as runners up twice in 1950 and 1998.
  • World Cup 2006 Preview - Australia  By : David Walker
    After a 32 year absence from the finals, Australia finally overcame their play-off hoodoo to qualify for Germany. Play off agony to Iran in 1997 and Uruguay in 2001 was vanquished last November as the Australians again faced Uruguay and beat them in a penalty shoot-out.
  • World Cup 2006 Group Stage Review - Phase Two- Part Two  By : David Walker
    All 32 teams have played two matches as the World Cup groups have started to take shape. This is a short round-up of Groups E to H, of the results as they stand after two matches.

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