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Italy settle on Duisburg base

Italy will base themselves in Duisburg for the group stage of next year’s 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™, the Italian Football Federation have confirmed…

England elect Baden-Baden as finals camp

Sven-Goran Eriksson’s England team have made the south west German city of Baden-Baden their base for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany…

Barbados is selected to host the 2006 WGC-World Cup next December (PGA)

The World Cup will be played at the Sandy Lane Resort, best known as the site of Tiger Woods’ wedding in October of 2004.

Barbados to host 2006 golf World Cup (Fox Sports)

The Sandy Lane resort and golf course will host the World Cup of golf in December 2006 in which the world’s top 18 golfers will be invited to compete for a purse worth at least US $4 million. organizers said Friday. “We chose Barbados because it is a great golfing destination and it has many of the attributes we are looking for,” said Jack Warfield, vice president of the World Golf Championship.

USA Drawn into Group E with Italy, Czech Republic and Ghana for 2006 World Cup (La Prensa San Diego)

The U.S. Men’s National Team has been drawn into Group E with Italy, Ghana and the Czech Republic in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. The Final Draw took place December 9 at the Congress Center Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany.

Writers’ block for determined World Cup hosts (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Germany’s football stars have been told to forget any idea of writing football columns for newspapers or internet sites ahead of and during their hosting of the 2006 World Cup.

Ivory Coast could reach World Cup final says Beckenbauer (Reuters via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)

ABIDJAN, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Ivory Coast could make it to the 2006 World Cup final in Germany if they survive initial matches in their tough group, Franz Beckenbauer said on Friday.

Africa’s FIFA World Cup participants intend to use their full ticket allocations (2006 FIFA World Cup)

Private audiences with the Presidents of Angola, Togo, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire as well as with the Prime Minister of Tunisia underline the great importance Franz Beckenbauer’s worldwide “Welcome Tour” has for the ™2006 FIFA World Cup participants, including in Africa.

Trinidad line up Wales friendly

Trinidad and Tobago will play an exhibition match against Wales on 1 March as it prepares for its first FIFA World Cup™ appearance in June…

Companies looking forward to World Cup (AdJab)

Filed under: Television Marketers in the United Kingdom are awaiting the 2006 World Cup tournament and the massive audience it is expected to bring with it. Media outlets, too are looking forward to the event since it’s hoped it will help stop the bleeding of declining advertising dollars. TV is expected to be the medium getting the most help from World Cup since it will be the medium most