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German relaunches auction for World Cup rubbish (Gulf Times)

BERLIN: German decorator Matthias Blume said yesterday he had relaunched the bidding process for the name tags of the 32 World Cup finalists used in the televised draw after receiving bogus offers.

U.S. gets no favors in World Cup draw (San Jose Mercury News)

After swimming briefly with soccer’s big fishes four years ago, when it reached the World Cup quarterfinals, the United States was tossed back into the bait tank Friday.

Larsson plans return to Sweden – newspaper

Sweden striker Henrik Larsson plans to leave Barcelona at the end of the season and return to
his homeland…

German relaunches auction for World Cup rubbish (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

German decorator Matthias Blume said on Monday he had relaunched the bidding process for the name tags of the 32 World Cup finalists used in the televised draw after receiving bogus offers.

German relaunches auction for World Cup rubbish (Reuters via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)

BERLIN, Dec 26 (Reuters) – German decorator Matthias Blume said on Monday he had relaunched the bidding process for the name tags of the 32 World Cup finalists used in the televised draw after receiving bogus offers.

WORLD CUP A-Z: Part One – A to M (Eurosport)

Eurosport.com takes you on a journey through the bizarre and the brilliant of the World Cup from its beginnings in 1930 to Germany 2006. Part One goes from A and Algeria’s infamous 1982 exit, past Johan Cruyff and Franz Beckenbauer to Benjamin Massing’s rugby-style foul on Claudio Caniggia in 1990.

Arena will spend months finalizing 23-man World Cup soccer roster (Seattle Times)

Bruce Arena knows who his team will play in the first round of the 2006 World Cup. He knows who looms in the next stage, if his team makes…

The best moments of 2005

FIFAworldcup.com relives its favourite moments of the past year – starting with Japan becoming the first team across the line in the race for places at next summer’s FIFA World Cup™ finals…