Football

Football fans across Africa are joining to support the continent's last remaining team in the tournament.

Kaka has had a below par World Cup and Wesley Sneijder is yet to dominate in the way he does for Inter Milan.

Vicente Del Bosque is facing calls to replace striker Fernando Torres with Fernando Llorente for Saturday's quarter-final with Paraguay.

Lionel Messi has sought the advice of his one-time coach at Barcelona ahead of a quarter-final clash against Germany.

Mexico was knocked out of the World Cup three days ago after a 3-1 loss to Argentina in the round of 16.

The disappointing end for the Blue Samurai should not mask what has been a positive tournament.

Elano was hit in the ankle after a hard tackle in the 67th minute in the match against Ivory Coast.

Villa scored his fourth goal of the tournament in the 63rd minute of the match.

The Brazilians came to the World Cup for the party, and the rest of the globe is eagerly tagging along.

Manchester United legend Roy Keane has picked apart the players in England's disastrous World Cup 2010 squad.

Goals from Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder in each half powered the Dutch win.

Then, like all the major sports, the technology will take over more and more decisions.

Cacau pulled an abdominal muscle during the team's final training at its base outside Pretoria.

"The saddest part is that sometimes the game no sooner ends and you're just thinking about the next game," he said.

Switzerland lost out on a second round place after failing to score against Honduras.

Brazil topped the group with seven points, Portugal were second with five.