Hope for Croatia, despair for Italy
Saturday's upset victory over Italy has transformed Croatia from wooden spoon contenders to challengers for the last 16.

Red and yellow cards at the Cup
The list of players who have been shown red and yellow cards at the 2002 World Cup till Saturday.

Scorers at the 2002 World Cup finals
The list of scorers at the ongoing finals after matches played on Saturday.

Italy fume over disallowed goals in defeat
Christian Vieri, whose goal was disallowed, raged: 'Those weren't division one or even division two referees, they were village referees.'

England penalty no penalty: Beckenbauer
Unlike respected match referee Pierluigi Collina, the German all-time great felt that Michael Owen had not been brought down by Mauricio Pochettino.

Italy's Nesta doubtful for Mexico game
The defender suffered an injury to the sole of his foot during his team's 2-1 defeat to Croatia on Saturday.

Italy were over-confident say Croatians
Croatia's players, revelling in their unexpected 2-1 victory, claimed the Italians were too over-confident of winning.

Zidane set to play against Denmark
France's team doctor said the ace midfielder will officially resume training with his team mates on Saturday afternoon.

England will treat Nigeria game like a final
England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson said it will be stupid to think it will be easy against Nigeria.

Cameroon furious at training blunder
Cameroon coach Winfried Schaefer has accused FIFA of "failing to respect African teams" by giving group E rivals Germany preference in a mix-up over training times.

Batistuta ready for showdown
'On Wednesday, I'll be playing my most important match of recent times,' said the Argentine ace, talking about Argentina's crucial match against Sweden.

Ronaldo on goal mission, Italy favourites
Brazil's Ronaldo wants to score goals in abundance and Italy have been installed as the new favourites after Argentina's loss to England.

Burn-out staining game: Beckenbauer
Beckenbauer blamed the wear and tear of club football for the sorry state of the game's big names.

Croatia ditch veterans against Italy
Coach Mirko Jozic has axed veteran midfielder Robert Prosinecki and striker Davor Suker from the starting line-up.

Breakaways the key for Japan
Russia will start as favourites despite evidence that they are not the force they once were.

Champions France, favourites Argentina in trouble
Both teams have made hugely unconvincing starts to the World Cup finals, leaving them in danger of elimination in the first round.

England learn defensive lessons
"It was backs against the wall, stick your chins out and defend for your lives," said defender Danny Mills.

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