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DFB PRESIDENT IN HOSPITAL
German Football Federation (DFB) president Egidius Braun has been taken to hospital over the weekend, a DFB spokesman said.
BRAZIL SAYS IT DESERVES TO HOST WC 2006
Brazil has told Asian nations that its bid for the 2006 World Cup combined passion and organisation and it deserved to host the tournament.
BLATTER GIVES BRAZIL BID BOOST
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has given Brazil a timely boost in the race to host the 2006 World Cup.
NIGERIA SOCCER TEAM GETS GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
Nigeria's sports ministry has set up a committee to mobilise "financial and moral support" for its national soccer team in a bid to win the 2000 African Cup of Nations.
THAIS GO ON WORLD CUP RAMPAGE
Hundreds of youths went on the rampage at a detention centre in northeast Thailand in the early hours of Wednesday after officials prevented them from watching a World Cup soccer match on television, police said.
MOROCCO JOINS RACE TO STAGE 2006 WORLD CUP
"Morocco is officially a candidate for the World Cup finals in 2006," Youth and Sports Minister Ahmed Moussaoui stated yesterday.
BIDDERS PRESENT TO FIFA
Those countries hoping to host soccer's 2006 World Cup have begun presenting their official bids to governing body FIFA.
AFRICAN GAMES OFFICIALS SEEK TO HARMONISE CALENDARS
African Games officials want to harmonise international sporting calendars to ensure their top athletes do not have to choose between lucrative overseas meetings and the continent's top event.
BETS END FOR 2006 WORLD CUP ? WITH SOUTH AFRICA HOT FAVOURITES
After taking bets for over two years on who will win the right to stage the World Cup 2006, UK betting firm William Hill have finally closed their book ? just days before the FIFA executive committee finally votes on who will stage the tournament.
BLATTER BACKS AFRICAN WORLD CUP BID
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said the 2006 Word Cup finals should go to Africa if one of the continent's two bidding countries can meet all the conditions required to stage the event.
Sth AFRICA CONFIDENT OF WORLD CUP VICTORY
South African Sports Minister Ngconde Balfour has said his country would "comfortably earn" the right to stage the 2006 World Cup finals.
NEW STADIA AS MOROCCO UP BID FOR WORLD CUP
Morocco has started work on a $100 million stadium to boost its bid to host the soccer World Cup finals in 2006, a government official has said.
TSN REPORTS OUTSTANDING WORLD CUP RATINGS
Canadian broadcaster TSN says first round World Cup matches have produced outstanding ratings.
EGYPT PULL PLUG ON WORLD CUP BID
Egypt has confirmed it is out of the race to host soccer's World Cup in 2006, leaving six nations competing to stage the finals.
BRAZIL AND GERMANY PRESENT BIDS TO FIFA
Germany and Brazil will officially join the race to host the 2006 World Cup today when they submit their bids to FIFA.
PARIS-DAKAR RALLY RETURNS TO ITS ROOTS
The Paris-Dakar rally returns to its geographical roots in 2001 when the race starts from the French capital on New Year's Day before a 10,000-km trek across Europe and north Africa takes competitors to the Senegal capital.
GERMANY, SOUTH AFRICA FAVOURED FOR 2006 WORLD CUP BID.
Germany and South Africa emerged as clear joint favourites to stage the 2006 World Cup on Friday after the leaking of a confidential FIFA report ranking them as technically the best bids.
SOUTH AFRICA WORLD CUP TOUR NEARS CONCLUSION
The campaign team behind South Africa's bid to host the 2006 World Cup will end its global charm offensive in the coming week with visits to Saudi Arabia and Turkey.