Monday 3 July '06
The Germans have to make up for the loss with less affluent Portuguese, Italians and less exuberant French; alternatively, the hosts will have to go partying themselvesSunday 2 July '06
German officialdom is not as stern or rigid – or, indeed, as humourless – as it is painted out. Stuck for yet another match...Sunday
2 July '06Cry Argentina: Pekerman’s two decision errors cost Cup a Latin flavourSunday
2 July '06One hex can be undone but two is too much, and England failed miserably in that task today.Saturday
1 July '06The governing body’s marking finds each one of them scoring very high marks, much higher than in 2002, from second round onwardsSaturday
1 July '06Exactly two weeks after he scored the best goal of the tournament, Esteban Cambiasso was given the task of scoring one far more important.Friday
30 June '06The World Cup gets down to serious business tomorrow, the wheat separated from the chaff; the four quarter-final matches offer an intriguing mix of old rivalriesFriday
30 June '06I thought three weeks in Germany would have prepared me for most things. Trust Berlin to test, yet again, my skills at coping with the way things are here.Friday
30 June '06A connoiseur’s delight: Former champs, arch rivals, in top form, big names and big occasionThursday
29 June '06Jean Varraud would have been happy with Zinedine Zidane’s performance on Tuesday night. Zidane became the latest player in this World Cup to confound the criticsWednesday
28 June '06When the match ended, the two No 10s embraced and exchanged jerseys. In that intimate gesture held special by all footballers, Stephen Appiah and Ronaldinho, who usually occupy different constellations, were on the same planet.Wednesday
28 June '06It’s difficult deciding whether to feel sorry for Switzerland or happy for Ukraine.Wednesday
28 June '06Ronaldo climbs into the record book with classy fifth-minute strike, but Brazil a disappointmentTuesday
27 June '06Approaching Kaiserslautern, and surveying the town from the station, it appears like one of the feeder towns for the hill-stations in India. New Jalpaiguri is the obvious parallel, with the hills in the background and the hint of forests in the air.Tuesday
27 June '06Holland's departure from the World Cup — yet another sad chapter in their history of gross underachievement...Monday
26 June '06No ticket to watch Germany beat Sweden but this reporter took a chance and, soon after kickoff, walked up to the stadium entrance.Monday
26 June '06The contrast at the Fritz Walter Stadium in Kaiserslautern couldn’t have been more stark. Outside, ecstatic Australian fans lined up at the ticket counter hoping to watch a match they never dreamed they would.Monday
26 June '06Faced with the chance of making the quarter-finals for the second World Cup in a row, England gave up on short passes and retreated to the comfort of their long-ball game.Sunday
25 June '06The German dream continued today as they marked their progress to the quarter finals with a fine 2-0 win over Sweden here.Sunday
25 June '06It’s back, after more than 60 years, visible across the country, from Berlin’s upmarket Ku’damm to Hamburg’s down-and-dirty Reeperbahn.Saturday
24 June '06While marveling at the silky skills of the born-again Brazilians, it was hard not to feel sorry for Hidetoshi Nakata.Saturday
24 June '06Apart from the Ro-Ro’s, even the young guns had a point to prove on the night...Friday
23 June '06One of the problems with this World Cup is the high — astronomically so — cost of hotel rooms.Friday
23 June '06Somebody up there had fun writing this script. Long hailed as an African powerhouse yet never qualifying for the World Cup, Ghana, known as the ‘‘Brazilians of Africa,’’ marked their debut appearance today by beating the USAFriday
23 June '06Goalless, but the match had all the trappings of a classic
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