England midfielder Paul Ince told British Sunday newspapers he had played in the World Cup despite having a broken ankle bone. Ince, who played with his left ankle heavily strapped, missed a penalty in the shoot-out with Argentina which put England out of the World Cup in the second round. He and Glenn Hoddle had decided to keep the injury a secret.

"I was in agony at times," Ince said. "It needed weeks of rest but I wasn't prepared to sit out."Fan jumps out with GermanyA 26-year-old man jumped out of a first floor window in despair at Germany's exit from the World Cup, police said today. The man suffered a broken jaw in last night's incident in Augsburg.

Thais escape to victory

Eight prisoners in Thailand had special reason to celebrate Croatia's win over Germany in the quarter-finals. Guards at the police station where they were being held were so glued to the soccer on television that they failed to check a closed-circuit screen monitoring the cells. Hadthey looked, they would have seen a mass breakout.