Features - Off the field

FIFA expects 700 mn to watch World Cup final

Del Bosque expects football 'propaganda' in final

Platini released from hospital, wants to attend World Cup final

Spain dominates Golden Ball nominations

Parakeet Mani predicts Dutch win over Spain

Octopus Paul tips Spain for title, Germany for third

Future dim for South Africa's World Cup stadia

Science of coaching scores over skill

Spain worried about safety of octopus Paul

Football in the time of Twitter

Diego Forlán falls but shows he belongs with greats

Shakira to headline WC closing ceremony

Mercedez workers allowed to watch Germany match

Octopus Paul predicts Spain win over Germany

All 240 doping tests at World Cup negative

A prediction? No chance! Surprise is this tournament's lesson

Most Germans confident of World Cup title

Nothing unites people like the World Cup

WC will be best remembered for Maradona's theatrics

Tears roll down as Brazil bids adieu to the WC

Ghana captures African imagination

Austrian goldsmith makes 21,000-dollar vuvuzela

Unlucky 13, unless your name is Mueller

Spidercam gives World Cup watchers bird's-eye view

Psychic octopus predicts Germany will beat Argentina

FIFA invites journalists to be linesmen for a day

Spanish fans in favour of technology in football

Torres and Ronaldo in clash of the unfulfilled

England vs Germany: time for a new chapter to be written

Restricting Mesut Ozil’s creativity is England’s key

Spanish press relieved rather than delighted

Jabulani ball a hit with Portugal after 7-0 win

Wimbledon stars caught up in World Cup

Trouble-plagued France cancels training after altercation

The man who left his scoring boots in South Africa

English papers blame Capello for abject England display

Jermain Defoe says England 'are still a great team'

Sorry, Germany and no one else will win the WC

EU summit will update leaders with WC scores

World Cup proves riveting viewing

Ex-Ferrari inventor protects footballers’ shins in style

Sven-Goran Eriksson calls for summit on World Cup ball

Slovenian leader to watch Slovenia-U.S. match

FIFA okays Drogba cast

Twitter wraps its tentacles around World Cup

BBC looking for ways to mute vuvuzelas

Hong Kong fans to watch WC in 3-D at cinemas

Bus drivers strike leaves WC fans stranded

Viswanathan Anand a fan of Messi

FIFA not to ban Vuvuzelas at the World Cup

Vuvuzelas may be on their way to the Premier League

Germans wildly celebrate victory over Australia

Drogba and Zidane launch campaign against poverty

World Cup enters the kitchen

Notable World Cup goalkeeping howlers

English press blast Green for goal blunder

All pre-World Cup doping tests negative: FIFA

Fabio Capello steps into unknown with England

‘I want to lead the boys as far as I can'

Head-to-head of Saturday's matches

Argentina’s President wants to clone Messi, Maradona

Not at the WC: Ronaldinho sulks, Ballack on holiday

4-2-3-1 is the key formula for winning WC

Referees learning English swear words

GOAL! - quiz and fun book on football WC

No umbrellas please, FIFA tells WC fans

France’s Domenech most unpleasant coach

Exciting FIFA season ahead

Millions of women will be watching but the ads will be aimed at men

Internet users favour Brazil to reclaim World Cup

‘Tense WC games do not lead to heart attacks’

Germany gears up for WC public viewing party

Beckham is now comic star

How the African nations have fared so far

Secret of taking penalties revealed

So many games and so many pains

Beckham is Yahoo's sports ambassador

Unique World Cup experience for blind fans

South Africa gets high-speed train for World Cup

Brazil’s World Cup fever ready to be unleashed

Shakira delays German team's departure to WC

Things to know about the World Cup

How Eusebio lit up the World Cup

Villa to take Spain’s penalties in World Cup

Ready for kickoff, says Zuma

Tired of the vuvuzela? Hit the mute button

Truth takes a battering in the great World Cup cliche game

First ever…

Goalkeepers appear to live longer in the game

Ten players to watch in South Africa

Beckham branded England’s national treasure

Not only goalies bamboozled by Jabulani ball

The Hindu's pick of post-War World Cup greats-III

Red-tops aim to sell to World Cup fans by publishing in South Africa

David James happy to sacrifice himself in push to join the greats

Capello sees wisdom in making age a virtue

1,000 fans a day sign up for WC TV service in Hong Kong

Mandela will attend World Cup opening game

‘This is going to be the best World Cup we have ever seen’

The Hindu's pick of post-War World Cup greats-II

Book on football World Cup

Texting time for English fans in South Africa

Of sacrifices and squirrel fat: African football magic

Rio Ferdinand says Euro 2000 absence was a blessing

And then the ball hit the back of the net…

A look at World Cup rules

Singer who was going to perform at World Cup dies

Germany told all clear on WC hotel

Obama plays host to US World Cup team

Brazil's Lúcio ready to impose Dunga's will

The man who brought the World Cup to SA