SEOUL: Whether Japanese players have world-class football skills or not, they do have world-class chambermaid skill. Officials found to their surprise that, after celebrating an historic World Cup ……

stadium is LeSports Center in Wukesong, Beijing.The diverse line-up includes players from China, Russia... playoff champion will be awarded with the Gagarin Cup. CSKA Moscow won last year’s Cup. 21st ……

. "The city staged a very good world-class event in 2002 and as a result, tennis in China is growing...THE season-ending men's tennis championship will return to Shanghai in 2005, Masters Cup organizers ……

pre-match commentary are full of World Cup trivia and anecdotes.As your players line up on the pitch...LIST the things you would want in a World Cup football game. Besides gameplay, graphics and sound ……

and Uber cups last year."My players are all outstanding world class players," Chinese head coach Li... Cup."China's team is full of talent, including men's world No 1 Lin Dan and Athens gold medallists ……

to line up with his heroes. “Playing with Wayne Rooney and his teammates would be an honor for me,” he... World Cup. ……

line up every morning in bars in front of steaming coffee machines to rapidly swallow their coffee... to cappuccino. That's the drink of millions of Italians every morning at bars up and down ……

following his stunning strike in the World Cup second round clash between England and Argentina... tackle believed to have cost England the match.After the World Cup, Owen dropped to a low point due ……

's crucial World Cup qualifiers.The Serbian coach has never won over large sections of China's sporting... with the line-up and assessing players," a leading Chinese soccer official was quoted in the Guangzhou Daily ……

it, the soccer superstar will miss this summer’s World Cup.The 34-year-old midfielder injured his left... kicks at the World Cup that begins on June 11 in South Africa – what he had hoped would be his fourth ……

) their passion (热情) into our lives. By watching the world-class matches, our love for soccer would be woken up...的) for Chinese soccer and the Chinese economy (经济). Shen Siyu: If we hosted the World Cup, not only could ……

to be recalled to the Manchester United line-up. He will be just in time for the League Cup semi-final clash... October 2003.In the lap of luxuryNBA legend Michael Jordan has teamed up with a Chicago company to build ……

Editor's note: The World Cup is three months away. 21st Century will run a series introducing football culture around the world. We start with Brazil.The only five-time World Cup winner, Brazil ……

the England/Japan Women's World Cup match in Shanghai. He enjoyed the game and loved watching the interaction... wanted beer. He wanted hotdogs. He wanted peanuts.He was stunned by the fact that, at a world-class ……

of physical, health and arts education. “We can nurture (培养) a generation of future world-class talents... to that dream. During this year’s Adidas Cup, which was held from Aug 16 to 18, the team’s players fought ……