WorldCup2010 News

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Germany, Uruguay Playing for 'Empty Cup'?

(July 9) -- If some people call the World Cup championship the biggest sporting event on the planet, what should the tournament's third-place game be called? The "Empty Cup"? Germany and Uruguay face off Saturday in the not-so-big game, and each country will be fighting for the right to yell "We're No. 3! We're No. 3!...

VIP Jets Clog Airport, Stranding World Cup Fans

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (July 8) -- With the likes of Paris Hilton, Mick Jagger, Bill Clinton and Britain's princes gracing the stands of World Cup games, South Africa has seen its share of private jets over the past few weeks. So many, it turns out, that some less-famous fans have been reduced to sobbing in frustration....

World Cup Action: The Netherlands Beats Uruguay

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (July 6) -- T Uruguay made a game of it. They defended well, scored a great goal in the first half and left many in the crowd of more than 62,000 here at Green Point Stadium wondering if the tiny South American' country's impossible World Cup fairy tale, one in which they were the villain for some,...

US Tourist's Shooting Revives Crime Fears at World Cup

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (July 1) -- An American tourist was trailed by a gang of criminals, then robbed and shot on a Johannesburg street just after dark, reviving fears of South Africa's high crime rate among jittery soccer fans here for the World Cup. David James Bueche, 35, flew from Los Angeles and landed in South...

US Team Is Losing World Cup Name Game

(June 26) -- The United States men's national team has surprised the world with its clutch World Cup play. But there's one soccer contest the U.S. team has already lost: the name game. While other World Cup clubs are known to fans by beloved nicknames like England's "Three Lions," the Ivory Coast's "Elephants," and South...