Off the Field
Former US President Bill Clinton got to his feet to celebrate his team's last-gasp goal against Algeria at the World Cup on Wednesday and gave the players a speech about the American spirit afterwards.
Offering up lion burgers as a tribute to the World Cup in South Africa is getting a Phoenix valley restaurant into controversy.
An illegal online soccer gambling syndicate has been cracked with 48 arrested before the South Africa World Cup, Chinese police in the northeastern province of Liaoning's capital city Shenyang told Xinhua on Tuesday.
Some Chinese women found a new way to attract their lovers' attention when the World Cup were on.
France legend Zinedine Zidane on Monday denied suggestions he had been interfering with France's game tactics at the 2010 World Cup.
As each of the 32 teams fighting for a seat into the knockout stage of the World Cup games, soccer fans around the world enjoy their ways of World Cup time!
A South African boy enjoys a sunny and warm day on the beach in Durban, June 20, 2010.
Vuvuzela trumpets of the 2010 World Cup became cult objects in Milan after South Africa's tourist board in the Italian northern city gave 10,000 authentic pieces away.
A specialist body which looked out for unusual betting activity at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany has not picked up any signs of match-fixing at the 2010 FIFA World in South Africa, organizers said on Friday.
Besides plastic trumpet vuvuzela, fan helmets makaraba also became famous around the world.
Semifinals Fixtures
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July 8 |
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Top Scorers
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Player |
Team |
Goals |
David Villa | ESP | 5 |
| Sneijder | NED | 5 | |||
| Diego Forlan |
URU |
5 | |||
| Mueller |
GER |
5 | |||
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Vittek |
SVK | 4 | |||
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Klose |
GER |
4 |
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Higuain |
ARG |
4 |
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Asamoah Gyan |
GHA |
3 | |||
| Donovan | USA | 3 | |||
| Luis Suarez | URU | 3 | Fabiano | BRA | 3 |
URU 2 - 3 NED 
GER 0 - 1 ESP 