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Down The World Cup Lane
Romario: The evergreen Brazilian
When Brazil won the fourth of their five World Cups out at USA 94 there was, as is often the case with the South Americans, a brilliant striker spearheading the charge: Faria Romario da Sousa.

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Bits and Bobs
Domenech backs cultural project
Ap, Clairefontaine

France World Cup coach Raymond Domenech is backing a project by musicians and athletes to use soccer to break down social barriers,

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
New-look England impress
England's new look was good enough to secure a 3-1 win over Hungary without quite convincing that it will resemble the finished article in time for the World Cup.

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Germany salvage a draw
World Cup hosts Germany staged a late fightback to scramble a 2-2 draw against Japan, avoiding a morale-sapping defeat just 10 days before the tournament kicks off.

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Brazil enjoy shooting practice
Champions Brazil warmed up in style for next month's World Cup with an 8-0 romp over a Lucerne select side in front of a capacity 30,000 crowd at the St Jakob stadium on Tuesday.

Tigers' camp starts today
The national cricketers get back to business after a month's break when the preparation camp for the upcoming tours of Kenya and Zimbabwe begins at the Bangla-desh Army Stadium today.

Men's chess team beat Iceland
Bangladesh had a mixed bag of results against Iceland in the ninth round of 37th Chess Olympiad at Turin, Italy on Tuesday.

AFC prescribes slow, steady tactics
After a three-day workshop the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) officials emphasised on slow and steady tactics to make the first-ever Professional Football League (PFL) a successful one in the country.

Bangladesh sweep volleyball series against Nepal
Bangladesh volleyball team completed a clean sweep against visiting Nepal when they won the third and final Test match at the Mirpur Indoor Stadium yesterday.

Ton-up Mizan
Rajshahi batsman Mizan struck a magnificent hundred on the first day of the two-day semifinal of the Dhaka Bank Under-19 National Youth Cricket tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur

Mixed reviews for 'Teamgeist'
Strikers and midfielders love it. Goalkeepers hate it. The ball that will be used at the World Cup in Germany probably will be praised as much as it is disparaged.

Argentina too good for Angola
Argentina produced an impressive display to defeat a weak Angola team 2-0 in the South Americans' final warm-up match before the World Cup from June 9-July 9.

The Daily Star Online Poll

Sven effusive in Beckham praise
Sven-Goran Eriksson claimed that David Beckham answered his critics as the England captain inspired his country to a 3-1 victory against Hungary at Old Trafford.

Takahara fancies semifinal showing
Japan striker Naohiro Takahara believes his country can reach the semifinals of the World Cup following their impressive display in Tuesday's 2-2 friendly draw against hosts Germany.

Tanaka's dream over
Asian champions Japan received a blow on Wednesday with the news that defender Makoto Tanaka will miss the World Cup with a thigh injury.

Semis a bridge too far
Nearly 90 percent of South Koreans think their team will reach the second round of the World Cup but fewer than four percent think the side can make the semi-finals.

Boje in Bacher's good books
Former South Africa cricket boss Ali Bacher says he is certain spin bowler Nicky Boje was never involved in any match-fixing related activities.

Chappell frets about Pathan
Indian coach Greg Chappell accepts that Irfan Pathan is down in confidence and hopes the left-armer can turn it around by the time the first Test starts on Friday.

Russians rule in Paris
Russia's Nikolay Davydenko and Dinara Safina reached the French Open third round on Wednesday, revelling in the cold, damp conditions which were more Moscow than springtime Paris.

'Kevin a la Denis'
England batsman Kevin Pietersen is a modern day Denis Compton, according to another former Test star Geoff Boycott.

Beware of Bradshaw
Having tied the free-scoring Indian batsmen to a knot in the one-day series, West Indian seamer Ian Bradshaw is hoping to repeat his success in the four-Test series starting with the first here on Friday.

Spin void worries Donald
Allan Donald, the former South Africa fast bowler, expressed concern at the lack of quality spin bowlers in the country to compete at the international level.

Vaughan's stuttering return
England captain Michael Vaughan failed in his first Championship innings of the summer on the opening day of Yorkshire's game against Hampshire.

Barmy Army to hack tickets
Sneaky England supporters plan to raid Cricket Australia's family-orientated Ashes ticket system when seats go on sale on Thursday morning.

Sylvester spoils India practice
Sylvester Joseph plundered an undefeated hundred for his native Antigua Barbuda to expose some of the limitations of India's bowling in a two-day tour match at the Police Recreation Ground on Tuesday.

Bob wary of Eng wrath
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer says he has no doubt his team will be competitive on the forthcoming tour of England.

Brearley warns Monty
Rookie spinner Monty Panesar should brace himself for some "racist mockery" from Australian fans who are likely to lampoon his sloppy fielding during the Ashes later this year, warns Ashes legend Mike

Billions across Asia to watch World Cup
More than 30 billion people around the world are expected to watch the World Cup with media operators in Asia eyeing record audiences for the greatest football show on earth.

'Scholes will be back'
As Manchester United embark on a close season search for a midfield enforcer for next season they can at least looked forward to the return of Paul Scholes, according to manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

Red Bull denies Ronaldo offer
The Austrian maker of the energy drink Red Bull denied reports on Tuesday that it had offered Brazilian striker Ronaldo a 10-year contract worth 120 million dollars to play for US club Red Bull New York.

Valdez joins Dortmund
Paraguayan international striker Nelson Haedo Valdez has signed a four-year contract with German club Borussia Dortmund after Werder Bremen finally accepted a 4.7-million-euro bid on Tuesday.

Don't frighten the horses!
Patriotic English fans who attach flags to their cars could be in trouble with the police. Motorists in rural Hampshire have been warned their World Cup flags are frightening the horses.

Walcott breaks Rooney record
Arsenal forward Theo Walcott became the youngest ever England international when he came on as a second half substitute in England's World Cup warm-up against Hungary at Old Trafford on Tuesday.

"F-word" banned!
A British hotel is offering football-free breaks for "soccer widows" desperate to escape wall-to-wall coverage of the World Cup.

Atletico snap up former Porto pair
Atletico Madrid have raided Dynamo Moscow's defensive ranks to sign Portugal's holding midfielder Costinha and Greek defender Georgios Seitaridis.

Edmilson blow for Brazil
Brazilian international midfield defender Edmilson has been ruled out of the World Cup because of a right knee injury, team doctor for the defending world champions Jose Luis Runco said Wednesday.

NOTICE
Dear Readers,
From what we all have seen in the draw of THE DAILY STAR-RANGS TOSHIBA WORLD CUP QUIZ ROUND 1 that one person running away with as many as four prizes and another person winning

Norman Whiteside of Northern Ireland became the youngest player to take part in the 1982 World Cup finals when he played against Yugoslavia at the age of 17 years and 42 days. The previous record was held by Pele.

Brian Lara
(West Indies cricket captain)
"Sachin Tendulkar is a major factor in Indian cricket, take it or leave it. He can make a big difference in any series."