By Parke Brewer Berlin 29 June 2006 After 19 straight days of matches in the first and second rounds at the World Cup in Germany there were two days off Wednesday and Thursday. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer is in Berlin and takes a look at what's i...
By Parke Brewer Cologne 27 June 2006 Ghana is the only one of the five African nations to have made it to the second round of play at the World Cup in Germany. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer reports the so-called Black Stars are set to take on reign...
By Parke Brewer Cologne 26 June 2006 Ukraine, playing in the World Cup football finals for the first time ever, has reached the quarterfinals in Germany. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer was in Cologne for the former Soviet Republics shootout win Mond...
By Parke Brewer Berlin 10 July 2006 Italy is the 2006 World Cup football champion after defeating France in a penalty kick shootout, 5-3. Italian defender, capitan Fabio Cannavaro, surrounded by teammates, holds up World Cup trophy They played with...
By Parke Brewer Berlin 08 July 2006 Few would have thought the French could make it to the final here, after they played to draws in their two opening group matches, and were at risk of bowing out of the tournament until a 2-0 win over Togo. ----- F...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 08 July 2006 France's captain Zinedine Zidane (r) exchanges shirts with Portugal's captain Luis Figo after the World Cup semifinal soccer match The string of wins by France's national soccer team at the World Cup in Germany has...
By Parke Brewer Munich 06 July 2006 Of the 2,100 media accreditations for coverage of the World Cup in Germany, three went to the tiny country of Belize. And as VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer reports from Munich, you might call Belize television's c...
By Parke Brewer Dortmund 03 July 2006 The World Cup semifinals are set to begin Tuesday in Germany. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer reports the four teams still in the hunt for the championship are all European. -------- World Cup 2006 The last time...
By Parke Brewer Cologne 20 June 2006 Not all World Cup football fans who have traveled to Germany for the tournament have tickets or hotel rooms - or can even afford them. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer spoke to some of them at a campground outside...
By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 09 June 2006 Soccer crazy Asia is getting ready for the World Cup, which is kicking off in Germany. Retailers, bar owners and gambling outlets are ready for the action. Many people in Asia will go to work bleary-eyed in th...