FIFA WORLD CUP AWARDS-GOLDEN SHOE

1982 World cup Venue Spain

Golden Shoe :Paolo Rossi(6)
Silver Shoe :Karl-Heinz Rummenigge(5)
Bronze Shoe :Zico(4)

1986 World cup Venue Mexico

Golden Shoe :Gary Lineker(6)
Silver Shoe :Diego Maradona(5)
Careca(5)
Emilio Butragueño(5)
Bronze Shoe : Jorge Valdano(4)
Preben Elkjaer Larsen(4)
Alessandro Altobelli(4)
Igor Belanov (4)

1990 World cup Venue Italia

Golden Shoe :Salvatore Schillaci (6)
Silver Shoe :Tomáš Skuhravý (5)
Bronze Shoe :Roger Milla(4)
Gary Lineker(4)
Lothar Matthäus(4)
Míchel (4)


1994 World cup Venue USA

Golden Shoe :Hristo Stoichkov (6)
Oleg Salenko (6)
Silver Shoe :Romário (5)
Jürgen Klinsmann(5)
Roberto Baggio(5)
Kennet Andersson(5)
Bronze Shoe :Gabriel Batistuta(4)
Florin Răducioiu(4)
Martin Dahlin (4)


1998 World cup Venue FRANCE

Golden Shoe :Davor Šuker (6)
Silver Shoe :Gabriel Batistuta (5)
Christian Vieri (5)
Bronze Shoe :Ronaldo(4)
Marcelo Salas(4)
Luis Hernández(4)

2002 World cup Venue South Korea/Japan

Golden Shoe :Ronaldo(8)
Silver Shoe :Rivaldo (5)
Miroslav Klose (5)
Bronze Shoe :Jon Dahl Tomasson(4)
Christian Vieri (4)

2006 World cup Venue South Germany

Golden Shoe :Miroslav Klose (5)
Silver Shoe :Hernán Crespo (5)
Bronze Shoe :Ronaldo(3)

2010 GROUP STAGE

Group A
Date Match
11/06 South Africa - Mexico
12/06 Uruguay - France
17/06 South Africa - Uruguay
18/06 France - Mexico
22/06 Mexico - Uruguay
22/06 France - South Africa


Group B
Date Match
12/06 Argentina - Nigeria
12/06 Korea Republic - Greece
17/06 Greece - Nigeria
17/06 Argentina - Korea Republic
23/06 Nigeria - Korea Republic
23/06 Greece - Argentina

Group C
Date Match
13/06 England - USA
13/06 Algeria - Slovenia
18/06 Slovenia - USA
19/06 England - Algeria
23/06 Slovenia - England
23/06 USA - Algeria

Group D
Date Match
14/06 Germany - Australia
13/06 Serbia - Ghana
18/06 Germany - Serbia
19/06 Ghana - Australia
24/06 Ghana - Germany
24/06 Australia - Serbia


Group E
Date Match
14/06 Netherlands - Denmark
14/06 Japan - Cameroon
19/06 Netherlands - Japan
20/06 Cameroon - Denmark
25/06 Denmark - Japan
25/06 Cameroon - Netherlands

Group F
Date Match
15/06 Italy - Paraguay
15/06 New Zealand - Slovakia
20/06 Slovakia - Paraguay
20/06 Italy - New Zealand
24/06 Slovakia - Italy
24/06 Paraguay - New Zealand

Group G
Date Match
15/06 Côte d'Ivoire - Portugal
16/06 Brazil - Korea DPR
21/06 Brazil - Côte d'Ivoire
21/06 Portugal - Korea DPR
25/06 Portugal - Brazil
25/06 Korea DPR - Côte d'Ivoire

Group H
Date Match
16/06 Honduras - Chile
16/06 Spain - Switzerland
21/06 Chile - Switzerland
22/06 Spain - Honduras
26/06 Chile - Spain
26/06 Switzerland - Honduras

World Cup Trophy arrives in Toronto, Canada

For the first time ever, the FIFA World Cup trophy makes a stop in Toronto, Canada. Canadian dignitaries, athletes and dozens of fans greeted the FIFA World Cup Trophy in Toronto on Wednesday.

K'NAAN, the Canadian artist behind the official 2010 FIFA World Cup anthem escorted the trophy off the plane. Holding the venerable trophy is reserved only for heads of state and members of the FIFA World Cup winning teams.

The trophy is on a 138,902 kilometres trip around the world, before it settles in South Africa in June for the start of the World Cup. It’ll be awarded to the winning nation at each tournament that occurs every 4 years.

The trophy stands around 36 cm high, weighs more than 13 pounds and is made of solid 18-karat gold.

Best Goals of the World Cup 2006 in Germany

FIFA World Rankings: Brazil back to No. 1 spot in FIFA rankings; Spain falls to no. 2

The Brazil football team regained bragging rights as the world's top-ranked soccer team, as it overtook Spain for No. 1 spot on the FIFA world rankings, which were released on Wed. 28.

The Brazilians, considered as expected finalist for this summer's World Cup in South Africa, overtook the European champions, which held down first place for the past 5 months.

Brazil has been ranked 1st overall a total of 142 months since 1993.

Canada moved up 1 spot to 63rd.

Portugal climbed 1 spot to 3rd, as it traded places with the Netherlands. Italy remained at No 5.
Among the top-20, Argentina (7th), the United States (14th) and Nigeria (20th) all moved up 2 spots.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup begins on June 11.

Rene Adler back in training

Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Rene Adler returned to training today, ten days after suffering a broken rib.

Rene Adler, who will be Germany's number 1 at the 2010 FIFA World Cup this summer, picked up the injury in the recent 2-1 defeat to Stuttgart.

Though he was not thought to be in danger of missing the tournament, his return to training will be a boost to national team boss Joachim Low and Bayer in their bid to finish 3rd in the Bundesliga.

It remains to be seen whether the 25-year-old athlete will be fit for Saturday's clash with Hertha Berlin.

"We first have to see how it develops," he said on Bayer's official site.

Coach Jupp Heynckes appeared hopeful, adding: "It looked good, how Rene trained."