Luis Suarez and his hand of God
Suarez in an illegal move, single-handedly blocked Ghana's entry into the semi- finals. With the only African team out of the competition, he incensed not only a single nation but an entire continent.
2010 World Cup is lowest scoring with 15% fewer goals since ’98 (and other stats)
With Spain's victory over Holland last night yielding just one miserable goal after extra time, the 2010 World Cup is now the lowest-scoring World Cup since FIFA made it a 32-nation tournament in France 1998.
Spain crowned World champions after 1-0 extra time win over Holland
The Euro 2008 title was supposed to be the finest moment in Spanish football. Tonight the Spain national football team went one better by winning their first ever World Cup after Andres Iniesta hit an 116th-minute extra-time winner.
World Cup Final preview: Holland vs Spain
32 national teams started their battle for glory exactly a month ago. Today we're left with two teams who have never won the Cup before - Holland and Spain.
Germany clinch third place at World Cup after 3-2 win over Uruguay
Despite missing four first team regulars, Germany managed to fend off the challenge of the last surviving South American team, Uruguay, 3-2 to finish third in this year's World Cup.
SAFRA club houses to throw parties for World Cup final
SAFRA will be organising festivities at four of its major clubs located island wide to celebrate the World Cup final between Spain and Holland. It will be the first time SAFRA toasts the World Cup on a big scale involving SAFRA Mount Faber, SAFRA Tampines and SAFRA Yishun.
Latest: Messi included but Muller left out of list for World Cup Golden Ball award
The 10 nominees for FIFA Golden Ball Award (to be given to the tournament's best player) has been revealed at a press conference featuring FIFA General Secretary Jérôme Valcke and Adidas Group CEO Herbert Hainer.
Vuvuzelas to be banned from Springboks vs All-Blacks rugby match
There won't be any vuvuzelas at next month's test rugby match between the South African Springboks and the New Zealand All-Blacks. “We’d rather not have vuvuzelas,” Golden Lions President Kevin de Klerk was quoted as saying in media reports, because the sound of the instruments will drown out calls by players at lineouts and scrums.