German football legend Franz Beckenbauer on Thursday backed Germany to beat old rivals England in Sunday’s round of 16 match with a World Cup quarterfinal place at stake.

Landon Donovan was moments from reliving his worst football heartache, a first-round World Cup exit, when he scored the most important goal of his life to send the United States into the knockout roun

England’s Wayne Rooney joins the celebrations with goal-scorer Jermain Defoe (centre, not seen) after the opening goal during their World Cup Group C match against Slovenia in Port Elizabeth on Wednes

An imprisoned and impoverished Adolf Hitler wrote to a car dealer begging for a discount on a Mercedes he had his eye on, according to a letter being auctioned in Germany in July.

South Africa’s batsmen, led by Jacques Kallis, took the time to have a glorified net session, and improve their batting averages, as the second Test against West Indies meandered to an inevitable draw.

Eoin Morgan’s unbeaten 103 saw England to a come from behind four-wicket win over Australia in the first one-day international here on Tuesday.
England, chasing 268 for victory, were in dire straits at 97/4. But former Ireland batsman Morgan’s second ODI hundred for his adopted country turned the tide and gave England a 1-0 lead in the five match series. He ended the match and went to his hundred with a four, having faced 85 balls with 16 fours.

Martin Demichelis struck a late goal to set up Argentina for a 2-0 World Cup win over Greece on Tuesday, top spot in Group B and a second-round showdown with Mexico.

South Korea progressed to the second round of the World Cup for only the second time in eight attempts after a 2-2 draw with Nigeria in their final Group B match here on Tuesday.

England’s World Cup campaign finally took off on Wednesday at the third attempt as Fabio Capello’s side qualified for the last 16 with a 1-0 win over Slovenia.
But the United States took top spot in Group C with an injury-time winner over Algeria, meaning England finished runners-up and Slovenia — who had begun the day on top of the table — were eliminated.

India’s Sania Mirza slumped out of Wimbledon as Germany’s Angelique Kerber claimed a 6-4, 6-1 win in the first round of the women’s singles on Monday.
Kerber, ranked 54 in the world compared to Mirza’s mark of 111, was never troubled by the Indian, who was left to rue her continued poor form since returning from a wrist injury sustained in Dubai in February.