London, Jul 21: Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard has provided a major boost to the club by pledging to stay at Anfield, and said he cannot wait to play alongside new signing Joe Cole.

Skipper Gerrar

Zurich, July 14 (DPA) Spain returned to the top of the world football rankings issued Wednesday by the ruling body FIFA in the wake of their first World Cup triumph.

But the 2006 winners Italy crashe

Octopus oracle Paul predicts Spain will beat Holland and win the World Cup.

Paul's pick was carried live on Friday on TV stations around Europe. The world-famous octopus could be seen sitting on a ta

Paul, the Octopus, is not the only creature predicting World Cup results.

A parakeet, long tailed parrot, named 'Mani' has also been forecasting match results.

Mani has become the talk of the town a

The Spanish team has fallen in love with Paul the octopus after it predicted that Spain will beat the Netherlands in the World Cup final.

All of Paul's predictions have been true in this World Cup, b