World Cup Records on Matches
First match:
Mexico 1, France 4 in Montevideo, Uruguay on 13/07/1930.
First tied match:
Italy 1, Spain 1 in Florence, Italy on 31/05/1934.
First match with extratime:
Austria vs France on 27/05/1934.
First Final with extratime:
Italy vs Czechoslovakia on 10/06/1934.
First scoreless match:
Brazil vs England in Stockholm, Sweden on 11 June, 1958.
First match decided on penalty shoot-out:
Semi-final between [...]

World Cup Records Held by Players
First player to be sent off:
Peru’s captain Mario de Las Casas in a match against Romania on 14/07/1930.
First red-carded player:
Chile’s Carlos Caszely in a match against West Germany on 14/06/1974.
First goalkeeper to be sent-off:
Gianluca Pagliuca of Italy in a match against Norway on 23/06/1994.
Only player to have been sent [...]

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I just couldn’t believe what I read in the news today. A bonfire, fueled by Dan Brown’s books and pirates’ copies of movies based on it, was lit at the Bonifacio Shrine at a prayer rally organized by youth and religious groups calling Dan [...]

Monday, May 22, 2006:
Virgilio Eustaquio, Ruben Dionisio, Jim Lucio Cabauatan, Dennis Ibuna and Police Officer 3 Jose Justo Curameng — all supporters of former President Estrada were taken from Eustaquio’s house in Kamuning by armed men who did not identify themselves.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006:
Families of the abducted persons went to the ISAFP compound [...]

Finally the list of National squads for World Cup 2006 is out.
Here’s the list of my favorite National teams with their respective squads including each player’s current professional Clubs:
Brazil squad:
Goalkeepers: Dida (AC Milan), Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Rogerio Ceni (Sao Paulo)
Defenders: Cafu (AC Milan), Cicinho (Real Madrid), Lucio (Bayern Munich), Juan (Bayer Leverkusen), [...]

Last Saturday evening while typhoon Caloy was pouring rain and blowing gusty winds over Metro Manila, I was glued on the TV set watching, what else - Football. But it was not any ordinary Football match, it was a live telecast of the FA Cup Final match between Liverpool FC and West Ham United. A [...]