• Spain celebrate anniversary of WCup win
Spain celebrated the anniversary of their World Cup triumph on Monday, with coach Vicente del Bosque claiming the 1-0 victory over the Netherlands in last year's final had transcended sport in his country.
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• World Cup spirit must live on - Jordaan
A year after Spain were crowned Fifa World Cup champions, local organising committee CEO Danny Jordaan hoped the spirit which prevailed during the tournament would become part of everyday life in South Africa.
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• World Cup 'was huge financial success'
Fifa President Sepp Blatter on Thursday hailed Africa's first World Cup in 2010 as a financial success, after it pushed the governing body's four-year revenues above $4 billion for the first time.
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• Fifa hands out cash from WCup to clubs
Fifa is handing out $40 million to clubs whose players took part in last year's World Cup, though that may not placate European clubs who have labelled the fixed-payment system unrealistic.
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• Mandela commended for World Cup role
An alliance of South African newspapers and broadcasters has praised Nelson Mandela for his role in the success of the first World Cup held in Africa.
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• Soccer City to cost R30m per year
The new 90 000-seater Soccer City, built for the 2010 World Cup finals, will cost between R25 and R30 million per year to maintain.
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• No positive doping tests at 2010 World Cup
Not one of the over 500 doping test carried out before and during the World Cup in South Africa returned positive, football's ruling body Fifa revealed on Tuesday.
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• Dutch, Spain fined for Cup final behaviour
The Netherlands and Spain have been fined by Fifa for their players' poor discipline in a bad-tempered World Cup final.
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• New Soccer City name opposed
The High Court in Johannesburg will rule next month on whether the iconic World Cup final stadium, Soccer City, would be renamed the FNB Stadium or National Stadium.
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• SA's World Cup legacy: higher ticket prices
South Africa is facing rising ticket prices and an uncertain future for its state of the art stadiums as the initial legacy of staging the first World Cup in Africa.
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• France 'timebomb' at World Cup - Anelka
Nicolas Anelka, the Chelsea striker at the eye of the storm that rocked the French team at the World Cup, described on Thursday the tensions between the squad and coach as a timebomb waiting to go off.
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• 'Paul the octopus' now an iPhone application
Paul, the psychic octopus who predicted World Cup matches with uncanny accuracy, is now an iPhone application.
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• Becks blames players for World Cup woes
David Beckham admitted England's players must take the blame for the team's woeful performance at the World Cup.
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• Cup loss left Messi with 'bad feeling'
Lionel Messi said Argentina's 4-0 defeat to Germany in the World Cup quarterfinals left him with a "bad feeling" that lingers almost two weeks later.
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• Torres suffers ruptured thigh muscle
The Spanish Football Federation confirmed on Wednesday that Liverpool striker Fernando Torres has ruptured a muscle in his thigh.
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• I never lost faith - Iniesta
Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta, who scored the extra-time winner for Spain in the World Cup final against the Netherlands, said on Tuesday he always believed his side could win the trophy.
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• Referee Webb has no regrets
World Cup final referee Howard Webb arrived home in England on Tuesday insisting he did a tough job in difficult circumstances to the best of his ability.
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• I thought I was offside - Iniesta
Spain's Andres Iniesta thought he was offside when he collected the ball and scored the winning goal in the World Cup final, the midfielder said on Tuesday.
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• Huge crowd greets Uruguay
Uruguay's World Cup team received a hero's welcome home on Tuesday as tens of thousands of cheering flag-waving fans lined the streets of Montevideo.
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• Defeated Dutch honoured at home
Thousands of fans turned the canals of Amsterdam into a sea of orange on Tuesday, honking vuvuzelas and throwing confetti at the Dutch football team after its nailbiting World Cup defeat to Spain.
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• World Cup field invader fined
The Spanish man who ran onto the pitch at the World Cup final and tried to place a hat on top of the trophy has been fined R2,000 by a South African court.
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• Dutch coach and skipper honoured
Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk and outgoing captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst have been honoured as Knights of the Order of Oranje Nassau at the start of Tuesday's World Cup team celebration marathon.
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• Weiss to stay as Slovakia coach
Vladimir Weiss has agreed to extend his contract as Slovakia coach by four more years following the team's surprise performance at their first World Cup.
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• The best, and worst, from the World Cup
So, that's it then. Six years of preparation and anticipation culminated in a whirlwind month of colour, noise and festivity, of joy and heartbreak, but all in all a truly African celebration of football.
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• Beckenbauer critical of World Cup final
German great Franz Beckenbauer says the World Cup final turned into something of an "anti-advertisement" for football and was impressed by Germany.
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• Madrid celebrates with massive party
Madrid gave a memorable reception to Spain's World Cup heroes, with more than 2 million fans lining the streets on Monday to catch a glimpse of Andres Iniesta and company.
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• Maradona 'not back on drugs and booze'
Diego Maradona's doctor said the Argentina coach was doing well and had not slipped back into using drugs and alcohol since his team was eliminated from the World Cup in the quarterfinals.
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• South Africans revel in success as host
On the field of play, South Africa fared worse than any host nation in World Cup history. Off the field, it was a resounding winner, overcoming past strife and present troubles to charm the world.
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• Spanish PM praises Iniesta
Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero singled out Andres Iniesta, who scored the winner during Spain's 1-0 defeat of the Netherlands in the World Cup final, for praise on Monday.
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• Sponsors hail World Cup success
Adidas is world champion, but Nike scored the tournament's winning goal: for the World Cup's official suppliers and sponsors, the planet's most-watched sporting event is an unmitigated success.
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• Herbert agrees to stay on as NZ coach
Ricki Herbert will continue as New Zealand national team coach after taking them to their first World Cup finals in 28 years.
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• USA congratulates Spain and SA
The USA government praised South Africa for hosting an "excellent" World Cup and congratulated Spain for capturing the trophy with a 1-0 finals victory over Netherlands.
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