Contradictory signals have fuelled debate on an issue that has huge resonance in a fast-ageing country where the Church still exerts strong influence

Chain-smoking Napoli coach was relieved to hear that the Bundesliga club had built a specially adapted area to allow him to puff away undisturbed

Chipmaker Intel unveiled its new high-performance central processing unit at the recent Leipzig Games Convention in Germany. The Intel Core 2 Extreme X7900 was shown to members…

A superb goal eight minutes into extra time by Maxi Rodriguez sealed Argentina’s 2-1 win over Mexico in Leipzig, Germany, on Saturday and a mouthwatering clash with Germany in…

Angola scored the first goal of their short World Cup history, but a 1-1 draw with Iran in their final Group D match on Wednesday signalled the end of their remarkable journey in…

Angola are aiming to create the biggest surprise of this World Cup when they take on Iran on Wednesday with an outside chance of reaching the second round. Written off as…

Perennial under-achievers Spain kick-started their bid to top Group H with a blast on Wednesday with a resounding 4-0 win over World Cup debutants Ukraine. With Spanish icon Raul…

Arjen Robben powered the Netherlands to a vital 1-0 win over Serbia and Montenegro in their first World Cup Group C game on Sunday. With Argentina beating the Ivory Coast 2-1 on…

Sven-Goran Eriksson breathed a huge sigh of relief after the Soccer World Cup draw handed England a relatively easy first-round group and spared his squad the prospect of facing…

Microsoft’s XBox video game system will team up with software maker Electronic Arts to stage an online interactive world cup tournament later this year, the companies announced…