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Star forward Wayne Rooney was among the last to appear for the brief walk to the temporary arrival facility.

Brazil defeated Zimbabwe 3-0 in a World Cup warmup on Wednesday.

The Argentine team has been bunkered up at their World Cup base after arriving in South Africa.

Salvatore Sirigu, Mattia Cassani and Andrea Cossu also missed out.

Germany thumped Hungary 3-0 in a World Cup warmup on Saturday.

Cameroon was still without key striker Samuel Eto'o, who has threatened to walk out of the WC after criticism.

Lampard feels that the Italian has transformed the team's fortunes, with an outstanding run of form during the World Cup qualifiers.

One of just seven teams to lift the World Cup trophy, Uruguay have done it twice.

The Stars and Stripes had a surprise run to the final of the Confederations Cup, also in South Africa, last summer.

With a new coach and grab bag of talented players, Nigeria are perhaps the biggest question mark from Africa.

Maradona was speaking a day after Argentina defeated Canada 5-0 in its final warm-up match before the WC.

The striker had failed to score for his country in his last 16 appearances.

Portugal need more than Cristiano Ronaldo in top form if they are to succeed at the World Cup.

Blanc quit as Bordeaux coach last week and confirmed he wanted to succeed Raymond Domenech.

Luigi Del Neri has been confirmed as the new coach of Juventus.

The French player was sent off in the first leg of the semifinal match against Lyon.