The World Cup is the globe’s largest sporting event, with a viewership -- both live and télé-tuned -- that beggars that of the Super Bowl and makes a mockery of the notion, long held in North America, that football is boring.

On this site, fans will find a place to have their say on all things World Cup-related, and to add information for all to read.

The Final: Italy Tops France, Wins It All

The World Cup is over. Italy reversed the pace of the game, in which it had struggled against a better-organized French side, to take the game by penalty shoot-out. France was valiant (what Zidane was thinking, when he head-butted an Italian defender to the chest, and was sent off) is surely going to be the talk of the Cup, these next few days); Italy was impressive in the air, but never looked that good as they held the game to a 1-1 draw, going into the penalty phase. What did you think?
And how did the third/fourth-place game strike you: Germany 3 Portugal 1?

Quarterfinals

If your team got through, tell everyone why. If the teams you predicted aren't still here, why not?

Round Two, Here We Go

The preliminaries are over. What do you think of these brilliant games?

Who Is Looking Good Enough?

We've now seen all the teams in action; how do they look? Have your say on all the teams on their home pages: England, Germany...

News Flash

In the comments section of this page (click above): Odds and ends; odd items of note; day by day.

Just How Bad is the Commentary in Your Part of the World?

U.S. football fans are bemoaning the very sad presentation of the games by ESPN and ABC networks. They find it uninformed and infantilizing (the companies are, after all, owned by Disney). If you have anything to say about this, whether you're in the U.S., or anywhere else, speak your mind here.




From where the players eat and stay to where the fans camp out, share your info, celeb sightings, and tips for making World Cup 2006 the adventure of a lifetime. Don't forget to add pictorial evidence!

Can't make the trip this year? Tell us where you and your fellow fans congregate in the RW to catch all the action.





Sure, the FIFA site is chockfull of authoritative World Cup goodness, but where does the average fan get a chance to be his or her own authority? Right here! You can add to the information already here, or have your say in our commentary section. Sound off now!






We've set up team pages that can house your fan-generated records of World Cup 2006. You can help bear your team's legacy and legend along by adding your own fun facts, fantastic feats (and perhaps even more fantastic opinions), weird tidbits, updates, game recaps, web links, odds-making, and other fan lore.

Find your team, and get busy!


Read on, share your thoughts, post your photos. Come back often as the World Cup wages on to see what other people think of what you think.