Argentina football fans celebrated their national team's win against Mexico in the World Cup tournament on Sunday, beating them 3-1 to take them through to the quarter finals.
Defending champions Italy crashed out of the World Cup in the 1st round Thursday with a 3-2 loss to Slovakia. Slovakia and Paraguay advanced from Group F, while New Zealand exit after 3 draws. Related articles by Zemanta Champions Italy crash out of World Cup (cnn.com) World Cup 2010: Italy eliminated as Slovakia and Paraguay qualify from Group F (telegraph.co.uk) Slovakia Ready for More Upsets After Beating Italy (nytimes.com)
Fans rooting for the United States against Slovenia at the World Cup say the squad needs to win today. They say anything else would be a letdown and would hurt the country's chances of moving on to the second round. Related articles by Zemanta A USA loss to Slovenia would waste draw against England (usatoday.com) World Cup 2010: USA Captain Bocanegra Familiar With Slovenia Players (goal.com)
The opening of the World Cup has been marred by the death of Nelson Mandela's great-grand daughter in a car crash Related articles by Zemanta Nelson Mandela's Great-Granddaughter Killed (news.sky.com) Nelson Mandela will not attend World Cup opening ceremony after great granddaughter killed in car crash (telegraph.co.uk)