The boots that Siphiwe Tshabalala used to score the first goal of the Soccer World Cup will become part of an "historical monument".

Mail & Guardian staffers take the opportunity to make excuses for their World Cup predictions.

Rarely can a global event have generated so much advance pessimism as the World Cup, and the sceptics are now finally having to eat their words.

The Netherlands launched a bitter attack on referee Howard Webb after they had succumbed to Spain's injury-time winner in the World Cup final.

Uruguay's Diego Forlan received the Golden Ball award as the Player of the Tournament after scoring five goals in seven Soccer World Cup matches.

We won, but how do we keep winning? That is the question many South Africans will ask on Monday, the first day of LAWC -- life after the World Cup.

The chants of "Campeone! Campeone! that rang through the bowels of Soccer City on Sunday night confirmed it: Spain are champions of the world.

In the face of tough Dutch opposition, Spain were unable to produce the soccer that has been the hallmark of their rise to the pinnacle of the game.

Spain won the World Cup for the first time when they beat Netherlands 1-0 thanks to a super strike by tireless midfielder Andres Iniesta.

The World Cup's closing ceremony proved an entirely more glamorous affair than its opening counterpart.