To make it easier to share your World Cup passion, CNN has teamed up with the location based social networking service Foursquare on an innovative project for World Cup fans in the 32 competing nations.
In another leader you appeal for the English football team to pull out of the World Cup if their fans commit any more mayhem.
The result eliminated Senegal from the 2010 World Cup, prompting furious fans to hurl stones and metal bars on to the pitch before rioting in the streets.
Should he, as expected, make Mexico's World Cup squad, United fans could be given their first glimpse of his talents when they take on England in a friendly at Wembley on 24 May.
Fans whose World Cup adventure has also ended voiced their dismay at England's performances as they returned at Heathrow's Terminal 5.
When you are leading up to a World Cup, you want the fans behind us and giving us their full support because that will be really important.
World rugby headlines were dominated by another Kiwi fly-half, with Dan Carter, being ruled out of the World Cup, but for Newcastle fans there was only one on their mind.
South Africa is hosting the 2010 football World Cup and he warned all sport fans to "be sensible" there.
Five people were arrested when violence erupted in Exchange Square during the 2006 World Cup and more than 40 Rangers fans were detained in 2008 after a screen failed in Piccadilly Gardens.
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He also worked as a producer, reporter and presenter on BBC TWO's investigative sports series On The Line, which took him to Italy in 1990 to report on England football fans at the World Cup Finals.
Crouch was jeered by England fans in the World Cup qualifier against Poland - but was the hero as a substitute at Anfield on Wednesday, scoring the equaliser before Joe Cole's injury-time strike sealed the 2-1 win.
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Mr Hunt had praised the England fans at the 2010 World Cup saying the "terrible problems" of "Heysel and Hillsborough in the 1980s seem now to be behind us".
The World Cup is such a special event that fans are happy to arrive at the stadium hours early to drink in the atmosphere - a contrast to normal games, where people go to the match after work or following Sunday lunch.
Phillips also announced that this year's tournament, which runs from June 21 to July 4, will be a "World Cup-free zone", with football fans denied the chance to watch matches on the big screens at the All England Club.
He wore the 'Footie' costume and waved at fans during the team's World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan on 14 November.
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So what is being done to safeguard fans, teams and officials at the World Cup?
The verdict comes five days after Italian fans watched their national team lift the World Cup -- and lawyers of the four clubs immediately announced plans to appeal.
Football fans planning to fly out to the World Cup in South Africa could also be affected, with the last of the five-day stoppages beginning on the weekend before the tournament starts.
U.S. Soccer looks to keep players in the spotlight between the Olympics, where the Americans earned a gold medal in a 2-1 victory against Japan in front of 80, 203 fans at Wembley Stadium, and the World Cup.
As a player nothing could possibly beat playing in front of your own fans in your own country at the World Cup and I hope our players of the future will be fortunate enough to experience this.
What followed in Paris is history, but for the fans who watched Ireland dominate the former World Cup winners on their own turf, Trapattoni would remind many that night that he can turn any side into an organised and at times thrilling attacking outfit.
Togo were recently forced to play several matches away from home after fans attacked Malian players following a World and Nations Cup qualifying game.
Absent of a particularly sparkling track record, British football fans are looking to this summer's World Cup in Munich with feelings of both excitement and trepidation.
The challenges brought on by modernization will be greatly magnified as Qatar prepares to host the 2022 World Cup, which will attract an estimated 500, 000 soccer fans.
The "South Africa Explorer" badge is for people traveling to South Africa to attend the World Cup matches while the "Super Fan" badge is for fans who will be watching from pubs, bars and large viewing parties in the 31 other countries taking part in the tournament.
Qatar, which borders Saudi Arabia, is also peaceful, Bidois said, which is good news for football fans planning a trip to Doha for the 2022 World Cup.
In 2014, the World Cup will arrive in Brazil, and the country's football fans expect their "Samba Kings" to claim a record sixth crown on home soil.
Natal coach Dick Muir claimed he had been approached about replacing Loffreda, but the man who led Argentina to the World Cup semi-finals has the opportunity to win over the Leicester fans.
Scolari will be under pressure to deliver in 2014, with fans eager to avoid a repeat of the 1950 World Cup when Brazil lost out to Uruguay in the final match of the tournament.
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