World Cup Corner

You can call them The Sultans of the World Cup because they are the top-paid players in the sport and are earning millions of dollars per month. Using data compiled by BussinesWeek online here are the top earners playing at the FIFA World Cup 2006.

Ronaldinho

Income: $29.2 million
Annual salary plus bonus: $11.4 million
Other income: $17.8 million
Country: Brazil
Current club: FC Barcelona

David Beckham

Income: $22.9 million
Annual salary plus bonus: $8.1 million
Other income: $14.8 million
Country: England
Current club: Real Madrid

Ronaldo

Income: $22.1 million
Annual salary plus bonus: $8.1 million
Other income: $14 million
Country: Brazil
Current club: Real Madrid

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Thierry Henry ended the Brazilian dreams with a goal in the 57 minute.

Brazil - France 0:1

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Will Les Bleus crush Brazilian dreams like they already did in the past (Final 1998 and quarter-finals 1986) or will there be Samba all over Frankfurt?

01-Jul-2006		BRA : FRA		0:1 (0:0)	Frankfurt

Related products: Brazil, France

All matches and results

01-Jul-2006

ENG : POR

0:0 (0:0) PSO 1:3

Gelsenkirchen

Related products: England, Portugal

All matches and results

The second Quater-finals match is:

30-Jun-2006

ITA : UKR

3:0 (1:0)

Hamburg

Related products: Italy, Ukraine

All matches and results

After two days withouth footbal the first World Cup quater-finals match is here. The final before the final, the battle of the giants,…

30-Jun-2006

GER : ARG

1:1 (1:1) PSO 4:2

Berlin

Related products: Germany, Argentina

All matches and results

I have already mentioned The World Largest Online Stadium but will do it one more time.

Until the end of this years World Cup they need about 7000 more fans to become larger than Olympiastadion Berlin.

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What do you think, who will win the FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe aword?

Starting with Quarter finals there are only eight matches left to be played in the FIFA World Cup 2006.

Date		Match		Time/Result	City
30-Jun-2006		GER : ARG		1:1 (1:1, 0:0) PSO 4:2	Berlin
30-Jun-2006		ITA : UKR		3:0 (1:0)	Hamburg
01-Jul-2006		ENG : POR		0:0 (0:0) PSO 1:3	Gelsenkirchen
01-Jul-2006		BRA : FRA		0:1 (0:0)	Frankfurt

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15 Ronaldo (Brazil)
14 Gerd Muller (Germany)
13 Juste Fontaine (France)
12 Pele (Brazil)
11 Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany)
11 Sandor Kocsis (Hungary)
10 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina)
10 Teofilio Cubillas (Peru)
10 Grzegorz Lato (Poland)
10 Gary Lineker (England)
10 Helmut Rahn (Germany)

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