The Wags are back – but I miss the carefree days of Posh and Coleen
Zoe Williams
At the 2006 World Cup, the England team’s wives and girlfriends could drink, shop and pose all they liked. Eighteen years on, fun seems to be in short supply, writes Zoe Williams
April 2020
My favourite game
My favourite game: Germany v Italy, 2006 World Cup semi-final
An intense, relentless, brilliant encounter that exhausted those playing, watching and commentating
March 2019
Brent Sancho: ‘I told Peter Crouch, in Trinidad they absolutely hate you’
Before Trinidad and Tobago face Wales their former defender recalls the 2006 World Cup clash with England and his ‘bodily assault’ by Crouch
January 2019
Sven-Göran Eriksson: ‘I should have taken a mental coach to the 2006 World Cup’
The former England and current Philippines coach discusses a recent stint in Sweden’s fifth division, missing out at Manchester City, and his one regret in football
July 2018
Which is the best World Cup ever? Rating contenders from 1954 to 2014
Before things kicked off in Russia we asked you to reminisce about your favourite World Cups. You did not disappoint
June 2018
‘On the pitch there was a divide’: tales behind England’s World Cup failures
Guardian Sport Network
The dullest game in World Cup history: Switzerland v Ukraine in 2006
March 2018
World Cup stunning moments
World Cup stunning moments: Zinedine Zidane's head-butt
In dragging France to the 2006 World Cup final Zidane hinted at immortality and, once they got there, he proved his mortality
May 2017
Englische Woche
Farewell Philipp Lahm, the man who won it all and left as a champion
Philipp Lahm has won eight Bundesliga titles, six German cups, the Champions League and the World Cup. Now he is going out at the top
March 2017
Guardian Sport Network
Italy's veteran manager turns to youth to restore their former World Cup glories
Gian Piero Ventura has been coaching for 41 years but the squads he has picked for Italy’s World Cup qualifiers show he has not lost his faith in young players
November 2016
Switzerland steps up house searches for evidence of 2006 World Cup payments
Switzerland has stepped up house searches in German-speaking parts of the country, looking for evidence of 2006 World Cup payments linked to the former Fifa general secretary Urs Linsi
October 2016
Golden goal
Golden Goal: Esteban Cambiasso for Argentina v Serbia & Montenegro (2006)
It took 25 passes for Argentina to score their second in a memorable World Cup 2006 win but for José Pékerman it was the realisation of years of work
September 2016
Franz Beckenbauer has heart surgery days after corruption allegations
Franz Beckenbauer faces criminal investigation into corruption claims
March 2016
Fifa opens investigation into Franz Beckenbauer and Germany’s 2006 World Cup bid
Report into 2006 World Cup unable to rule out possibility of vote rigging
November 2015
German FA president Wolfgang Niersbach quits over World Cup scandal
The German football association president Wolfgang Niersbach has resigned over a 2006 World Cup scandal
October 2015
Former DFB president says slush fund helped Germany win 2006 World Cup
The former German football federation president Theo Zwanziger has attacked his successor for denying knowledge of a slush fund to buy Fifa votes for hosting the 2006 World Cup
German FA president Wolfgang Niersbach denies World Cup slush fund
Wolfgang Niersbach has insisted the 2006 World Cup committee acted fairly and legally, and that Franz Beckenbauer offered to pay out of his pocket for the bid
Franz Beckenbauer denies slush fund bought votes for 2006 World Cup
Franz Beckenbauer, who headed the organising committee for the 2006 soccer World Cup, on Sunday rejected claims that a slush fund had been set up to buy votes and bring the tournament to Germany back in 2000
