2010 World Cup

• Octopus Paul is now an 'honorary friend' of Spanish town

  The psychic octopus Paul is still basking in the glory of his perfect World Cup predictions and is now heading off to a new job as a fundraiser for sea turtles.

• Spain goes wild, erupts in biggest fiesta in living memory

  Spain erupted with its biggest fiesta in memory when its football team returned to a jubilant nation after winning the World Cup, giving elated Spaniards a break from months of economic gloom and political squabbling.Hundreds of thousands of people -- if not more -- jammed Madrid's historic avenues Monday as an open air bus ferried the national tea...

• Johan Cruyff slams 'dirty' Dutch

  Former Dutch superstar Johan Cruyff on Monday slammed the style of play of his compatriots during Sunday's World Cup final against Spain as "dirty" and "ugly".

• World Cup Champions head back to Spain

  Spain's victorious football team left South Africa late on Sunday, just hours after winning the 2010 FIFA World Cup in extra time against the Netherlands.

• Dutch point finger of blame at referee Webb

  Dutch stars Arjen Robben and Nigel de Jong launched a bitter attack on English referee Howard Webb after Holland had succumbed to Andres Iniesta's injury-time winner in the World Cup final.

• Octopus Paul gets it right 100%

  The biggest star to have come out of the 2010 FIFA World Cup is definitely the Octopus oracle Paul. With Spain becoming the World champions, the German oracle has now got all 7 of his predictions right.

• Fatwa issued against vuvuzela

  The vuvuzela, the plastic trumpet made famous by the football World Cup in South Africa, is in trouble in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the authorities here have issued a fatwa against it.

• Jabulani, South Africa's own psychic octopus

  Jabulani, an octopus at an aquarium in Cape Town, is South Africa's own version of the psychic German octopus Paul, which has been successfully predicting winners in all of Germany's games in the World Cup.

• Ireland asks for extra World Cup place

  Ireland has asked FIFA to be allowed into the World Cup as a 33rd team after Thierry Henry's handball helped France eliminate the Irish in a playoff.