German retail sales up in June thanks to World Cup effect (TODAYonline)
Customers look at World Cup related merchandise at a store in Nuremberg. Retail sales in Germany rose in June, largely as a result of the positive effects on consumer spending of the World Cup soccer championships, data showed.

German Architects Design World Cup Stadiums in South Africa (Deutsche Welle)
Just weeks after the close of the 2006 World Cup, a German architecture firm is working hard to remodel three South African stadiums in time for the next soccer world championship in 2010.

Northeast students showcase their football expertise at ‘Mini World Cup’ (New Kerala)
By Aditya Shukla, New Delhi: Though the FIFA World Cup is over but the soccer fever and euphoria in the sports loving youths of the North-East region continues.