Germany receives confidence vote on World Cup security (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Foreign security officials voiced strong confidence on Friday in Germany’s plans for a trouble-free soccer World Cup despite the twin risks of terrorism and hooligan violence.

Experts meet on World Cup security (World Peace Herald)
BERLIN — Some 140 security experts from 40 countries met Thursday in Berlin for a two-day conference on how to best safeguard the FIFA Soccer World Cup.

Germany wary of new threats at World Cup (AP) Updated: 2006-04-01 09:39 (China Daily)
Germany is wary of new security threats at the World Cup East European hooligans and potential violence at hundreds of jumbo screens showing the games across the country.

CANTONA ON CELEBRITY WORLD CUP SOCCER (Redissue)
We can only hope it s not as painful as it sounds. As if a summer of football due to the World Cup wasn t enough Sky have gone one step further by bringing celebrity football to our screens. However if Cantona is involved it may be worth giving it a few minutes time.