SOCCER INSIDER (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Bruce Arena can be arrogant, condescending, entertaining and annoying, and he can also be an impressive soccer coach.

FACTBOX-World Cup fiasco joins list of sporting bungles (Reuters.co.uk)
April 29 (Reuters) - The chaotic scene at the end of the Cricket World Cup final on Saturday when umpires mistakenly ordered Australia and Sri Lanka to restart the match in virtual darkness was not the first time when sports officials have made a bungle of things. ATHLETICS - The 1908 London Olympics marathon finished in disarray when officials helped the exhausted leading runner Dorando Pietri …

Speed has grounds for World Cup optimism (AFP via Yahoo! News)
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed said an enduring legacy of the World Cup would be a series of new and rebuilt grounds across the Caribbean.

Soccer: World Cup winner Ball dies (The New Zealand Herald)
LONDON - Alan Ball, one of England’s 1966 soccer World Cup winners, has died of a heart attack at the age of 61, the UK media reported yesterday. The former Everton, Arsenal and Southampton player won 72 caps for his country, scoring eight goals before moving into management.