Soccer/2006 World Cup: Angolan Skipper Confirms Petro`s Interest, But leaves Future Open (AngolaPress)
Celle, 06/19 - The captain of Angola`s soccer squad, Akw , confirmed on Sunday in Celle that he was contacted by Angolan and foreign clubs, one of them Petro de Luanda, but he left his future open after the 2006 World Cup being played in Germany.

World Cup knocks tourism (The Advertiser)
THE tourism industry is banking on a cricket invasion in summer to offset a slump due to the soccer World Cup. Tourism Australia managing director Scott Morrison said today overseas arrival figures would sag in the second half of 2006.

Swiss Team Stays Ice Cool at 2006 Soccer World Cup in Germany (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
(PRWEB) June 19, 2006 — The action at the 2006 World Cup Soccer is hot, not just because the World s best teams are on show, but due to the sizzling German Summer heat.