This month's sports news. Daily updated world cup results below.
Danger man - HENRIK LARSSON 
Position: Forward, Born: 20.09.71, Club: Celtic
A pacy and skilful striker, Henrik Larsson has been a revelation at Celtic.
He originally came to prominence with Helsingborgs before he moved to
Feyenoord, who he helped win the Dutch Cup in 1994 and 1995. Moved to
Parkhead for £650,000 in 1997 and has averaged more than a goal
every two games since, despite missing much of the 1999-2000 season with
a horror leg injury picked up against Lyon. At national level he was a
key man for Sweden for much of the 1990s - scoring the goal which sealed
third place for his country at the 1994 World Cup - and has continued
that form in the 21st Century.
Danger man - ZINEDINE ZIDANE 
Position: Midfield, Born: 23.06.72, Club: Real Madrid
The world's most expensive player, Zidane is now coming into his eighth
year with the French national team, having won all of the major honours
in world football. He began his career at Cannes, before being snapped
up by Bordeaux in 1992, where his silky skills first caught the eye. After
leading the French outfit to the UEFA Cup final, he moved on to Juventus
where he was to win his first domestic titles, before landing European
football's top prize, the Champions League. In a mesmerising spell with
the Turin giants, Zidane claimed the FIFA world player of the year award
on two occasions, in 1998 and 2000. During this time, he spearheaded his
country's march to the World Cup title in 1998, capped by two goals in
the final against Brazil at the Stade de France. His sublime skills helped
Roger Lemerre's side take victory at Euro 2000 as well, before he opted
for a new challenge in Spain. Real Madrid, his current employers, shelled
out a world-record £46.5million for his talents and he has helped
the Spanish giants cruise through the Champions League this season as
well as to the top of the Primera Liga table. He finished fourth in the
world player of the year award for 2001 and has hinted that this World
Cup will be his last. "It will be the summit of my career, I'll be
30 for my last World Cup," he said in an interview late in 2001,
but you can be sure that for the time being, he will be the first name
on the team sheet in the Far East.
Danger Man - SEBASTIAN DEISLER 
Position: Midfield, Born: 05.01.80, Club: Hertha
Berlin
The teenage sensation burst on to the scene when he helped unfancied Hertha
Berlin reach the Champions' League second stage at the expense of AC Milan
back in 1999. Deisler was a target for several top Premiership clubs before
Euro 2000 but during Germany's disasterous campaign he was never allowed
to show his true skills. He decided to stay in Germany after Euro 2000
and in September last year announced that he will be joining Bayern Munich
straight after the World Cup finals are over. Deisler is the exception
that dispels the rule about the death of young German talent.He has been
hailed as the saviour of German football and has made a meteoric rise
through the ranks from the succesful Under-18 side to one of Germany's
most dynamic players. He has the flair and ability to add some much needed
spark to the German side and he is definitely one of Rudi Voller's most
dangerous players. He can play in the centre of midfield or can be employed
on the right side and is a proven match winner whose all-round ability
makes him one player worth watching out for.
Danger Man - ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO 
Position: Forward, Born: 09.11.74, Club: Juventus
The Juventus striker is one of Italy's most potent attacking weapons.Deadly
from free-kicks, Del Piero formed an imposing partnership with Filippo
Inzaghi in the qualifying games, scoring five goals in seven starts.Making
his debut for Padova, it was a move to Juve for the start of the 1993/94
season that saw Del Piero really blossom.And the move has proved to pay
dividends for both player and club, with Del Piero and Juventus taking
the Italian Championship in the 1994/95, 1996/97 and 1997/98 seasons.Add
a UEFA Champions Cup in 1995/96 and it shows that Del Piero has been a
major part of Juventus' success.In the 1997/98 season Del Piero netted
25 goals in 32 games for Juve, his best-ever season, while in 1999/2000
he netted 16 goals in 34 games.World Cup 1998 turned into an injury nightmare
for the Juve star, so he'll be hoping to make amends this time round.Showed
he is in peak form and fitness as he netted in the 1-0 friendly win against
the USA in February.
Danger Man - THOMAS GRAVESEN 
Position: Midfield, Born: 11.03.76, Club: Everton
Thomas Gravesen is not a man to be messed with. On the pitch the Everton
midfielder is an uncompromising player who takes no prisoners. Off it
his number one fan is none other than 'Iron' Mike Tyson, the former world
heavyweight champion boxer. Tyson was so taken by Gravesen's performance
in the World Cup qualifier with Iceland he wore the midfielder's shirt
for the rest of his tour of Denmark where he was fighting Brian Nielsen.
Gravesen moved to the Toffees from Hamburg in 1999 after beginning his
career in his native country. His future at the club was in doubt at the
time of writing though, after he was reported to have claimed that the
club's ambitions didn't match his. Those ambitions include success at
the World Cup - and with Tyson in his corner few people will be crossing
swords with Gravesen.
May 31
Group A
France (0) v Senegal (1)
Seoul
June 1
Group E
07:30 Rep of Ireland (1) v Cameroon (1)
Niigata
12:30 Germany (8) v S Arabia (0)
Sapporo
Group A
10:00 Uruguay (1) v Denmark (2)
Ulsan
June 2
Group F
10:30 England (1) v Sweden (1)
Saitama
06:30 Argentina (1) v Nigeria (0)
Ibaraki
Group B
08:30 Paraguay (2) v S Africa (2)
Busan
12:30 Spain (3) v Slovenia (1)
Gwangju
June 3
Group C
10:00 Brazil (2) v Turkey (1)
Ulsan
Group G
07:30 Croatia (0) v Mexico (1)
Niigata
12:30 Italy (2) v Ecuador (0)
Sapporo
June 4
Group C
07:30 China (0) v Costa Rica (2)
Gwangju
Group D
12:30 South Korea (2) v Poland (0)
Busan
Group H
10:00 Japan (2) v Belgium (2)
Saitama
June 5
Group H
07:30 Russia (2) v Tunisia (0)
Kobe
Group D
10:00 USA (3) v Portugal (2)
Suwon
Group E
12:30 Germany (1) v Rep of Ireland (1)
Ibaraki
June 6
Group E
10:00 Cameroon (1) v S Arabia (0)
Saitama
Group A
12:30 France (0) v Uruguay (0)
Busan
Group A
07:30 Denmark (1) v Senegal (1)
Daegu
June 7
Group F
07:30 Sweden (2) v Nigeria (1)
Kobe
12:30 Argentina (0) v England (1)
Sapporo
Group B
10:00 Spain (3) v Paraguay (1)
Jeonju
June 8
Group B
07:30 S Africa (1) v Slovenia (0)
Daegu
Group C
12:30 Brazil (4) v China (0)
Seogwipo
Group G
10:00 Italy (1) v Croatia (2)
Ibaraki
June 9
Group G
07:30 Mexico (2) v Ecuador (1)
Miyagi
Group C
10:00 Costa Rica (1) v Turkey (1)
Incheon
Group H
12:30 Japan (1) v Russia (0)
Yokohama
June 10
Group H
10:00 Tunisia (1) v Belgium (1)
Oita
Group D
07:30 South Korea (1) v USA (1)
Daegu
12:30 Portugal (4) v Poland (0)
Jeonju
June 11
Group A
07:30 Denmark (2) v France (0)
Incheon
07:30 Senegal (3) v Uruguay (3)
Suwon
Group E
12:30 Cameroon (0) v Germany (2)
Shizuoka
12:30 S Arabia (0) v Rep of Ireland (3)
Yokohama
June 12
Group B
12:30 S Africa (2) v Spain (3)
Daejeon
12:30 Slovenia (1) v Paraguay (3)
Seogwipo
Group F
07:30 Sweden (1) v Argentina (1)
Miyagi
07:30 Nigeria (0) v England (0)
Osaka
June 13
Group C
07:30 Costa Rica (2) v Brazil (5)
Suwon
07:30 Turkey (3) v China (0)
Seoul
Group G
12:30 Mexico (1) v Italy (1)
Oita
12:30 Ecuador (1) v Croatia (0)
Yokohama
June 14
Group D
12:30 Portugal (0) v South Korea (1)
Incheon
12:30 Poland (3) v USA (1)
Daejeon
Group H
07:30 Tunisia (0) v Japan (2)
Osaka
07:30 Belgium (3) v Russia (2)
Shizuoka
June 15
Second Round
07:30 Germany (1)
v Paraguay (0)
Seogwipo
Second Round
12:30 Denmark (0)
v England (3)
Niigata
June 16
Second Round
07:30 Sweden (1)
v Senegal (2)golden
goal Oita
Second Round
12:30 Spain (1)
v Ireland (1) Spain
win 3 -2 on penalties Suwon
June 17
Second Round
07:30 Mexico (0)
v USA (2) Jeonju
Second Round
12:30 Brazil (2)
v Belgium (0)
Kobe
June 18
Second Round
07:30 Japan (0)
v Turkey (1)
Miyagi
Second Round
12:30 South Korea (2)golden
goal v Italy (1)
Daejeon
June 21
Quarter-Final
07:30 England (1)
v Brazil (2)
Shizuoka
Quarter-Final
12:30 Germany (1)
v USA (0) Ulsan
June 22
Quarter-Final
07:30 Spain (0)
v South Korea (0) Korea
win 5-3 on penalties Gwangju
Quarter-Final
12:30 Senegal (0)
v Turkey (1)golden
goal Osaka
June 25
Semi-Final
12:30 Germany (1)
v South Korea (0)
Seoul
June 26
Semi-Final
12:30 Brazil (1)
v Turkey (0)
Saitama
June 29
Third/Fourth Place
Play-off
12:00 South Korea (2)
v Turkey (3)
Daegu
June 30
Final
12:00 Germany (0)
v Brazil (2)
Yokohama
World Champions 2002 - BRAZIL
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two meets
June 9th - Montreal, Canada
Course Details
Circuit length: 4.421 km
No of laps: 69
Race distance: 305.049 km
Lap record: Ralf Schumacher (GER), 2001, Williams, 1min 17.205
History
The Ile Notre-Dame was the heart of Olympic action when Canada hosted
the 1976 games, and it also hosted the 1967 World Fair. Now it is famed
for its grand prix circuit, renamed Gilles Villeneuve to commemorate Canada's
favourite racing driver who was tragically killed during practice for
the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix.
Gives the impression of being a permanent circuit but it is constructed
each year for the grand prix, adjacent to what was the Olympic Rowing
basin and close to the site of the 1967 World Fair. It is part-permanent
and part street circuit, with a mixture of slow and fast corners plus
some very quick barrier-lined straights. The track is a big favourite
with teams and drivers, even though it is traditionally hard on cars.
Recent Winners
Year Driver Team
2001 R Schumacher Williams
2000 M Schumacher Ferrari
1999 Hakkinen McLaren
1998 Schumacher Ferrari
1997 Schumacher Ferrari
1996 Hill Williams
1995 Alesi Ferrari
1994 Schumacher Benetton
1993 Prost Williams
1992 Berger McLaren
1991 Piquet Benetton
1990 Senna McLaren
June 23rd - Nurburgring, European
Course Details
Circuit length: 4.556 km
No of laps: 67
Race distance: 305.252 km
Lap record: Juan Pablo Montoya (COL), 2001, Williams, 1min 18.354
History
The Grand Prix of Europe returns to the Grand Prix calendar and also to
the Nurburgring after last being run here in 1996 – with a switch
of venue to Jerez in1997. The circuit first entered the grand prix action
in 1984 with a European Grand Prix, but lost out to Hockenheim for the
right to stage the German equivalent.The old circuit was 14 miles long
and fast and dangerous by many standards. Its demise came soon after Niki
Lauda's horrific crash.After progressive improvements the Nurburgring
Grand Prix now provides a fast and forgiving venue. There are wide run-off
areas and large gravel traps add greatly to the safety feature. The circuit
hosted the 1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix.
Recent Winners
Year Driver Team
2001 M Schumacher Ferrari
2000 M Schumacher Ferrari
1999 Herbert Stewart
1998 Hakkinen McLaren
1997 Villeneuve Williams
1996 Villeneuve Williams
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