World Cup 2010: Brazil off the mark but we wait for action to ignite Richard Williams: Brazil laboured to overcome North Korea in a World Cup that has produced the lowest number of goals of any of the previous 18 tournaments
World Cup 2010: Brazil find finishing touch to edge out North Korea Brazil won their opening Group G match at Ellis Park but were made to work hard by a well organised North Korean side
World Cup 2010: Brazil v North Korea – as it happened Minute-by-minute report: Can North Korea surprise the five-time world champions? Find out with Paul Doyle
World Cup 2010 team news: Brazil v North Korea The make-up of the North Korean team remains shrouded in uncertainty ahead of their meeting with Brazil
World Cup 2010: All eyes on North Korea’s diehard fan from Portsmouth Bryan Clark, a 58-year-old from Portsmouth, could be North Korea's most loyal travelling supporter
North Korea set their World Cup target: happiness for the Dear Leader Marina Hyde: The emissaries of the Dear Leader to World Cup 2010 sat grim-faced through a meeting with the capitalist media
World Cup 2010 paper view: England v USA and Nemanja Vidic to Manchester City You can't expect to get any sense out of the newspapers on the day of an England match, but here are a few titbits
How little stars from North Korea were taken to Middlesbrough’s heart Memories of North Korea, the adopted boys of 1966, have lingered on Teesside as the 2010 World Cup beckons
North Korea: World Cup 2010 team guide The draw has not been kind to them and the tournament's unknown team may end up being the whipping boys
Jong Tae-se is North Korea’s answer to Wayne Rooney The 'People's Rooney' tells John Duerden what a place in the World Cup means to his country
Michael Owen the England cheerleader entertains thoughts of management England's outsider looking in tells Louise Taylor why he is so positive about his future and the 2018 bid
World Cup 2010: a word on our sponsors – Nike write the future Paolo Bandini: It's not Brazilians doing their thing in an airport, but this latest World Cup offering is suitably heavyweight
Paul Scholes shuns England World Cup campaign to coach kids in Florida The Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has decided to coach youngsters in Orlando instead of joining England at the World Cup