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06 Jun 2006Juggling
Angola's national football team forward Akwa (L) plays with balls during a training session 06 June 2006 at the Celle stadium. The team prepares for the 2006 FIFA Football World Cup to take place in Germany from 09 June to 09 July 2006. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE
Angolan players practising control skills Tuesday.
Ronaldo laughs off boot problem
Brazilian midfielder Ronaldinho (R) looks on as his teammate Ronaldo laughs while holding his boots during the Brazilian team training session in Konigstein 06 June 2006. Brazil star Ronaldo will definitely be fit for the champions' World Cup opener despite a foot problem believed to caused by new boots he has been wearing, team doctors said today. AFP PHOTO/VANDERLEI ALMEIDA
Brazilian superstar Ronaldo has a good laugh during training Tuesday despite painful foot blisters reportedly caused by his new boots last Sunday.
Stars in his eyes
A fan shows his support for the team from the United States during a open training session of the United States 2006 National Team to the public at the Edmund Plambeck Stadium in Norderstedt, Germany 06 June 2006. The team is preparing for the upcoming 2006 FIFA World Cup matches. AFP PHOTO Timothy A. CLARY
A United States soccer fan in full on World Cup mood at an open training session on Tuesday.
Sorry boss, you too!
The FIFA president Sepp Blatter (C) undergoes security checks before inaugurating the World Cup International Broadcasting Centre, 06 June 2006 in Munich. AFP PHOTO LLUIS GENE.
Security guards at the World Cup broadcasting centre frisking FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Tuesday.
Legs 11
English forward Peter Crouch (L) disembarks the plane 05 June 2006 upon the arrival of the English national football team at Baden Airpark airport in Rheinmuenster: England will play their first Group B match against Paraguay 10 June 2006. AFP PHOTO / DDP / SASCHA BAUMANN
Giant England striker Peter Crouch in a made to measure Armani suit towers over a flight attendant on arrival in Germany Monday.
Shoeless wonderkid
Argentinian player Lionel Messi plays with the ball during a atraining session at HerzogsPark trining camp in Herzogenaurach 05 June 2006. Argentina will face Ivory Coast 10 June 2006 in their fisrt match for the group C of the World Cup Germany 2006. AFP PHOTO / DANIEL GARCIA
The latest Argentine wonderkid Lionel Messi, 18, gets a feeling for the ball in training on Monday.