"When a game goes like this Brian, there's only one team that'll win it and that's England". - ITV's Kevin Keegan resorts to some astute analysis four minutes before Dan Petrescu scores the winner for Romania.

"It was the worst moment of my life. This World Cup can be no fun for me anymore". - Egidius Braun, president of the German Football Federation, after German fans rioted in Lens.

"You guys should enjoy this more than any game in your life. But concentrate on the next one. You'll be very sad men if you go out between now and the Leinster final". - Tom Carr offers a cautionary note to Kildare footballers, euphoric after finally beating Dublin.

"I'm not going to be watching any of the rest of Wimbledon on television. I'd rather be watching the World Cup".

- Chilean World number two Marcelo Rios reacts badly to the news that Anna Kournikova had withdrawn from the tournament.