Where there is Werner there is way for Ronaldo

Baggio steals heart

Fashion is one thing, said Sophia Loren, wearing an electric blue Armani dress. But soccer’s another, and her heart is with Roberto Baggio.

In her role as ambassador-at-large for the city of Rome to promote fashion in the Eternal City, the actress met with the media today to present the high fashion schedule for next month.

She also confessed she followed Italy’s World Cup thriller yesterday against Chile with “trepidation” and said she would readily have given Italian hero Baggio “a big kiss.”

TV monitors

Iran’s state-run television isbroadcasting World Cup matches live, but with a 10-second delay to edit out anything considered un-Islamic or offensive to the government.

The coverage provided by French television will be monitored closely for pictures of women in thin summer dresses or hooligans who might have a negative influence on Iranian youth.

During games in which Iran is involved, the censors will be keeping a watchful eye for any slogans or placards by Iran’s opposition that might be picked up by French cameras. If anything offensive does pop up, Iranian TV will switch to prepared footage from harmless crowd shots from other stadiums.

By George!

A 11-year-old boy was sent home by his teachers after arriving at school with a design of the English flag.

The cross of St George dyed into his hair as a tribute to England’s World Cup team.

West Lynn primary school officials told Alec Wilkinson’s mother to take him home. “Everyone at the school is keen for England to do well, but this is just going too far,” said thelocal education authority, Norfolk County Council.

Uncle stabs nephew

A Chilean soccer fan was stabbed to death by his uncle on Thursday after they had a violent argument over a penalty call in the World Cup soccer match between Chile and Italy, police said.

Leopoldo Oses Lagunas, 23, was allegedly stabbed with a kitchen knife by his uncle, 28-year-old Mauricio Lagunas Navarrete, after they got into a dispute over the decision by Nigerian referee Lucien Bouchardeau to award the kick to Italy.

World Cup organiser dies

Fernand Sastre, co-president of the World Cup Organising Committee died of lung cancer.

Sastre, 74, jointly headed the CFO along with former international Michel Platini.

Maradona penalised

Argentina’s former World Cup hero Diego Maradona was given a suspended two year prison sentence by a court today for shooting at journalists with an air-gun in 1994.

However, he was allowed to leave the country for France for television commentary.