DAEGU, South Korea – The third-place game is often overlooked, but with
South Korea playing in this year's consolation match before a fervent home
crowd, Saturday's game against Turkey at least will have an emotional
edge. (6 a.m., Ch. 23 in Spanish; also on tape at 12:30 p.m., Ch. 8)
South Korea is the first non-European team in the third-place game since
Brazil edged Italy in 1978. Turkey defeated the other tournament host,
Japan, earlier in the tournament.
Ronaldo's new do now all the rage in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – When Brazilian star Ronaldo shaved off all his
hair except for a small wedge-shaped patch along the top of his forehead,
he started something of a trend in his home country.
In the poor Bento Ribeiro neighborhood on Rio's north side, where the
25-year-old striker grew up, kids are lining up to have their heads
shaved a la Ronaldo.
"God help me!" 25-year-old cleaning lady Ana Paula Noronha Viera de
Paula replied when asked what she thought of Ronaldo's new do. "My
boyfriend cut his hair like that and I made him shave it all off!"
Briefly ...
FIFA president Sepp Blatter vowed Friday to put soccer's world governing
body back on track in 100 days after financial problems and allegations of
corruption marred his re-election campaign. ... U.S. midfielder Claudio
Reyna was among 16 players voted to the MasterCard All-Star Team of the
2002 World Cup by the FIFA Technical Study Group. ... The 10 finalists for
the Golden Ball award, given to the tournament MVP, are: Rivaldo, Ronaldo,
Roberto Carlos and Ronaldinho of Brazil; Oliver Kahn and Michael Ballack
of Germany; Hasan Sas of Turkey; El Hadji Diouf of Senegal; Fernando
Hierro of Spain; and Myong Bo Hong of South Korea.
