FIFA has released a timetable for the 32 World Cup nations to set their 23 man rosters.

The 30 man provisional roster must be turned in by midnight on May 11 and FIFA will publish the list on May 13th.

The final 23 man rosters must be submitted by June 1 and FIFA will release them on June 4.

The Nike World Cup Elite Football Boots have arrived!

The Nike Elite Series football boots includes the following: the Nike Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II, Nike CTR360 Maestri, Nike Total90 Laser III and Nike Tiempo Legend III.

The boots main advantages are that they are lightweight and have enhanced on-field visibility.

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Footballs coming home, its coming home.....

We've had emails about World Cup songs and anthems, so we thought we would collate just some of them here. If you know of anymore or would like yours to be included, comment on the post below.

The Scaredy Cats Dont forget to practice your penalties A battle-cry that you won't be ashamed to be caught humming under your breath

For 282 entires for World Cup Songs go here

The Telegraph runs the top 10 classic World Cup tunes here

Rik Mayall's

Having lost captain Rio Ferdinand to a training ground injury Fabio Capello was forced to find a new captain to lead his team in the World Cup. In a dressing room of leaders many of whom have captained their clubs who would he choose?

John Terry was out of the running following his off field indiscretion earlier this season.

The Pepsi 2010 Football advert was the first to use the Oh Africa song Featuring Akon and Keri Hilson and is now available to download as an MP3 or buy as a single. Its huge successful advertising campaign has helped boost the levels of interest in this song and it is being downloaded all over the world by different fans.

Piers Morgan visited South Africa to highlight what was going on there before the World Cup and what it meant to the people, whilst he was there he met Siphiwo Desmond Ntshebe who was chosen by Nelson Madela to convey a unique global message of hope at the opening of the World Cup in South Africa.

In just a couple of weeks the curtain comes down for the planets biggest sporting exhibition. The FIFA World Cup opens with the hosts South Africa playing their first group game against Mexico at Soccer City in Johannesburg. The locals will be looking to demonstrate their support for the home team and show the world that Africa was ready for such an event.

Currys are offering £10 for every goal that England scores during the World Cup 2010 when you buy any TV over £599 and over.

This offer allows you to enjoy the summer of football on a brand new TV and make money everytime England scores.

There is a massive range of TV's to choose from including brands Sony, Panasonic, LG and Samsung.

Facebook posts, water cooler gossip and friday chat....everyone is talking about barbeques this weekend, as the weather is going to be so good.

So imagine what it will be like if the weather continues like this over the World Cup from mid June to mid July....

Sun beating down, BBQ sizzling away, cold beers and white/rose wine in a bucket of ice, shorts/tee shirts with your favourite pair of havinanas that you havent seen since last summer and music from your iPod coming out of your new Ipod dock.

World Cup Mania is building up as we lead up to the biggest sporting spectacular in the world. It is only a couple of weeks before South Africa and Mexico face each other at Soccer city in Johannesburg and the referee blows the whistle for the 2010 World Cup South Africa to begin.

Mark Pougatch is a well-known broadcaster who has been a sports presenter for BBC Radio 5 Live since 1998. He has also presented Football Focus and Match of the Day on BBC Television, and has worked on many major sporting events, including the Olympics, Wimbledon, the Grand National, the Ashes and the World Cup.

With the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa just a few weeks away designer brand Calvin Klein has provided England supporters with a novel way to put their weight behind the team this summer. They have launched a pair of patriotic pants in the traditional red and white colours of the St George's Cross.

DrinksIn.com Ltd has launched a genius piece of software to connect the iPhone using football fans with pubs showing World Cup Football.

If you are a pub you need to sign up here

If you an iPhone addict you need to download the App here

Well done DrinksIn everyone should be happy

Follow them on twitter @worldcuppubs

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Do you live a busy life? Are you not sure where you will be when the important games are on? Fear not faithful football fan here is a solution at hand. TalkSport radio in the UK are planning on broadcasting all of the 64 FIFA World Cup matches live. You will be able to catch these games on the move with a product like the clarity portable DAB radio which is £49.

This is a great ad which I saw for the first time during Champions League Final break on ITV. It has a little of something for everyone, but lets face it is advertising as they want you to go to their store here

Need to sweeten up the good lady, because you'll be ignoring her for the next six weeks? Or just feel like kicking back and watching the World Cup in luxury!

The good folks at Furniture Village have put together a limited number of World Cup offers to brighten up the nations homes.

The World Cup 2010 season is upon us and now it is time to bring out the bbq, fill a bucket with ice and drop in the beers, cider, pimms, white/rose wine and enjoy the World Cup with friends. So what are you waiting for visit Majestic Wine who have some great offers on Beers and Cider for the whole World Cup month.

Burton the high street retailer have gone World Cup England Football Mad. Score in the fashion department by supporting your country in style. Check out the Burtons England Football Fever range of t-shirts, shorts, flags, towels and many more accessories.

H Samuel the jeweller has caught the World Cup England bug and is offering a selection of England FA branded products with a choice of 7 England watches, as well as an England wallet, Hip flask, England ring and a pen set. Get kitted out for the World Cup 2010 South Africa.

Later today Fabio Capello will make the biggest decision as England manager when he cuts seven players from his provisional squad of thirty who have been training in his favourite Austrian hide away.

Capello and his management team have been watching their squad as they trained and played in friendly matches against Mexico and Japan.

GizzmoHeaven.com is offering all Stickers collectors the opportunity to buy the Panini 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa in the following amounts:

Box of 100 Packs plus a sticker album
10, 20,25 and 100 packs
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Go back to your youth, or if your in your youth enjoy it with old skool sweets. They are not so readily available these days but still have cracking flavours, so for a nostalgic sweet sensation head over to the best online sweet shop.

For the World Cup 2010 they are laying on chocolate footballs in green and white, black and white, blue and white and red and white.

Tonight James Corden and Dizzee Rascal performed the unofficial England anthem 'Shout', which will be a World Cup charity single where all royalties will be going to Great Ormand Street Hospital. It is to be released early due to massive public demand and will be available from Wednesday next week.

Is Fabio Capello turning into a tinker man? Capello has done a lot of chopping and changing of the team against Mexico and Japan. Is this the right time for this? The answer is probably. Otherwise how was Fabio supposed to make the last minute tough decisions he has made.

The news is out and the surprise decision about who should be in the squad in South Africa is that Theo Walcott aint going.

The official FIFA 2010 World Cup South Africa shows face painted fans in support of their country so here at A Funny Old Game we thought we'd bring you some of the best World Cup face painted fans.

As you can see some fans take the sport of face painting very seriously indeed! Click on the full bodied Ghana fan to check out his full face painting glory!

Ivory Coast & Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was injured in a World cup warm up match against fellow finalists Japan. The match was part of the preparation for the finals in the training camp in Switzerland.

Drogba who has the expectation of a nation weighing on his shoulders not has an injured elbow.

England captain Rio Ferdinand has been ruled out of his record equalling fourth world cup. He was injured in the last minute of the first England training session.

The session was designed to sharpen the ball winning skills of the defenders and hone the ball keeping ability of the forward players.

If your looking for an alternative 2010 Fifa World Cup show then James Corden's World Cup Live might be for you. It's going to have loads of humour and if you like James it should be a great alternative to Gary 'Walkers' Lineker. It starts on Saturday, 12 June 2010 at 9:45pm and if you want even more then it continues on ITV4 straight after.

Following his fantastic season with Bayern Munich many had hoped that Arjen Robben would help light up the World Cup finals in South Africa. He was injured as Holland cruised to victory against Hungary.

Robben scored twice during the game, he injured himself trying to pull off a trick on an attack.

The World Cup 2010 has brought a whole new set of fixtures to South Africa! Five brand new stadiums have been built as part of the 9 host city venues. A Funny Old Game brings you the low down on these shiny new stadiums.

Green Point Stadium Cape Town

One of the most artistic football venues in South Africa the 70,000 capacity Green Point Stadium is one of the two semi-final venues for the FIFA World Cup.

Tottenham Hotspur defender Michael Dawson has been called up to the England World Cup squad to replace injured captain Rio Ferdinand. The ink was barely dry on the newspapers containing stories about Dawson's deep disappointment at being cut from the initial 30 man training squad.
Dawson and Tottenham team mate Tom Huddlestone were in the same place when they both got the bad news.

Terry Venables If I can Dream World Cup Charity Single went on sale yesterday. It is a cover of Elvis Presley's If I can Dream.

The singles proceeds will go towards the Help for Heroes charity backed by the Sun newspaper and Malaria No More UK.

It is soaring up the UK chart and the bookies now have it at 8-1 to reach the No1 spot, but there will be fierce competition from the James Corden and Dizzee Rascal single released tomorrow.

Shout for England by James Corden and Dizzee Rascal is now available to download as an MP3 or buy as a single. The Official England World Cup song has not be adopted yet by the British public and there are a few contenders including Terry Venables with If I Can Dream and Oh Africa.

Will this be the FIFA World Cup 2010 England song and become a number 1 single?

Nothing is more patriotic than a British Bulldog and add to that a singing one and it becomes priceless! Hamleys are giving away this fantastic Singing Bulldog for £10 (normally £20) when customers spend £40 or more on the Hamleys.com site.

This British dog breed is renowned for the Bulldog spirit and strength, and this hilarious singing pooch will keep all of the family entertained just press his paw and hear him sing "God Save our Gracious Queen".

South Africa plans to throw the biggest party ever to celebrate the greatest football show on earth at Soweto's Orlando Stadium, the largest in Africa's history. The day before the opening ceremony 10th June 2010, a massive crowd of 30,000 will gather to watch International stars, the likes of Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas, John Legend and Shakira to name but a few, but it will cost the equviliant from £40.

3 Lions 2010 by The Squad featuring Robbie Williams and Russell Brand is now available to download as an MP3 or buy as a single. The Official England World Cup song has not be adopted yet by the British public and there are a few contenders including Terry Venables with If I Can Dream and James Corden and Dizzee Rascal's Shout for England.

Wavin' Flag by K'Naan the Canadian rapper, is now available to download as an MP3 or buy as a single. It joins the long list of World Cup songs and anthems including 3 Lions 2010 The Squad ft Robbie Williams and Russell Brand, Terry Venables with If I Can Dream and James Corden and Dizzee Rascal's Shout for England

This is a good tune and has been out for a while, but still may be a contender for best World Cup song.

Waka Waka This Time for Africa written by Shakira who will perform it with Freshlyground a South African band has been chosen by Sony and FIFA as the official World Cup song. It is now available to download as an MP3 or buy as a single.

In her video she shakes her booty the only way Shakira knows how.