The Sun says that England's opening match against Paraguay on Saturday will be officiated by a referee nicknamed Little Dracula.

Marco Rodriguez, 35, was given the moniker because of his likeness to a television character and after the World Cup he is set to star in his own cartoon in his native Mexico.

Referees have been told to impose an absolute ban on jewellery worn by players at the World Cup.

English referee Graham Poll, told The Express, if players try to sneak on wearing rings, earrings or chains then they will be shown a yellow card - and may even be forced to have any rings cut off their fingers.

German bars are giving England fans plenty of chances to score by fitting mini goal posts and balls into their urinals to improve their drinkers' aim, says The Sun.

Several newspapers report a pair of made-to-measure Nike boots have left Brazil striker Ronaldo hobbling with painful blisters, he says: "I've never had blisters like these before."

The makers of Subbuteo have told the media they are attempting to rush out a dancing Peter Crouch figure to cash in on "the Crouch bop".

@slimnike

You dont need to launch another thread again.

You can post this under england group's thread.

Thanks

Sorry slimnike, we don't want to litter the forum with Germany 2006 world cup threads, so we have created different thread comprising each groups. So you can post this wonderful thread of your under Group B, which house England. Better still you can go through this link - https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-14592.0.html. I hope you understand.

@twinstaiye No problem I understand.