Ghana makes history
Ghana made Africans proud and made history by providing the biggest shock of the 2006 World Cup so far, as they comfortably beat the world's second-ranked nation the Czech Republic 2-0 to keep alive their hopes of a place in the last 16.They took all three points and boosted the pride of Africa with a truly thrilling 2-0 win over the Czech Republic in Cologne. The west Africans dominated the European side from start to finish, scoring early through Asamoah Gyan and then sealing matters through Sulley Muntari eight minutes from time. Gyan had also missed a penaltyafter an incident that saw Tomas Ujfalusi sent off.

Portugal on the other hand booked their ticket to the knock-out stages of the World Cup following a well-deserved 2-0 victory over brave Iran.
Luiz Felipe Scolari's side missed out on half a dozen clear-cut scoring opportunities before Deco opened the scoring with a wonder strike from 20 metres out in the 63rd minute.

Italy moved a point clear at the top of Group E after drawing 1-1 with the USA in an incident-filled match in Kaiserslautern on Saturday, 17 June 2006.
Alberto Gilardino headed Italy into a 22nd-minute lead but their lead last only five minutes until Christian Zaccardo turned the ball into his own net. That was the end of the scoring but a minute later the Azzurri lost Daniele De Rossi to the first of three red cards.
The USA's Pablo Mastroeni also saw red in the 45th minute and Eddie Pope followed suit two minutes into the second half. The result left both sides in contention before their final games, with Italy top on four points and the USA bottom with one.