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1. Portugal are Sourav's dark horses (Note: Sourav Ganguly is a famous Indian criket player)
2. Portugal are the ninth classified in odds to win The World Cup. So you can win yet a good money if you bet in Portugal. The best return (if they won) is to Trinidad and Tobago. Few chances to win The Championship are also atributted to Togo, Iran, Costa Rica, Angola, and Saudi Arabi. The top ten are: 1 - Brazil , 2- England, 3- Germany , 4 - Argentina , 5 - Italy 6 - France , 7 - Holland 8 - Spain , 9 - Portugal and 10 - Czech Republik (Check all odds in World Cup Odds.
3. World Cup 2006 will be worth 24.5 million Swiss Francs (US$18.75 million) to the winning team.
4. Rooney is in danger to not participate in Worl Cup; The striker Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur) will fly out with the England squad to Germany on Monday. Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson told reporters that, "Defoe will go with us to Germany because we have to be insured about Wayne Rooney."