World Cup Highlights Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• England v Argentina
• England v Paraguay

  Highlights of the second day's matches in Germany, where England began their Group B campaign in Frankfurt against Paraguay, looking to justify their billing as one of the favourites for the tournament. Despite being without Wayne Rooney, England were still expected to pick up three points against the South American underdogs to boost their chances of reaching the last-16. Plus, action from Argentina v Ivory Coast and Sweden v Trinidad and Tobago

• Final

  Italy v France. Matt Smith introduces action from the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, where 76,000 spectators will see the world champions crowned. Since their 1970 final defeat to arguably the finest Brazilian team ever seen, the Italians have reached this stage of the tournament once every 12 years, and after another defeat to the Samba Kings in 1994, the Azzurri will feel they are about due their fourth world crown. The French will also feel it is their turn once again, after their poor showing in Japan and South Korea four years ago, but much will depend on talisman Zinedine Zidane, who is making his career swan song in this match

• Italy v Australia and France v Ukraine

  Matt Smith presents highlights of today's games, as the last 16 of the tournament continues, featuring Italy v Australia at the Fritz-Walter-Stadion in Kaiserslautern and France v Ukraine at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne. Italy were among the big-name casualties at this stage in 2002, losing in controversial fashion to co-hosts South Korea, and Marcello Lippi's men will hope to make amends for that disappointment with victory over the Socceroos

• Italy v Australia and South Korea v Ukraine

  Matt Smith presents highlights of today's games, as the last 16 of the tournament continues, featuring Italy v Australia at the Fritz-Walter-Stadion in Kaiserslautern and South Korea v Ukraine at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne. Italy were among the big-name casualties at this stage in 2002, losing in controversial fashion to co-hosts South Korea, and Marcello Lippi's men will hope to make amends for that disappointment with victory over the Socceroos

• Italy v Australia and Switzerland v Ukraine

  Matt Smith presents highlights of today's games, as the last 16 of the tournament continues, featuring Italy v Australia at the Fritz-Walter-Stadion in Kaiserslautern and Switzerland v Ukraine at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne. Italy were among the big-name casualties at this stage in 2002, losing in controversial fashion to co-hosts South Korea, and Marcello Lippi's men will hope to make amends for that disappointment with victory over the Socceroos

• Last 16

  Matt Smith presents action from today's last-16 games, featuring England v Ecuador at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion in Stuttgart and Portugal v Holland at the Franken-Stadion in Nuremberg. England progressed as Group B winners but failed to impress their critics and they'll need to improve if they are to go further in the tournament. With Michael Owen suffering a knee injury against Sweden, much rests on the shoulders of Wayne Rooney, who is looking to score his first goal in World Cup finals

• Last 16

  Matt Smith presents highlights of today's games, as the last 16 of the tournament continues at the Fritz-Walter-Stadion in Kaiserslautern and RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne. Italy were among the big-name casualties at this stage in 2002, losing in controversial fashion to co-hosts South Korea, and Marcello Lippi's men will hope to be involved here as they aim to book a place in the quarter-finals

• Last 16

  Matt Smith presents highlights of today's games, including Brazil v Ghana at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, as the last 16 of the tournament concludes. Ronaldo answered many of his critics when he became the joint highest scorer in World Cup history recently with two goals against Japan, and the striker will hope to be on form again today, as he looks to inspire the champions to a quarter-final place

• Last 16

  Matt Smith introduces highlights of today's games, as the last 16 of the tournament gets under way, featuring Germany v Sweden at the Allianz Arena in Munich and Argentina v Mexico at the Zentralstadion in Leipzig. The hosts qualified by winning all three of their Group A matches and will look to the strike partnership of Miroslav Klose and Lucas Podolski to unsettle a Swedish defence that has been criticised for being past its best

• Portugal v France

  Portugal v France. Matt Smith presents action from the second semi-final at the Allianz Arena in Munich, where a place in the Sunday's final awaited the winners. Both sides defied the odds to reach the last four, with Portugal beating England on penalties for the second major tournament in a row, and France defeating a lacklustre Brazil in the quarter-final. With analysis from Ally McCoist and Robbie Earle, and commentary by Peter Drury and Jim Beglin

• Third-Place Play-Off

  Action from this evening's third-place play-off at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion in Stuttgart, where the beaten semi-finalists will be looking to end their tournament on a positive note. This game is generally something of a subdued affair, with nothing more than pride at stake, but neither team will want to go down to another defeat after missing out on a place in the final earlier in the week