43 days to go and counting...
When it comes to football, it doesn鈥檛 come any bigger than the World Cup!
Our aim is simply to provide users of the 大象传媒 Sport website with something unique, engaging and totally fantastic for the 2006 World Cup finals.
We were proud of the way we covered the 2002 World Cup in Japan and Korea. After all, many of the games were during 'office hours' and a lot of you could only follow what was happening in the Far East via your computers.
Things have really moved on since then, so here's how we plan to satisfy your every World Cup need this time.
Our chief football writer Phil McNulty willl bring you every bit of breaking news and info from the England camp while Mandeep Sanghera will be our 鈥渞oving reporter鈥 who鈥檒l file from other major games at the tournament.
But it's not just about our world-class journalism - we'll be providing loads of extra things on top.
Spend the build-up to England games working out how various results will affect the group standings, via our Score Predictor. Help Sven select his side by using our Squad Selector. When you get home in the evening watch our World Cup clips archive via your broadband.
And when the game kicks off, don't just watch it, become part of it, with our live match coverage including up-to the-minute reports, photos and stats, virtual replay animations and a live player rater where you get the chance to give the star of the show a 10-out-of-10, or hit the underperformers with a two-out-of-10.
We鈥檙e also sending two people across Germany to live the World Cup for those of us left behind. See how they get on and where they go on our World Cup blog. You can even suggest to our men in Germany where they should visit next.
If all that's not enough, try your luck with our quiz, Goal Finger, or attempt to win great prizes with the World Cup Daq game, which involves trading in 'shares' based on the teams participating at the tournament.
We cannot wait to play a part in it for you - and one of the bosses will be here writing this blog for the duration, so don't forget to tell us how you feel we're doing.
