11.   AS World Cup football fever intensifies, Sony Music Entertainment has released the official World Cup album, Allez!

12.   Football fever is rampant in Melbourne and nearby Geelong, with shops and offices decked in team colors.

13.   Football fever was gradually building Saturday in this port city on the eve of the World Cup final between Germany and Brazil.

14.   In New York, all-night bars and early morning eateries catered to those eager to treat their football fever, even if the bug was recently acquired.

15.   But a heavy downpour of rain and an early goal by the United States doused the football fever of South Korean supporters known as the Red Devils.

16.   But football fever reached a new peak in the rest of the country.

17.   But such is the football fever that has gripped the country -- and the continent -- that its call is likely to go unheeded.

18.   China has also capitalised on football fever to launch a World Cup lottery with a top prize of two million yuan.

19.   China will launch a World Cup lottery Wednesday at distribution outlets across the country to cash in on mounting football fever, the Wenhui Daily reported.

20.   Deputies here were sharply criticised Thursday for football fever and wasting their time discussing the World Cup in an editorial by a radical Iranian daily.