Today’s matches

Posted: 1:00 AM CDT Tuesday, Jun. 15, 2010

NEW ZEALAND VS. SLOVAKIA

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NEW ZEALAND VS. SLOVAKIA

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NEW ZEALAND VS. SLOVAKIA

Group F, Rustenburg

New Zealand practically qualified by default after Australia left the Oceania region to join Asia.

NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand captain and central defender Ryan Nelsen, who plays for Blackburn, is one of the few pros on his national team.

SLOVAKIA: Coach Vladimir Weiss has his son, Vladimir, on the squad. And the coach’s father — yes, also Vladimir — played for Czechoslovakia.

TELEVISION: CBC 6:15 a.m.

IVORY COAST VS. PORTUGAL

Group G, Port Elizabeth

Ivory Coast coach Sven-Goran Eriksson, a Swede, twice led England to the quarter-finals of World Cups.

IVORY COAST: Star Didier Drogba broke his right arm in a friendly against Japan and his availability is uncertain.

PORTUGAL: Cristiano Ronaldo, the 2008 world player of the year, hasn’t scored for Portugal for 16 months.

TELEVISION: CBC 8:45 a.m.

BRAZIL VS. NORTH KOREA

Group G, Johannesburg

Dunga has turned Brazil into a more defence-minded team, which helped it win in 1994 when he was captain.

BRAZIL: With Kaka and Robinho, Brazil should score. But the key players may be defenders Lucio and Maicon.

NORTH KOREA: The last time North Korea made the tournament, it stunned Italy and made the quarter-finals. It’s the lowest-ranked team in the tournament.

TELEVISION: CBC 1:15 p.m.