Official Emblem unveiled

On November 19th a world premier took place at the Arena AufSchalke in host city Gelsenkirchen. On the eve of the friendly between Germany and the Netherlands the new Official Emblem for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany has unveiled to the public. "We could never have imagined a better occasion for the unveiling than the day before a repeat oft the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final", said Wolfgang Niersbach, vice-president oft the Organising Commitee. Niersbach unveiled the emblem alongside OC President Franz Beckenbauer and fellow vice-presidents Horst R. Schmidt and Fedor H. Radman, in the presence of Joseph S. Blatter, President of football's world governing body FIFA. created by ps