I got harassed by email today because Dayorama wasn't doing anything special for the World Cup. So now we are. On the right hand side of the homepage for the duration of the competition we'll be keeping score between the BBC and ITV coverage - who'll get more goals? And every day I'll be posting a DayoRimet round-up of worthwhile World Cup tidbits I've found.

It's not been a bad opening day at all, has it? Ecuador are clinging to a 1-0 lead over Poland as I write, but the big story's the tremendous tournament curtain-raiser between Germany and Costa Rica. The Germans took the honours 4-2, the highest scoring World Cup opener in the history of the competition.

Miroslav Klose was the Germans' hero - on his birthday, as well. SoccerBlog has a compilation video of the man, mocked by some in the last tournament for terrorising Saudi Arabia and only Saudi Arabia, but this time round he looks like he means business.

Meanwhile one Charlton fan is already hankering after Costa Rican (and former Manchester City striker) Paulo Wanchope following his brace:

Paolo Wanchope would like to return to English football. After the two excellent goals the 30 year old striker scored against Germany in the World Cup opener today, would it be worth Charlton taking a look?

[source: Addick's Premiership Diary]

As you must by now know it's the opening England game tomorrow, versus Paraguay. I'll either be in the newsroom or at Newbury racecourse for it - they're opening early at Newbury so people can watch the match on a giant screen, which is a tempting thought. Either way I'll be back here tomorrow night and every night for the next four weeks of football. Enjoy!