The sprawling collection of squiggles snaking down his right bicep -- including the Chinese star sign of his wife and two daughters -- and a smaller tattoo on his left arm are set to be adorned by further designs done by an old friend who has a parlour in the Netherlands, he told Bild newspaper.

Frings, 29, also commented on his day-off outfit, which included an MP3 player engraved with his nickname ("Sucker") which was given to him by Werder Bremen teammate Patrick Owomoyela as well as a 10,000-euro watch from jeweller to the stars Jacob and Co. "I don't really go for expensive things," Frings said, slightly unconvincingly.

Fashion advice!
Ghana coach Ratomir Dujkovic watched the second half of his squad's 3-0 second-round World Cup loss to Brazil away from the bench after offering Slovakian referee Michel Lubos some fashion advice.

"It would be better for us if you put on a yellow jersey," the 60-year-old Serbian suggested, drawing an ejection moments after Ghana conceded a goal in first-half injury time.

"I was never sent off until today," said the vastly-experienced handler, who numbers Rwanda and Burma among his former teams.

Dujkovic's ire was aroused after a cross from Brazil captain Cafu deflected off defender Illiasu Shilla and bounced into the goal off the thigh of Adriano, who was offside on the play but was not flagged by the linesman.

But Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto Parreira would have none of it, saying Dujkovic was whining after being beaten by a superior team.

"That's a loser's crying game," Parreira said. "Those who lose cry, weep or cringe."

Diego to tango
A German teacher of tango is hoping the newly svelte Diego Maradona, he of the wildly popular Argentine television dance show "Tens' Night," to come and hone his steps at her Berlin workshop.

"A number of tango moves were borrowed from football," Ines Moussavi told the Berliner Kurier daily, inviting Maradona to drop by her Far Out venue on Berlin's Lehniner Square.

Old timers
French defender Lilian Thuram said it was just like old times as France knocked out Spain in a match which brought back memories of his country's run to glory on

home soil in 1998.

"It's difficult to describe the sensations I felt. When (Zinedine) Zidane got the third goal it was like a feeling of liberation. I felt even more emotion than during the competition in France."

Thuram famously didn't show much emotion eight years ago, looking simply incredulous and placing a hand to his chin after scoring twice in the 1998 semifinal against Croatia -- his only goals for the national side.

Nemesis!
Spain are destined to lose -- it's part of the whole business of being Spanish, according to AS sports daily.

"We just must believe that there is something in us which prevents us overcoming at the crucial moment.

"Maybe there's something deep within us," said AS in a commentary which said the defeat by the French in the last 16 could be added to a long list of losses including "Cuba, Trafalgar ..."