Spain triumphed last night over Holland with a late winner deep into extra time to win the World Cup for the first time, adding to their European Championship win two years ago.

With the end of the World Cup comes the end of our World Cup Skills project, however this website will remain so you can use the quizzes and resources to address issues surrounding literacy and numeracy skills.

Over the past month we’ve received almost 4,000 visits from around 3,000 visitors, with our most popular quiz question being the Game 5 first half question. We’ve given away lots of prizes through our competitions, and we hope you’ve picked up lots of useful (and not so useful) trivia knowledge through our daily facts! We hope you have enjoyed this resource, and will continue to do so.

For more information you can find out more about the project, browse the literacy and numeracy resources, look at all the past questions and challenges, or get in touch with us with any queries regarding literacy and numeracy skills.

Last night Germany claimed third place in the tournament with an exciting 3-2 win against Uruguay. Thomas Muller scored on his retun to the team to take him level with Wesley Sneijder, David Villa, and Diego Forlan as top goalscorer.

Tonight the climax of the tournament takes place at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg. Whatever the final outcome there will be a new winner of the Fifa World Cup. Click on this link to see highlights of last night’s game and build up to tonight’s big match.

Fact of the day:

Brazil won their third World Cup in 1970, for which they were given the original Jules Rimet trophy to keep. A new trophy was made in time for the 1974 World Cup.

Test your skills today with questions about the countries flags, and about some of the top strikers in the World. And don’t forget to have a go at the competition to win a pair of tickets to England versus Hungary in August.

The day before the 2010 World Cup final between Holland and Spain, Fifa has announced it shortlist for player of the tournament. Three Spain players have been named on the 10-man shortlist for the World Cup Golden Ball award. Striker David Villa is joined by midfield pair Xavi and Andres Iniesta. Fellow finalists Holland have Wesley Sneijder, who like Villa has five goals, and Arjen Robben listed. Germany duo Bastian Schweinsteiger and Mesut Ozil, Argentina’s Lionel Messi, Uruguay’s Diego Forlan and Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan are the other contenders.

Fact of the day:

Did you know that Adidas, Coca-cola, Emirates, Hyundai, Sony, and Visa have each paid $100,000,000.00 to be official partners of the FIFA World Cup 2010.

Test your skills today with questions about the heights of some of the best World Cup players and rearranging the words of the World Cup anthem.