Brazil, France complete Cup's quarterfinal picture

DORTMUND, Germany -- Brazil ended Ghana's scrappy World Cup debut Tuesday with three streaking goals, the first an early flash by Ronaldo that made him the most prolific scorer in tournament history.

Ronaldo got his 15th World Cup goal in the fifth minute -- putting him past German Gerd Mueller as the tournament's all-time leading scorer -- and Adriano and Ze Roberto added one each to give Brazil the 3-0 win.

Ghana made Brazil work for its 11th straight World Cup win, challenging the five-time champions and outplaying them at times, but their shots were either off the mark or well within reach of goalkeeper Dida.

The result secured Brazil's place in the quarterfinals for the fourth straight time -- the last time it was eliminated in the second round was in 1990 in Italy, when it lost to archrival Argentina. Brazil will face France on Saturday.

France 3, Spain 1

HANOVER, Germany -- Zinedine Zidane took the free kick that made the difference in the 83rd minute. It curled into the goalmouth, where it eventually found an onrushing Patrick Vieira, who headed it off the body of Spain's Sergio Ramos and into the net.

A few minutes later Zidane scored a goal of his own to complete the 3-1 victory.

-- The Associated Press