The BBC’s group games, featuring the same commentary as over-air matches, plus extended knockout coverage will be available for free on the BBC Sport website. Four minute on-demand highlights from all 64 games will also feature, although rights protection technology will limit availability to UK web users.

BBC director of sport Roger Mosey commented, the world cup on broadband is our biggest commitment yet to bringing people major events where and when they want them. We know a lot of online viewing is done in the office, so we suspect this will allow people both to do their job and to keep up with the very latest action from Germany.