CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Portugal put on the most dominant performance of the World Cup, routing North Korea 7-0 on Monday and eliminating the Asian nation from the tournament.
Simao Sabrosa, Hugo Almeida and Tiago scored over an eight-minute span in the second half, after Raul Meireles' 29th-minute goal gave Portugal the lead. Substitute Liedson added another in the 81st.
Cristiano Ronaldo ended his goalless streak in the 87th minute, and Tiago added his second goal two minutes later.
The game was aired live for the first time in communist North Korea, which exerts strict control over media coverage.
The win moved Portugal into second place in Group G with four points, two behind Brazil. The Ivory Coast has one point, and North Korea can't advance in the tournament after two straight losses.
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• Chile 1, Switzerland 0: In Port Elizabeth, South Africa, substitute Mark Gonzalez scored on a header in the 75th minute as Chile beat 10-man Switzerland to move closer to a spot in the final 16.
Gonzalez headed home a pass from fellow sub Esteban Paredes, who had moved past the staunch Swiss defense and crossed to Gonzalez at the back post. Gonzalez's downward header beat goalkeeper Diego Benaglio.
Before Chile scored, Switzerland set a World Cup record in the 69th minute by going 551 minutes without allowing a goal, breaking the mark of 550 held by Italy at the 1986 and 1990 tournaments. Chile has won both its games in Group H.
Switzerland played a man down after the 31st minute when Valone Behrami was sent off with a straight red card for rough play.
The win gave Chile six points and first place.
• Spain 2, Honduras 0: In Johannesburg, South Africa, David Villa scored two goals as Spain got its World Cup pursuit back on track.
Villa beat three defenders in the 17th minute before goalkeeper Noel Valladares got a touch to the Spain striker's rising shot but not enough to keep it out.
Villa scored his 40th international goal in the 51st when his shot from the edge of the area deflected off a defender to go over Valladares. But Villa missed a penalty kick in the 62nd, sending it wide right.
France coach blasts players for behavior
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa - France coach Raymond Domenech described his players as acting like imbeciles when they protested against Nicolas Anelka's expulsion by refusing to train for a match that will decide their World Cup future.
"I tried to convince them that what they were doing was an aberration, an imbecility, a stupidity without name," Domenech said Monday.
France plays South Africa on Tuesday in a Group A match it needs to win to stand a chance of advancing. It also requires a winner in the Mexico-Uruguay game to avoid a repeat of the 2008 European Championship, when it went out in the first round.
"French football is facing a disaster, not because it lost a match but because this disaster is a moral disaster," sports minister Roselyne Bachelot said.
ON TV
Today
• Mexico vs. Uruguay: 7 a.m., ESPN
• France vs. South Africa: 7 a.m., ESPN2
• Nigeria vs. South Korea: 11:30 a.m., ESPN2
• Greece vs. Argentina: 11:30 a.m., ESPN
Wednesday
• United States vs. Algeria 7 a.m., ESPN
• Slovenia vs. England: 7 a.m., ESPN2
• Ghana vs. Germany 11:30 a.m., ESPN
• Australia vs. Serbia: 11:30 a.m., ESPN2
