MANY of the major film stars are altering their shooting so they can watch the matches in this year's World Cup.

Fardeen Khan is going one step further by promoting the world cup with Pepsi.

The surprise person who seems to be more clued up than anyone is beauty queen turned actress Yukta Mookhey. The former Miss World said the tournament would be a good way of uniting nations.

Yukta said, "I have seen Diego Maradona play and I think his mettle remains unparalleled. I began watching the World Cup when I was a schoolgirl but somewhere along the way my interests got diverted.

On my travels to London the passion of the Britons rubbed off on me and I fell in love with the game. I am putting my money on Italy this time."

The star men that she will be looking out for are: Ronaldo, Rivaldo, David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane - although his thigh injury may just cause a hindrance to his game," she added.