Sydney  - Brazil and Spain are favoured above England and Argentina to win the 2010 FIFA World Cup, according to odds released Thursday by Australian betting agency TAB Sportsbet.

Germany is rated fifth favourite of the 32 teams that have qualified to play in South Africa next year.

New Zealand, competing in its first World Cup in a generation, is considered the least likely country to carry home the trophy, followed by Honduras and North Korea. (dpa)