Irvington, NY (PRWEB) June 14, 2006 -- Smiley Central™, a free emoticons website, recently launched an extensive series of World Cup soccer smileys to coincide with the world’s most popular sporting event. Smiley Central users from around the world can now send and receive smileys representing all 32 countries participating in the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™.

In addition to sending and receiving World Cup team smileys via email and instant messaging programs, soccer fans can also use these team smileys as mobile phone wallpaper and screensavers.

From tournament favorites such as Brazil, Argentina and Italy, to lesser-known countries including Angola and Togo, World Cup team smileys of every participating nation are represented on a special Smiley Central World Cup hub page. Visitors can check the page regularly for links to the latest tournament news, standings, scores and photos, as well as full game recaps after the final whistle blows.

Smiley Central is also making available free smiley World Cup screensavers from its PopularScreensavers.com website, as well as a customizable eCard from MyFunCards.com, another one of Smiley Central’s free sites.

Smiley Central smileys can be sent through most webmail, email, and instant messenger applications (including AIM, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and Google Talk), and also work on most mobile phones.

Smiley Central is part of the free MyWebSearch® browser toolbar, and is easily accessible from an IM window or web browser. The toolbar also provides users with other popular free products including Cursor Mania, Popular Screensavers and MyFunCards.

About Smiley Central
Smiley Central (www.smileycentral.com) is a free Smileys website launched in June 2003 and revolutionized the industry when it introduced flash-based "super" smileys. With more than 10,000 to choose from, smileys from Smiley Central work with instant messaging applications, email programs, blogs and mobile devices. Smiley Central is a web property of IAC Search & Media, a wholly-owned business of IAC/InterActiveCorp.

Visit the website at www.smileycentral.com.