FIFA World Cup 2010 : ITV World Cup 2010 Live Stream - ITV1 will also have live coverage of England v Algeria next Friday, 18 June, another 7.30pm kick-off. England's third and final qualifying game, against Slovenia, is on BBC1 at 3pm on Wednesday 23 June.

The initiative allows viewers with laptops to customise the ITV.com live stream with a range of interactive elements from a chat service – which can link to Facebook – to polls, quizzes and statistics on teams and players.

The number of online viewers watching ITV.com's live streaming for today's 1-1 draw between South Africa and Mexico grew rapidly to 90,000, picking up quickly soon after half time, ITV said.

ITV's interactive "watch and chat" service ITV Live letting fans keep up with the opening match of the World Cup online ran into problems today, with some unable to log on .