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- World Cup 2014: Jan Vertonghen fires Belgium to win over South Korea
- Algeria go through to knockout stages as Islam Slimani keeps Russia at bay
- Brazilian news helicopter caught spying on Chile training session
- Algeria v Russia: World Cup 2014 as it happened
- South Korea 0-1 Belgium: World Cup 2014 as it happened
- Seamus Coleman signs new five-year contract with Everton
- World Cup 2014: Thomas Müller hailed as remarkable after Germany winner
- Parting of ways as Uruguay hit Rio and Luis Suárez heads for Montevideo
- Luiz Felipe Scolaris masterstroke is paternal double act with Neymar
- World Cup 2014: Uruguay will appeal against Luis Suárez ban video
- Why we should hope that Brazil fail to banish the ghosts of 1950
- Americans can't even stop working to watch their team play in the World Cup
- Argentina unsure on Sergio Agüero but deny his World Cup is over
- World Cup 2014: Holland are hit by fitness concerns over five players
- Why Fifas disciplinary committee was always going to ground Luis Suárez
- Luke Shaw to have medical at Manchester United ahead of move
- Luis Suárez bitten by Fifa four-month ban amid day of drama at World Cup
- Portugal eliminated despite Cristiano Ronaldos goal beating Ghana
- Germanys Thomas Müller secures win but beaten USA reach last 16 too
- Portugal 2-1 Ghana: World Cup 2014 as it happened
- USA 0-1 Germany: World Cup 2014 as it happened
- Chiles Alexis Sánchez will use Brazil match to impress Premier League clubs
- World Cup diary: Fidel Castro salutes Maradona and Lionel Messi
- 294. Hugo Lloris
- Luis Suárez plays football the Uruguay way: winning is all that counts
| World Cup 2014: Jan Vertonghen fires Belgium to win over South Korea Posted: 26 Jun 2014 03:12 PM PDT South Korea completed a miserable World Cup for Asia, becoming the fourth of four representatives to go out in the group stage as they lost to a much-changed Belgium side that played half the game with 10 men after the dismissal of Steven Defour. As it turned out, South Korea would have had to win by three to go through and that never seemed likely even before Jan Vertonghen followed in to score after Kim Seung-gyu had beaten away a drive from the prodigious 19-year-old forward Divock Origi. Continue reading... |
| Algeria go through to knockout stages as Islam Slimani keeps Russia at bay Posted: 26 Jun 2014 03:06 PM PDT Algeria went through to the knockout stages for the first time but against a backdrop of controversy, with Russias goalkeeper, Igor Akinfeev, distracted by a laser pen at the free-kick from which Islam Slimani scored the crucial equaliser. While Fifa is unlikely to be able to take any action against the perpetrators it adds to the sudden air of disquiet around the World Cup after its superb first two weeks. Continue reading... |
| Brazilian news helicopter caught spying on Chile training session Posted: 26 Jun 2014 03:04 PM PDT TV station apologies and will not broadcast footage Maurico Isla reveals Chile players took aim at helicopter Continue reading...  |
| Algeria v Russia: World Cup 2014 as it happened Posted: 26 Jun 2014 03:00 PM PDT Algeria deservedly make it out of the group stages at last, 32 years after West Germany and Austria denied them in Gijón at España 82  |
| South Korea 0-1 Belgium: World Cup 2014 as it happened Posted: 26 Jun 2014 02:58 PM PDT Jan Vertonghen scored the winner to cement 10-man Belgium's place as group winners and set up a match against the USA Continue reading... |
| Seamus Coleman signs new five-year contract with Everton Posted: 26 Jun 2014 02:51 PM PDT Republic of Ireland defender extends stay to 2019 It was a very happy decision to make Everton right-back Seamus Coleman has signed a new five-year contract, the club has announced. The new deal will keep Coleman, who joined the Goodison Park club for a nominal fee from Sligo Rovers in 2009, on Merseyside until 2019. Continue reading... |
| World Cup 2014: Thomas Müller hailed as remarkable after Germany winner Posted: 26 Jun 2014 02:13 PM PDT Klinsmann praises forward who is on target for Golden boot USA coach jubilant after escaping Group of Death despite loss Both coaches paid tribute to Thomas Müllers unique abilities as a goalscorer after he scored the only goal of a game in which both Germany and the USA progressed to the World Cups last 16. Perhaps that is no surprise, both Joachim Löw and Jürgen Klinsmann are German, after all, but with four goals in three matches Müller is joint the top scorer in Brazil and on course to become the first player to retain the Golden Boot award. Müller needed only five goals to achieve that honour in South Africa and at his present rate he could easily surpass that total at this tournament. Continue reading... |
| Parting of ways as Uruguay hit Rio and Luis Suárez heads for Montevideo Posted: 26 Jun 2014 02:09 PM PDT Óscar Tabárezs squad head to Rio for their last-16 tie with Colombia while talismanic striker flies home to begin a four-month suspension from all football Luis Suárez delivered his farewells back at the beach-front Sehrs Grand hotel in Natal. There were emotional embraces with medical staff and management, the forward a picture of misery as he contemplated a flight home to Montevideo when all roads should have been leading to the Maracanã. Team-mates, recently returned from their morning training drills at Estádio Maria Lamas Farache, queued up to offer Luisito their sympathy, support and solidarity as the true weight of Fifas unprecedented ban sank in. The captain, Diego Lugano, eventually took to social media to speak of outrage and an overriding sense of helplessness. Then the familiar accusations of injustice reared once again. Continue reading... |
| Luiz Felipe Scolaris masterstroke is paternal double act with Neymar Posted: 26 Jun 2014 01:42 PM PDT By serving as a father figure to his star player, Brazils coach has given Neymar the freedom to flourish amid the fanaticism he is exposed to at the World Cup Continue reading...  |
| World Cup 2014: Uruguay will appeal against Luis Suárez ban video Posted: 26 Jun 2014 01:26 PM PDT The president of the Uruguayan Football Association, Wilmar Valdez, reacts angrily to Fifa's decision to ban Luis Suárez for nine international matches and for four months of professional football for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini. Valdez calls the ban 'unfair' and says the incident has been 'exaggerated'. He also confirms that the Uruguayan Football Association will appeal against Fifa's ruling Continue reading...  |
| Why we should hope that Brazil fail to banish the ghosts of 1950 Posted: 26 Jun 2014 12:59 PM PDT Anything but victory in the World Cup final would bring despair to the host nation but it would keep a great sporting story alive Continue reading...  |
| Americans can't even stop working to watch their team play in the World Cup Posted: 26 Jun 2014 12:49 PM PDT Many would argue that soccer is meant to be watched in a bar, or in a public space with hundreds of fellow hooligans. Americans watch from their offices USA beaten by Germany but advance to second round Continue reading... |
| Argentina unsure on Sergio Agüero but deny his World Cup is over Posted: 26 Jun 2014 12:44 PM PDT Argentina still do not know if injury is tear or strain Report that Agüero is out of World Cup is nonsense Argentina were sweating over the fitness of the Manchester City striker Sergio Agüero on Thursday night, with doubts over whether the 26-year-old will play any further part at the World Cup. Agüero limped off the pitch in the first half of Argentinas 3-2 win over Nigeria on Wednesday, with the coach, Alejandro Sabella, revealing afterwards that he was substituted because of a muscle problem. Continue reading... |
| World Cup 2014: Holland are hit by fitness concerns over five players Posted: 26 Jun 2014 12:06 PM PDT Robben, De Vrij, Blind, De Jong, Martins Indi miss full training Van Gaal struggles to prepare squad for last-16 Mexico game Five regular Holland starters missed full training as Louis van Gaals team prepared for their last-16 game against Mexico. Arjen Robben was restricted to running up and down the sidelines at Flamengos training ground in Rio de Janeiro, along with the defenders Stefan de Vrij and Daley Blind and the midfielder Nigel de Jong, while other members of the team played a practice match. Continue reading... |
| Why Fifas disciplinary committee was always going to ground Luis Suárez Posted: 26 Jun 2014 11:58 AM PDT Claudio Sulser always knew what was expected of him and for once it seems Fifa has got this one right Continue reading...  |
| Luke Shaw to have medical at Manchester United ahead of move Posted: 26 Jun 2014 11:47 AM PDT Southampton left-back valued at £30m Ander Herrera signs for around £29m Manchester Uniteds rebuilding project continues apace, with Luke Shaw due to have a medical ahead of a proposed move from Southampton. Having completed the signing of Ander Herrera earlier on Thursday, it now seems as if the highly rated 18-year-old defender will soon be following the Spaniard into Old Trafford. Continue reading... |
| Luis Suárez bitten by Fifa four-month ban amid day of drama at World Cup Posted: 26 Jun 2014 11:18 AM PDT Howls of dismay greet Uruguayan's penalty for biting as two Ghana stars sent home and floods threatened USA-Germany game On a day the biter got bit, a Brazilian World Cup that had been thrillingly eventful on the pitch exploded dramatically into life off it. Having last week knocked England out of the tournament, Uruguay striker Luis Suárez was on Thursday banned from all "football related activities" for four months for biting the Italian Giorgio Chiellini during a 1-0 victory on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Portugal eliminated despite Cristiano Ronaldos goal beating Ghana Posted: 26 Jun 2014 11:12 AM PDT For Ghana, the abiding image at this World Cup will be the photograph of a dozen police vehicles or more, complete with flashing lights, transporting £1.7m in cash from Brasília airport to the team hotel in the early hours of the morning. James Appiahs players got their appearance money in the end but, rather predictably, they also suffered elimination and will return home in disgrace after a chaotic and shambolic chain of events. Portugal finally picked up a victory, courtesy of Cristiano Ronaldos first goal at these finals, but it was a case of too little too late for player and country. They finished third, behind the USA on goal difference, and will ruefully reflect on that opening game against Germany, when Pepe was sent off and they were thrashed 4-0. That is where the damage was done. Portugal laid siege to the Ghana goal in the closing 10 minutes, when Ronaldo, incredibly, had three decent chances to score. He failed to take any of them and Portugal were out. Continue reading... |
| Germanys Thomas Müller secures win but beaten USA reach last 16 too Posted: 26 Jun 2014 11:07 AM PDT Both Germany and the United States reached the last 16 as a result of this scoreline and the one in Brasilia, with a goal by Thomas Müller doing enough to allay suspicions that the Germans in charge of the two sides had colluded to produce a mutually satisfactory result. A dreary draw looked on the cards for a while and both sides ended the first half appearing content just to see out time, but Germany woke up and began to look a bit more like their old selves after the interval. Not to the extent of trashing the USAs goal difference which might have given Portugal the encouragement they needed but Müllers goal reflected German superiority and enabled them to finish top of Group G with seven points. Continue reading... |
| Portugal 2-1 Ghana: World Cup 2014 as it happened Posted: 26 Jun 2014 11:01 AM PDT Cristiano Ronaldo hit the bar, missed three wonderful chances and scored one as Portugal went out on goal difference Continue reading... |
| USA 0-1 Germany: World Cup 2014 as it happened Posted: 26 Jun 2014 10:58 AM PDT
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| Chiles Alexis Sánchez will use Brazil match to impress Premier League clubs Posted: 26 Jun 2014 10:48 AM PDT Chiles exciting winger may not be fully appreciated at Barcelona but his exploits at the World Cup are attracting English clubs Barcelona were leading 1-0 as last seasons first clásico entered its final ten minutes when Alexis Sánchez, a second-half substitute for Cesc Fábregas, burst on to a Neymar through-ball and outstripped Raphaël Varane with a devastating burst of acceleration. As the defender recovered, Sánchez paused briefly before executing the deftest of lobs over Diego López from 20 yards. It was a goal of rare beauty, worthy of winning the most iconic fixture in club football. It may well prove to be the pinnacle of the Chilean wingers frustrating three years at Camp Nou. Continue reading... |
| World Cup diary: Fidel Castro salutes Maradona and Lionel Messi Posted: 26 Jun 2014 10:37 AM PDT Twittersphere cannot get enough of Luis Suárez while Brazil have ended up on their backsides more than any other team Continue reading...  |
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| Luis Suárez plays football the Uruguay way: winning is all that counts Posted: 26 Jun 2014 10:28 AM PDT The Liverpool striker will always be a national hero in a country where morality takes a back seat when football is concerned Continue reading...  |
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