Uruguay’s Luis Suarez’s World Cup dream was left in tatters when he was handed a record nine-match ban on Thursday by FIFA for biting an Italy defender during a group match. Suarez was also suspended from any football-related activity for four months and fined 100,000 Swiss francs ($111,000), soccer’s world governing body said in a …
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Ashkan Dejagah is confident Iran can end its goal-drought by beating Bosnia on Wednesday to reach the World Cup last 16. Iran is third in Group ‘F’ with one point after a goalless draw with Nigeria and the heartbreak of its 1-0 defeat to Argentina when Lionel Messi scored in added time. In Salvador, the …
Costa Rica finished first in what many considered the World Cup’s toughest group after a dour 0-0 draw against a second-string England side on Tuesday. Costa Rica only needed a draw to top Group D and played that way, setting up in a defensive 5-3-2 formation. The result gives Costa Rica its best World Cup …
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Uruguay beat Italy 1-0 in Natal thanks to Diego Godin’s late goal to seal their place in the last 16 and eliminate Italy, but the match was overshadowed by an incident a few minutes earlier when Suarez appeared to bite Chiellini. Chiellini tried to show referee Marco Rodriguez the mark but no action was taken, …
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CUIABA: Jackson Martinez scored twice as Colombia beat Japan 4-1 to end World Cup Group C with three straight wins and send the Asian champions packing from the tournament with just a single point. The match made World Cup history when Farid Mondragan beat Roger Milla’s record as the oldest player at any finals tournament. …
RIO DE JANEIRO: The battle to avoid joining the likes of Spain and England on the World Cup scrapheap begins in earnest on Monday as the final round of first phase fixtures kicks off with Brazil bidding to book their place in the last 16. The most entertaining World Cup in years has made a …
Portuguese substitute Silvestre Varela grabbed a dramatic stoppage-time equalizer to secure a 2-2 draw with the United States in World Cup Group G on Sunday. Just as it looked as though the Americans had secured a come-from-behind victory to qualify for the second round, Varela scored with a flying header from a Cristiano Ronaldo cross. …
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Porto Alegre, Brazil: Algeria moved them tantalisingly close to a first ever appearance in the knock-out rounds after dishing out a 4-2 defeat to South Korea in Porto Alegre on Sunday. It was the North Africans` first World Cup victory since their famous 1982 success against West Germany and was the first time an African …
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RIO DE JANEIRO: Divock Origi sent Belgium into the last 16 of the World Cup when the teenager struck an 88th minute winner to secure a 1-0 victory against Russia in a largely lifeless Group H match at the Maracana on Sunday. He rifled in just minutes after Kevin Mirallas crashed a free kick against …
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Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said Sunday it would be “stupid” to think his team would consider playing deliberately for a draw against Cameroon in order to choose its second-round opponent at the World Cup. Scolari dismissed any chance that Brazil would not try to win Monday’s decisive Group A match in Brasilia. “You have …
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