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FIFA World Cup:Netherlands face Mexico in 2nd round
June 29, 2014 18:03 ISTRio De Janeiro: The Netherlands will put its perfect record on the line in the second round of the World Cup on Sunday, taking on a Mexico side aiming to reach the quarterfinals for the
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FIFA World Cup:Victory shows Brazil's limitations
June 29, 2014 11:20 ISTBelo Horizente, Brazil: Once the elation of victory and the hangovers wear off, Brazil should feel the cold shiver of World Cup disaster narrowly averted. The shootout penalty win against Chile exposed the Selecao's flaws
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FIFA World Cup: No fear for Mexico against Netherlands
June 29, 2014 8:14 ISTFORTALEZA, Brazil : Mexico coach Miguel Herrera will make one change to his starting lineup to face the Netherlands in the World Cup second round -- and says his team is "ready to make history"
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FIFA World Cup: Brazil strikers continue to struggle
June 29, 2014 8:27 ISTBELO HORIZONTE, Brazil : Brazil is not getting enough help from its strikers when it needs them most at the World Cup, and the lack of attacking options nearly proved fatal on Saturday. Apart from
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FIFA World Cup: Costa Ricans downplay favored status versus Greece
June 29, 2014 8:40 ISTRECIFE, Brazil: If Costa Rica midfielder Michael Barrantes believes his small Central American country's national side is favored to reach the World Cup quarterfinals, he's not about to say so publicly. "We're not favorites. We're
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FIFA World Cup: Diego Forlan not ready to leave international game
June 29, 2014 8:03 ISTRIO DE JANEIRO : Diego Forlan isn't ready to announce his retirement from international football, even though he knows that at his age the clock is certainly ticking. The 35-year-old Forlan, who was voted the
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FIFA keeping punishments to a minimum at World Cup
June 29, 2014 10:46 ISTRIO DE JANEIRO : Despite bringing the might of FIFA discipline down on Luis Suarez for biting an opponent, football's governing body has let plenty of other incidents go unpunished at the World Cup. Apparent offenses
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FIFA World Cup: Luis Suarez idolized, not blamed for Uruguay's exit
June 29, 2014 11:01 ISTRIO DE JANEIRO : Dejected but defiant, and still defending Luis Suarez.Uruguay's support of the banned, biting striker was steadfast on Saturday even as the team was toothless in his absence and went out of
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FIFA World Cup: Colombia beats Uruguay 2-0 to reach quarterfinals for the first time
June 29, 2014 18:22 ISTRIO DE JANEIRO: James Rodriguez scored one of the best goals of the tournament and then added a second to put Colombia into the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time with a 2-0 win
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Know how 4 years after mistake,Julio Cesar keeps Brazil alive in World Cup
June 30, 2014 8:22 ISTBELO HORIZONTE, Brazil : Julio Cesar the 34-year-old goalkeeper for World Cup hosts Brazil, nearly ended his national team career after feeling the brunt of his team's exit from the 2010 tournament in South Africa.
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FIFA World Cup: Colombia leads Uruguay 1-0 at halftime
June 29, 2014 2:29 ISTRIO DE JANEIRO : James Rodriguez scored a stunning long-range volley to give Colombia a 1-0 lead over Uruguay at halftime of their second round game at the World Cup on Saturday. With his back
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FIFA World Cup: Diego Forlan starts up front for Uruguay
June 29, 2014 1:32 ISTRIO DE JANEIRO : Diego Forlan will start up front for Uruguay in place of banned striker Luis Suarez in Saturday's second-round World Cup match against Colombia. Forlan was named the best player of the
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FIFA World Cup: Brazil beats Chile in penalty shootout to reach quarter final
June 29, 2014 8:03 ISTBelo Horizonte (Brazil): Hosts Brazil squeezed into the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup after a pulsating 3-2 penalty shootout win over heartbroken Chile at Estadio Mineirao. Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar saved Mauricio Pinilla and
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FIFA World Cup: Suarez told FIFA panel bite was not deliberate
June 28, 2014 19:16 ISTRio De Janeiro: Luis Suarez claimed to FIFA's disciplinary panel that he did not deliberately bite Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup. The Uruguay striker writes in Spanish that "in no way it
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FIFA World Cup: Dream team after the group stage
June 29, 2014 8:15 ISTBrasilia, Brazil: Imagine having World Cup standouts Lionel Messi, Neymar, James Rodriguez and Arjen Robben all in the same team. After two weeks and 48 group-stage games in what is widely considered the best World
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FIFA World Cup: Watch Mexico's coach's theatrical style
June 29, 2014 8:24 ISTSao Paulo: Mexico's national soccer coach Miguel Herrera just can't keep his joy bottled up, and his enthusiasm has made him one of the most entertaining and popular figures of the World Cup and an
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FIFA World Cup: Michael Bradley, the man who has run more than any other player
June 28, 2014 15:01 ISTSao Paulo: Michael Bradley is just shy of a marathon in this World Cup. He has run more than any other player in Brazil and might be right up there with Luis Suarez among the
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FIFA World Cup: US hopes to boost attack against Belgium
June 28, 2014 11:12 ISTSao Paulo: No wonder the United States is having problems scoring at the World Cup: The Americans are hardly attacking. Coach Jurgen Klinsmann is eager for the U.S. to create more chances in Tuesday's second-round
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FIFA World Cup: Brazil showing some nerves ahead of Chile match
June 28, 2014 10:44 ISTBelo Horizente, Brazil: There's no denying it, the thought of sudden World Cup elimination is on the minds of Luiz Felipe Scolari and his Brazil squad. The veteran coach wants to assure the people of
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FIFA World Cup: Uruguay coach quits FIFA position over Suarez ban
June 28, 2014 11:03 ISTRio De Janeiro: Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez quit FIFA's strategic committee on Friday in protest at the ban football's governing body imposed on his team's star striker Luis Suarez for biting an Italian player. Tabarez
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FIFA World Cup: Blatter: Suarez bite 'not fair,' keeps mum on ban
June 28, 2014 10:14 ISTRio De Janeiro: FIFA President Sepp Blatter believes Luis Suarez's biting offense was "definitely not fair" -- though he won't say the player's name. "It is not fair what he has done," Blatter said Friday
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FIFA, players' union agree Suarez needs treatment
June 28, 2014 10:07 ISTRio De Janeiro: The players' union and football's governing body agree on one thing in the wake of the heavy ban imposed on Luis Suarez for his third biting incident: the Uruguay and Liverpool striker
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FIFA World Cup: Suarez a scapegoat: Uruguay coach
June 28, 2014 9:56 ISTRio de Janeiro: Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez has said controversial striker Luis Suarez had been made a scapegoat by his four-month ban for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini.Speaking during a press conference here on Friday,
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FIFA World Cup: Meet the winners and losers of the group stage
June 28, 2014 12:50 ISTNew Delhi: The 2014 FIFA World Cup has been nothing short of Excellency so far, bringing us 48 matches that have been mostly exciting, goal-laden and full of offensive football. At the end of it
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FIFA World Cup: Chiellini says Suarez ban for biting him excessive
June 28, 2014 9:44 ISTMILAN: Giorgio Chiellini believes Luis Suarez has been harshly punished by FIFA for biting his shoulder during their decisive World Cup match. Suarez was banned from all football activities and stadiums for four months, suspended
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FIFA World Cup Capsules
June 27, 2014 10:48 ISTRecife, Brazil: Germany's Thomas Mueller stayed on track to retain his Golden Boot title at the World Cup by scoring his fourth goal of the tournament in the 1-0 victory over the United States. The
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FIFA World Cup: Uruguay rages against Suarez soccer ban for biting
June 27, 2014 8:59 ISTMontevideo, Uruguay: Soccer-crazy Uruguayans raged Thursday at FIFA's decision to kick their star player out of the World Cup for his third biting incident, fearing it could deal a death blow to their bid to
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FIFA bans Luis Suarez for 4 months for biting Italian opponent
June 27, 2014 8:35 ISTRIO DE JANEIRO : Luis Suarez exits the World Cup with one of the longest bans in tournament history, and his reputation once again in tatters. The Uruguay forward, widely regarded as one of the
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