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  FIFA World Cup: Fit-again Vidal arrives in Brazil with Chile squad

  June 06, 2014 14:40 IST

  Belo Horizonte:  A 23-man Chile squad, including midfielder Arturo Vidal, has arrived in Brazil as the team starts preparations for its opening FIFA World Cup match against Australia.The Juventus star had been a major doubt

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  Meet the football stars who made an impression at the FIFA World Cup

  June 16, 2014 7:42 IST

  New Delhi:  The biggest show of 2014 is going to begin in a less than a week 's time in Brazil and every football pundit have started to put thier money on various players who

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  FIFA World Cup: Know the WAGS of 20 players who are off to Brazil

  June 07, 2014 6:55 IST

  New Delhi : FIFA World Cup is just a few days away and the best players in the world of football sweat it out for the sport's ultimate prize - the World Cup.While the football

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  FIFA World Cup: Brazil coach predicts final against Argentina

  June 06, 2014 8:32 IST

  SAO PAULO:  Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has projected that Argentina will be the most likely opponent if the hosts can make it all the way to the World Cup final.   Scolari says he and

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  FIFA World Cup: Brazil can't get caught up in fan euphoria:Marcos

  June 06, 2014 8:00 IST

  SAO PAULO:  Brazil's goalkeeper in the 2002 World Cup has urged national team players to avoid getting caught up in the fan euphoria that is starting to take over the country.   Marcos said that as

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  FIFA World Cup: Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo unfit for friendly vs. Mexico

  June 06, 2014 7:27 IST

  LISBON, Portugal:  Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo will miss Friday's friendly against Mexico as he tries to recover from leg injuries in time for the team's World Cup opener against Germany on June 16.   The Portuguese

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  FIFA World Cup:Alex-Chamberlain set to go with England despite injury

  June 06, 2014 7:02 IST

  MIAMI :  Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is set to go with England to the World Cup even if he doesn't recover from a knee injury in time for the group stage, coach Roy Hodgson said on Thursday.  

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  FIFA confident ahead of World Cup despite problems

  June 06, 2014 6:46 IST

  SAO PAULO:  FIFA is "not afraid" things will go wrong at the start of the World Cup despite preparation problems in Brazil.   Football's governing body said Thursday it's "in control" of what needs to be

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  Fifa World Cup: Germany injury worries recede as WCup approaches

  June 05, 2014 17:59 IST

  FRANKFURT, Germany: Germany's World Cup injury problems are receding ahead of Friday's friendly against Armenia, the team's last game before departing for Brazil.   Coach Joachim Loew says goalkeeper Manuel Neuer won't face Armenia "because we

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  Fifa World Cup: Winning 6th World Cup 'big possibility' for Brazil: Thiago Silva

  June 05, 2014 14:50 IST

  Teresopolis (Brazil): Brazil captain Thiago Silva says it is impossible not to think about lifting the FIFA World Cup trophy at the Maracana Stadium July 13.The 29-year-old confessed that Brazil has a "big possibility" of

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  FIFA World Cup: Spain tops the rankings, Brazil rises to No. 3

  June 05, 2014 14:36 IST

  ZURICH:  Defending World Cup champion Spain will travel to Brazil as the No. 1 team in the FIFA rankings, and the host nation will kick off as No. 3.   Spain and Germany remain 1-2 in

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  Michel Platini says "somebody, something" out to hurt him

  June 05, 2014 14:21 IST

  PARIS :  Michel Platini says "somebody, something" is out to discredit him.   The UEFA president told sports newspaper L'Equipe he's hurt by British media reports that cast doubts on his links to now disgraced Qatari

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  FIFA World Cup: Uruguay downs Slovenia 2-0 in warm-up

  June 05, 2014 11:18 IST

  MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay: Goals by Edinson Cavani and Christian Stuani lifted Uruguay past Slovenia 2-0 in a World Cup warm-up game Wednesday night.   With the exception of star Luis Suarez, who is recovering from knee surgery,

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  Pakistan, the birthplace of Brazuca, the official ball for FIFA world cup

  June 06, 2014 7:23 IST

  New Delhi: Pakistan has left all internal problems behind to be the birthplace of the Brazuca, the official match ball for the 2014 FIFA world cup. It has been manufactured in Sialkoti origins. Football manufacturing

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  FIFA World Cup: Tourists, get ready for price shock

  June 05, 2014 10:42 IST

  RIO DE JANEIRO :  World Cup visitors, welcome to Brazil, land of soccer, sun and sky-high prices.   Unlike nearby Latin American nations where a tourist's U.S. dollar or European Union euro seemingly stretches forever, Brazil

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  Will sex worker Helen Wood spoil Wayne Rooney's World Cup?

  June 06, 2014 7:26 IST

  New Delhi: This is the last thing England's ace footballer Wayne Rooney would have wanted when the Fifa World Cup 2014 is just a few days away.Former sex worker Helen Wood who will be appearing

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  FIFA World Cup: Wayne Rooney ends goal drought as England, Ecuador draw

  June 05, 2014 9:28 IST

  MIAMI GARDENS, Florida: Rarely has tapping in a goal provided such relief for Wayne Rooney.   With pressure building after a four-game England goal drought, the striker bundled the ball over the line from close range

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  FIFA World Cup: Argentina beats Trindad & Tobago in warm-up

  June 05, 2014 8:09 IST

  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina : Goals by Rodrigo Palacio, Javier Mascherano and Maxi Rodriguez led Argentina to a 3-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago in a World Cup warm-up Wednesday.   Argentina dominated Trinidad, a non-World Cup

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  Gerard Pique: Spain not the only World Cup favourite

  June 05, 2014 7:15 IST

  WASHINGTON: Defender Gerard Pique says reigning champion Spain is one of several favorites to win this year's World Cup, mentioning host Brazil, Argentina and Germany as other teams to beat.   "Anything can happen in a

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  Tickets for top World Cup matches sell out fast

  June 05, 2014 6:58 IST

  SAO PAULO : The remaining tickets for the most important World Cup matches were sold out fast on Wednesday, disappointing hundreds of fans who waited in line across Brazil.   Tickets for the opener, the final

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  Villa says WCup to be his last event with Spain

  June 04, 2014 20:25 IST

  MADRID: David Villa, Spain's all-time leading scorer, says this World Cup will be his last event with the national team.   The striker tells Spanish television station Cuatro, "I don't like to say it, but yes,

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  A World Cup quandary::sex or abstinence

  June 04, 2014 13:38 IST

  Bogota, Colombia: If you're intending to score in a World Cup match, should you score the night before?   It's a question that prompts coaches to set rules, players to seek understanding from wives and lovers,

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  Know five Brazilian key players at the 2014 FIFA World Cup

  June 06, 2014 8:20 IST

  New Delhi: With just two more weeks to go, the excitement preceding the World Cup has reached fever pitch. The FIFA World Cup has always been regarded as the biggest sporting event in the world.

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  Know five Asian teams who have done well at the FIFA World Cup

  June 04, 2014 12:17 IST

  New Delhi: With the World Cup right around the corner, India TV looks at the Asian teams who have performed the best at the World Cup.North Korea have played in only 2 World Cups, 1966

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  Watch one of the best World Cup ads ever

  June 04, 2014 9:22 IST

  Ireland won't be heading to the World Cup, but one young boy from The Emerald Isle will be making a name for himself over the next four weeks.Ciaran Duffy is one of the stars of

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  Greece, Nigeria tune up with 0-0 draw

  June 04, 2014 8:42 IST

  Chester, Pa.: Greece and Nigeria played a scoreless draw in a pre-World Cup friendly Tuesday night at the home of the MLS Philadelphia Union.   There were few scoring chances in one of the final tuneups

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  Wayne Rooney to start World Cup warm-up match

  June 04, 2014 8:37 IST

  Miami Gardens, Florida: Struggling up front for England, Wayne Rooney is set to be shunted to the left wing as coach Roy Hodgson experiments ahead of the World Cup in the team's penultimate warm-up game. 

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  Neymar leads Brazil to 4-0 win over Panama

  June 04, 2014 8:31 IST

  Goinia, Brazil: Neymar scored one goal and set up two others to help Brazil defeat Panama 4-0 in a World Cup warm-up match on Tuesday.   Neymar broke the deadlock with a well-struck free kick from