Fifa World Cup 2014
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Only God can explain Brazil's World Cup disaster: Pele
Football | April 24, 2015 16:59 ISTLondon: Brazil football legend Pele on Friday said that "only God can explain" how Brazil were beaten so brutally by Germany in last summer's World Cup semi-final.Without Neymar and Thiago Silva, the tournament hosts were
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FIFA returns $100M to Brazil; World Cup cost $15 billion
Football | January 21, 2015 7:32 ISTRio De Janeiro: Football's world governing body FIFA said Tuesday it had set up a $100 million World Cup Legacy Fund for Brazil, aimed at sports facilities, youth and women's football, and medical and health
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Neymar says I have learnt from World Cup pain
Football | December 24, 2014 11:32 ISTRio de Janeiro: Brazil's star footballer Neymar said he has learnt important lessons from his 2014 FIFA World Cup heartbreak and he looks to the next year for redemption.The Brazil captain Tuesday reiterated that a
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Top football moments of the year 2014
Football | January 07, 2015 11:16 ISTNew Delhi: The year 2014 has been a great year for football especially for India. The nation saw the resurgence of football through Indian Super League. It was a really a great step to revolutionize
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Real Madrid asked me to not play World Cup final: Di Maria
Football | September 06, 2014 19:12 ISTLondon: New Manchester United recruit Angel Di Maria revealed that his former club Real Madrid had asked him to not play the FIFA World Cup final in Brazil against Germany.As luck would have it, Di
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Wayne Rooney to captain England team
Football | August 28, 2014 17:47 ISTLONDON: Wayne Rooney was named England captain on Thursday, taking over the leadership role of an inexperienced team in a rebuilding phase following its worst-ever World Cup. "He certainly deserves it, his commitment to the
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Miroslav Klose retires from German national team
Football | August 12, 2014 7:43 ISTFRANKFURT, Germany: Miroslav Klose, the top scorer in World Cup history, has retired from Germany's national squad a month after the team won the title for the fourth time.The 36-year-old Klose scored twice in Brazil,
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Neymar returns to training after back injury
Football | August 06, 2014 19:58 ISTBARCELONA, Spain: Barcelona says Brazil striker Neymar has returned to training after passing a medical exam as he continues his recovery from a fractured vertebra.Neymar fractured a vertebra in his back after a collision with
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Suarez could make Barcelona debut against Madrid
Football | July 24, 2014 23:07 ISTMADRID: Luis Suarez could make his Barcelona debut against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in October.The Spanish league announced its schedule for the 2014-15 season on Thursday, and the first "clasico" is due
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Germany players criticized over 'gaucho' dance
Football | July 16, 2014 19:37 ISTBERLIN: The German Football Federation is defending Germany's World Cup-winning players after they performed a routine that poked fun at defeated opponent Argentina.During Tuesday's raucous Berlin victory party, six players bent double and sang "this
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Blatter awards Brazil 9.25 mark for special WCup
Football | July 14, 2014 23:05 ISTRIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil got 9.25 out of 10 from FIFA President Sepp Blatter for organizing a World Cup that was "very special" because of high quality football. Giving his tournament report on Monday, Blatter
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Argentina's gutsy World Cup team is welcomed home
Football | July 14, 2014 22:59 ISTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina: Argentina's national team was welcomed home on Monday by thousands of fans celebrating its gutsy performance in the World Cup final. The team arrived to Buenos Aires in the morning in a
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Odisha sand artist's sculpture to mark German win
Football | July 14, 2014 22:53 ISTBhubaneswar: Internationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik Monday created a sand sculpture on the beach of Odisha's Puri town to congratulate the German team on winning the 2014 FIFA World Cup.Patnaik, with the help of
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FIFA World Cup final: Magical Messi or united Germany?
Football | July 11, 2014 23:17 ISTRIO DE JANEIRO: The most entertaining World Cup in a generation comes down to a final match that pits the planet's best player against the tournament's best team. Lionel Messi will lead Argentina out against
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FIFA World Cup: Kolkata fans perform yagna, pray for Argentina's victory
Football | July 11, 2014 20:26 ISTKolkata: As Argentina gear up to take on Germany in the FIFA World Cup final Sunday, fans of the Latin American nation here Friday performed religious rituals and lit the sacrificial fire (yagna) for the
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FIFA World Cup: Argentina vs Germany “ A royal football rivalry
Football | July 12, 2014 8:57 ISTNew Delhi: Brazil-Argentina and Germany-Netherlands may be the fiercest rivalries in international soccer. But Germany and Argentina still have quite the conjoined history, arguably more than either of the other two in the World Cup.
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Delhi High Court bars over 400 websites from showing FIFA 2014 on Sony plea
India | June 25, 2014 13:50 ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi high court on Monday restrained over 400 websites from streaming the Fifa World Cup 2014 matches on the plea of MSM Satellite Pvt. Ltd which contended that as authorised broadcaster of
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See how FIFA World Cup is affecting sex lives (view pics)
Lifestyle | June 19, 2014 7:09 ISTIf you believed only women had the prowess of keeping men on their toes for sex, then you had totally been wrong all this while.Men, who never let go of an opportunity of getting some
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FIFA world cup 2014: Louis Vuitton designs the winning trophy case (see pics)
Lifestyle | June 16, 2014 18:18 ISTLondon: Louis Vuitton, the french fashion house has designed a travelling case for the 2014 FIFA World Cup trophy.The luxury brand has created a one-of-a-kind, custom-made trunk for the trophy to be transported in before
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FIFA world cup 2014: Riteish Deshmukh, Ram Kapoor gear up for fun (see pics)
Bollywood | June 12, 2014 15:57 ISTMumbai: FIFA World Cup 2014 begins in Brazil on Thursday, and just like most football bans, even Bollywood celebrities can't wait to get glued to their TV screens. While Riteish Deshmukh plans to catch up
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