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  FIFA World Cup: Costa Ricans downplay favored status versus Greece

  Football | June 29, 2014 8:40 IST

  RECIFE, 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

  Football | June 29, 2014 8:03 IST

  RIO 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 World Cup: Luis Suarez idolized, not blamed for Uruguay's exit

  Football | June 29, 2014 11:01 IST

  RIO 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

  Football | June 29, 2014 18:22 IST

  RIO 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

  Football | June 30, 2014 8:22 IST

  BELO 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

  Football | June 29, 2014 2:29 IST

  RIO 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

  Football | June 29, 2014 1:32 IST

  RIO 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 bans Luis Suarez for 4 months for biting Italian opponent

  Football | June 27, 2014 8:35 IST

  RIO 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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  Match Schedule : 'Super 16' Pre- Quarterfinal Round of FIFA World Cup

  Football | July 02, 2014 7:22 IST

  New Delhi: The knockout stage of the FIFA world Cup will begin  from 28th June. A total of sixteen teams will battle it out in this stage to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament It has

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  FIFA World Cup: Uruguayan soccer fans wait for banned Suarez

  Football | June 27, 2014 7:20 IST

  MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- Several hundred Uruguayans have gathered at Montevideo's airport to wait for the return of soccer player Luis Suarez after his banning from the World Cup for biting an Italian player.   Uruguayan

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  How Ronaldo was upstaged by Messi once again at World Cup

  Football | June 27, 2014 7:27 IST

  New Delhi: Christiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were the most talked about discussed footballers before the start of the FIFA World Cup at Brazil.The group stage of the tournament has been completed and the football

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  FIFA World Cup: Belgium beats South Korea 1-0, wins Group H

  Football | June 27, 2014 4:12 IST

  SAO PAULO:  Reduced to 10 men for over half the match, Belgium still beat South Korea 1-0 on Thursday to finish atop of Group H and eliminate the last Asian team from the World Cup.  

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  FIFA World Cup: Algeria into 2nd round after 1-1 draw with Russia

  Football | June 27, 2014 4:01 IST

  CURITIBA, Brazil :  Algeria has qualified for the World Cup knockout stages for the first time, with Islam Slimani's headed equalizer giving his team a 1-1 draw against Russia on Thursday and enough competition points

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  FIFA World Cup: Ronaldo earns Portugal 2-1 win against Ghana, both out

  Football | June 27, 2014 1:39 IST

  Brasilia (Brazil) : Cristiano Ronaldo's first goal of the World Cup earned Portugal a 2-1 win over Ghana but couldn't prevent his team being eliminated from the tournament along with the Africans.     Portugal finished level

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  FIFA World Cup: Germany tops group on Muller's stellar show, USA in last 16

  Football | June 27, 2014 0:13 IST

  Recife (Brazil): Germany's Thomas Muller is matching Lionel Messi and Neymar goal for goal as the celebrated forward also struck his fourth in this World Cup to help his side edge past a gritty USA

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  Lionel Messi becomes Argentina's fifth top scorer at World Cup finals

  Football | June 26, 2014 12:34 IST

  Buenos Aires: Star Argentine footballer Lionel Messi Wednesday became his country's fifth top scorer at a FIFA World Cup, after scoring two of three goals to defeat Nigeria 3-2 in a Group F clash.Argentina's No.

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  Fired-up West Indies looking to win the series against New Zealand

  Cricket | June 26, 2014 7:46 IST

  Bridgetown (Barbados):  The West Indies, heartened by a series levelling victory at Port-of-Spain, will take on New Zealand in the third and deciding Test match starting here Thursday.Denesh Ramdin's men will attempt to continue from

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  FIFA World Cup: Uruguay defends Suarez as FIFA scrambles

  Football | June 26, 2014 7:17 IST

  RIO DE JANEIRO: As the world was judging Uruguay's Luis Suarez for biting a player in the World Cup, his teammates, coaches and fans in his soccer-crazy country defended the star, blaming the foreign media,

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  FIFA World Cup: Captain Kompany ruled out of World Cup group match

  Football | June 26, 2014 6:11 IST

  SAO PAULO :  An injury to captain Vincent Kompany saved coach Marc Wilmots one decision ahead of Belgium's last group match, but may cause him more concern further into the World Cup.Kompany led Belgium to

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  This day that year : Switzerland exits 2006 World Cup without conceding a goal

  Football | June 26, 2014 5:38 IST

  A special series on the historic significance of the day in FIFA World cup. Today we take a look on 26th  June.   On this day: Switzerland exits tournament without scoring a penalty in shootout against