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  FIFA World Cup: What happened to Brazil may happen to Argentina: Zabaleta

  Football | June 13, 2014 17:15 IST

  Belo Horizonte (Brazil): Argentine defender Pablo Zabaleta believes that Brazil's hard-fought 3-1 victory over Croatia in the opening game of the World Cup is an alert to his national team.Argentina, one of the favourites, start

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  FIFA World Cup: The biggest sporting carnival begins with dazzling opening ceremony

  Football | June 14, 2014 8:32 IST

  New Delhi:  The much awaited biggest carnival in all sports, FIFA World Cup 2014 finally kicked off with the glittering performances by the Brazilian acrobats, dancers and above all, with popstar Jennifer Lopez and rapper

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  FIFA World Cup: Referee Nichimura's decisions in spotlight

  Football | June 13, 2014 4:11 IST

  SAO PAULO: Yuishi Nichimura ensured that refereeing standards at the World Cup will be a hotly debated topic from the opening match on Thursday.   The Japanese official awarded Brazil a questionable penalty that Neymar converted

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  Ronaldo cuts short training session for Portugal

  Football | June 13, 2014 2:47 IST

  CAMPINAS, Brazil: Cristiano Ronaldo cut short a training session with Portugal on Thursday, leaving the field with an ice pack over his left knee -- indicating that his tendinitis may still be bothering the star

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  FIFA World Cup: Neymar leads Brazil to 3-1 win over Croatia

  Football | June 13, 2014 11:47 IST

  SAO PAULO: Neymar gave Brazil a winning start to its home World Cup, scoring twice to lead the host nation to an unconvincing 3-1 victory over Croatia in the opening game on Thursday.   Brazil had

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  'Mature' Spain expected to deliver against Dutch

  Football | June 13, 2014 7:58 IST

  SALVADOR, Brazil: Spain's team is creeping up in age and its core of Barcelona players are coming off a forgettable season.   Yet coach Vicente del Bosque expects his defending champions to hit form quickly against

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  World Cup kicks off in style with Pitbull and JLo

  Football | June 13, 2014 2:27 IST

  SAO PAULO: Itaquerao Stadium shined under blue skies as Brazil kicked off its home World Cup with a football-style Carnival Thursday before thousands of dancing yellow-clad fans, who seemed eager to put construction delays and

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  Salvador stadium faces last minute preparations

  Football | June 13, 2014 0:47 IST

  SALVADOR, Brazil: Wire stadium fences are being unfolded, new X-ray security machines are being unpacked at entrances and clouds of dust billow across roads leading to the World Cup venue.   There appeared to be a

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  Chelsea signs Fabregas from Barcelona

  Football | June 13, 2014 0:19 IST

  LONDON: Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas is leaving Barcelona to return to London, signing a five-year deal with Chelsea that will put him up against his former club Arsenal.   The 27-year-old Fabregas, who spent eight years

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  Meet the psychic animals who are predicting the results of FIFA world cup matches

  Football | June 13, 2014 8:29 IST

  New Delhi:  With few hours left for the biggest football spectacle to begin in Brazil, the fans and the supporters are debating on the possible outcome of the matches that involves their team. But after

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  Google celebrates the inauguration of FIFA world cup in Brazil

  Football | June 12, 2014 10:35 IST

  New Delhi: The search engine in its unique way  tried to celebrate the biggest sporting event of the year. The FIFA football world cup which begins from today in Brazil  has been described in an

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  FIFA World Cup: Fans invade pitch at Argentina training

  Football | June 12, 2014 8:59 IST

  BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil : Argentina's open training session ended in disorder on Wednesday as more than a dozen fans invaded the pitch and reached Lionel Messi and his team mates before security guards could intervene.  

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  FIFA World Cup: Portugal's fit-again Ronaldo arrives in Brazil

  Football | June 12, 2014 8:29 IST

  CAMPINAS, Brazil :  Cristiano Ronaldo strolled off a plane, lifted a hand and coolly pointed his finger to acknowledge a group of fans who were shouting out his name.   The Portugal and Real Madrid star

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  FIFA World Cup: Neymar anxious ahead of Brazil's opening match

  Football | June 12, 2014 8:04 IST

  SAO PAULO : Brazil striker Neymar is only 22 years old, but knows he will be carrying the hopes of the host country at the World Cup. He is already getting goosebumps just thinking about

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  FIFA World Cup: Croatia confident it can stun Brazil in opener

  Football | June 12, 2014 7:09 IST

  SAO PAULO (AP) -- A confident Croatia is ready to spoil Brazil's party in their World Cup opener and continue a long tradition of first match upsets at the tournament.   With all the pressure on

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  FIFA World Cup: This day that year: Brazil best be aware of opening day shocks

  Football | June 12, 2014 11:40 IST

  New Delhi: A special series on the historic significance of the day in FIFA World cup. Today we take a look on 12th June On opening day: Brazil would be well-served if it looks back

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  Only 9 percent French fans think Les Bleus will win World Cup

  Football | June 11, 2014 22:55 IST

  Paris: Recent polls showed that only nine percent of French fans think that France will win the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.But readings were better when it came to their chances of qualifying for the

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  Nothing compares to a World Cup title: Spain coach

  Football | June 11, 2014 22:50 IST

  Paris: Despite winning a lot of trophies and playing in many top tournaments, Spanish head coach Vicente del Bosque underlined that winning the FIFA World Cup is still the best."Nothing compares to a world title.

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  FIFA Fever: Indian fans go crazy for the World Cup

  Football | June 23, 2014 8:00 IST

  New Delhi: FIFA World Cup 2014 is under way and with the round of 16 beginning soon. It has been raining goals this year and  we also witnessed some major upsets like of Spain and

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  FIFA World Cup: Honduras seek to beat France

  Football | June 11, 2014 19:42 IST

  Sao Paulo: Honduras is eyeing more than just a draw in its FIFA World Cup opener against France on Sunday.The team's head coach Luis Fernando Suarez said his players will not settle for a draw