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Suarez gets sternest sentence 27 Jun 2014 - 04:28 am

RIO DE JANEIRO: Uruguay star Luis Suarez was hit with a global four-month ban for biting an opponent yesterday as World Cup chiefs...

Algeria draw with Russia to make history and enter last 16 27 Jun 2014 - 04:27 am

Algeria’s Islam Slimani celebrates after scoring a goal during their World Cup match against Russia at the Baixada Arena in Curitiba. Algeria and...

Shaqiri scores hat-trick 26 Jun 2014 - 02:55 am

Switzerland’s Xherdan Shaqiri (23) scores a goal during their 2014 World Cup Group E soccer match against Honduras at the Amazonia Arena in...

Nigeria advance despite loss; Bosnia end Iran’s last 16 dream 26 Jun 2014 - 01:59 am

Argentina’s Lionel Messi celebrates his second goal during the match against Nigeria at the Beira Rio Stadium in Porto Alegre. RIGHT: Iran’s Andranik...

Ghana airlifts cash to end player protest 26 Jun 2014 - 01:57 am

An Argentinian fan holds up an image of Lionel Messi and former footballer Diego Maradona during the Group F match against Nigeria at...

Swiss reach last sixteen 26 Jun 2014 - 01:54 am

Ecuador’s Juan Carlos Paredes (left) jumps for the ball with France’s Moussa Sissoko during their 2014 World Cup Group E match at the...

Algeria eye historic progress to last 16 26 Jun 2014 - 01:53 am

CURITIBA, Brazil: Algeria can make history by qualifying for the second round of the World Cup for the first time in four appearances...

Suarez faces World Cup ban over bite 26 Jun 2014 - 01:52 am

RIO DE JANEIRO: Football disciplinary chiefs gathered evidence against Luis Suarez yesterday as calls mounted for the Uruguay star to be kicked out...

‘Disgrace of Gijon’ ghost looms over USA, Germany encounter 26 Jun 2014 - 01:15 am

USA coach Jurgen Klinsmann and Germany coach Joachim Loew RECIFE: The spectre of one of the most infamous episodes in World Cup history...

USA goes soccer crazy 26 Jun 2014 - 01:13 am

LOS ANGELES: Record numbers of football fans in the United States are bracing for another edge-of-the-seat match today as their team battles to...

Ronaldo’s Portugal face uphill task against Ghana 26 Jun 2014 - 01:12 am

BRASïLIA: Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal face a sobering early World Cup exit today even if their world footballer of the year produces pyrotechnics in...

Mondragon is oldest Cup player 26 Jun 2014 - 01:12 am

CUIABA: Colombia goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon became the oldest footballer ever to play in a World Cup on Tuesday, coming on in the last...

Pitches leave players and coaches unhappy 26 Jun 2014 - 01:12 am

SAO PAULO: Managers and players have complained about the state of pitches used in the World Cup with the grass at several stadiums,...

Djokovic survives Stepanek scare as seeds struggle at Wimbledon 26 Jun 2014 - 12:37 am

Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic in action against Novak Djokovic of Serbia in their second round match during the Wimbledon Championships at...

IOC, Tokyo 2020 organisers review venue plans 26 Jun 2014 - 12:35 am

International Olympic Committee President German Thomas Bach (left) and Russian-born Swiss snowboarder Yuri Podladchikov, gold medalist for the halfpipe at the 2014 Winter...

Li happy to stay out of spotlight 26 Jun 2014 - 12:33 am

Britain’s Andy Murray smiles after winning against Slovenia’s Blaz Rola on day three of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships in London, yesterday. LONDON: Chinese...

Hohmann crashes out in Qatar 26 Jun 2014 - 12:14 am

Doha: Defending champion Thorsten Hohmann crashed out of the 2014 World 9-ball Championship (W9BC) losing to Dutchman Marc Teutscher in one of the...

Boston winner Jeptoo of Kenya to defend Chicago crown 26 Jun 2014 - 12:13 am

CHICAGO: Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo (pictured), coming off an April victory at the Boston Marathon, will defend her Chicago Marathon crown on October 12,...