Honduran goalkeeper Noel Valladares fumbles the ball, which resulted in a goal, as team-mate Osman Chavez looks on during their World Cup match...
Honduran goalkeeper Noel Valladares fumbles the ball, which resulted in a goal, as team-mate Osman Chavez looks on during their World Cup match...
Costa Rica’s Oscar Duarte (second right) celebrates with team-mates after scoring their second goal during a Group D match at the Castelao Stadium...
PORTO ALEGRE (Brazil): France begin their quest to wipe away the pain of an embarrassing showing at the World Cup in 2010 when...
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil: James Rodriguez rounded off a convincing 3-0 win for Colombia over Greece as the South Americans made light of the...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Lionel Messi will be attempting to cement his legacy as an all-time great when Argentina tackle Bosnia-Hercegovina in their World...
BRASïLIA: Switzerland will look to justify their top seed tag which raised many eyebrows ahead of the draw for the World Cup finals...
Australia’s captain Tim Cahill celebrates after scoring a goal against Chile at the Pantanal Arena in Cuiaba. CUIABA: Chile got the victory they...
Spain’s goalkeeper Iker Casillas reacts after the Netherlands’ fifth goal at the Fonte Nova Arena in Salvador on Friday. CURITIBA: World champions Spain’s...
FRANKFURT: Franz Beckenbauer has cancelled a trip to the World Cup in Brazil after being banned by FIFA for failing to co-operate with...
SALVADOR: Spain’s domination of world football, which has seen them win three trophies in the past six years, could be at an end...
RIO DE JANEIRO: France’s star winger Franck Ribery yesterday said he refused a cortisone injection that French experts claim could have saved his...
Hector Herrera (left) of Mexico in action with Dany Nounkeu of Cameroon during the FIFA World Cup 2014 group A preliminary round match...
Italy’s defender Mattia De Sciglio during a training session at “Portobello Resort” in Mangaratiba on Thursday. De Sciglio will not play in their...
RECIFE, Brazil: Japan’s technicians must try to outfox a powerful Ivory Coast as the Asian and African powerhouses meet in a clash of...
Sao Paulo: Qatar’s Minister of Youth and Sports H E Salah bin Ghanim bin Nasser Al Ali has congratulated the government of Brazil...
SALVADOR, Brazil: Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben both scored twice as the Netherlands avenged their 2010 World Cup final defeat by routing...
A combination of photos show Netherlands’ midfielder Wesley Sneijder (Left) on March 5, 2014 in Paris and Spain’s midfielder Xavi on October 15,...
