Uruguay survived and Italy died in the group of death. South American Giant Uruguay managed to knock out a 10 men Italy joining the Central American team Costa Rica from the group of death for the knock out round. The all-important goal was scored by Uruguayan Captain and Center back

DHAKA: England ended their World Cup campaign with a dour 0-0 draw against Costa Rica, as Jorge Pinto's side clinched top spot in Group D.    The tournament's surprise package thrilled with skill and ambition in shock wins over Uruguay and Italy that secured their passage to the last

DHAKA: Uruguay scored a dramatic late winner to knock four-time winners Italy out of the World Cup in a match     involving another controversial Luis Suarez 'biting' incident.  Liverpool striker Suarez appeared to bite Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini one minute before Diego Godin

Colombia 4 (Juan Cuadrado 1, Jackson Martinez 2, Rodriguez 1): Japan 1(Shniji Okazaki) Another South American team Colombia moved into qualifying round sealing the top spot of Group C pulverizing Japan 4-1 in all one sided match. Colombia made it three in three achieving nine points and

DHAKA: A court in Andhra Pradesh Tuesday issued an arrest warrant against Indian cricket team captain MS Dhoni for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus. A local court in Anantapur issued the arrest warrant as Dhoni did not appear in the court despite three summons served

Of the four matches of Group C and D those will be played tonight for deciding which two teams will advance to the elimination round the most critical one will be between two former World Champions Uruguay and Italy. Between them they shared 6 previous titles.  Italy got it four times

DHAKA: Italy will face Uruguay in a World Cup fight for survival on Tuesday night between the former champions as England hope to draw a line under a disastrous campaign by giving a sign of hope for the future. Italy will play against Uruguay in Natal at 10:00pm (Bangladesh time) with

DHAKA: Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has admitted Neymar is as important to the host nation as Lionel Messi is to Argentina after he scored twice in the 4-1 victory over Cameroon.   The Barcelona attacker gave Brazil the lead after 17 minutes of play when he tapped home a low cross

DHAKA: Medical files purporting to relate to F1 legend Michael Schumacher are being offered for sale, his management team has warned. Manager Sabine Kehm said it was unclear whether the documents were genuine. But she said they were "clearly stolen" and warned that criminal charges

Brazil 4 [Neymer 2 (17* and 35*), Fred 1 (49*), Fernando Luiz Roza (84, *)]: Cameroon 1 [Joel Metip 26*] The dream HEXA mission of the all-time favorite, the admired and adored team all over the World, Brazil is well on course with them beating Cameroon 4-1 and finishing on top of group

DHAKA: Neymar was the star of the show for Brazil again, scoring two goals as the hosts beat Cameroon to top Group A.The striker sidefooted home Luiz Gustavo's cross for the opener but Cameroon, who had already been eliminated, equalised when Joel Matip tapped in from close range. Neymar

Playing entertaining football and showing more intent Mexico buried Croatian dreams with a well s deserved 3-1 victory. With this victory Mexico finished second behind Brazil in Group A. Both teams finished on 7 points with Brazil having better goal difference topped the table. Mexico

Orange tastes sweeter when the Dutch team plays the spontaneous fluid football that their Golden Generation of 1970 presented to the world. Tulips look brighter when Dutch flavor of attacking soccer is on display.   Netherlands beating Chile 2-0 in a hotly contested group match on the

Finally Spain showed some glimpse of the football that made their golden generation admired and adored all over the soccer world. Spain taught young Socceroos’ some lessons in their 3-0 win over Australia.   They along with Australia were to pack their kits and return home. Beating

DHAKA: It can be said that ‘a manic Monday’ with hosts Brazil, Mexico and Croatia all vying for a last-16 berth in the final round of Group A matches on the day 12. There are four matches in this day. At 10:00pm Netherlands-Chile and Australia-Spain will face each others while

The last matches of the preliminary round matches of Group A and Group B will be played tonight. Keeping up with tradition two last matches of each group will kick off at the same time eliminating any possibility for manipulation which happened in earlier world cup.  In Group B

USA held Portugal 2-2 in a hard fought exciting encounter keeping alive Christiane Ronaldo’s team to fight another day. USA and Germany with four points are still unsure which team will accompany Germany to the second round. The Portugese equalizer came in the last 30 second of the

Belgium 1 (Divock Origi 88 Minutes) Russia 0Belgium having the honor of being witnessed by its Royal family disposed of a spirited Russian in the second match of the group H and assured its berth to the knock out stage at Maracana Stadium, Rio De Jenerio.The entire match witnessed

Algeria 4 (Islam, Simani, Rafik Halliche, Abdelmoumene Djabouz, Yacine Brahimi) : South Korea 2 (Son Hyung Min, Kim Young Gwon )Brilliant Algerians outgunned put paid to South Korean Brazil mission in a high scoring do or die match for the both with as many as six goals being scored.

DHAKA: Brazil somewhat surprisingly dropped two points against Mexico in their last outing as coach Luiz Felipe Scolari went for a slightly more cautious approach than in their opener against Croatia, with Ramires taking the place of Hulk on the right wing after the Zenit man was deemed