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Messi on target to match Maradona
AFP, Published on 10/07/2014
» SAO PAULO - Lionel Messi kept running into a determined Dutch defensive wall on Wednesday but Argentina are still in the World Cup final and the little genius will get his chance to emulate Diego Maradona.
Sabella's 'great joy' as Argentina reach final
AFP, Published on 10/07/2014
» SAO PAULO - Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella believes a well-rested Germany will have the advantage against the weary South Americans in Sunday's World Cup final.
S. Korea coach resigns after World Cup failure
AFP, Published on 10/07/2014
» SEOUL - South Korean football coach Hong Myung-Bo announced his resignation Thursday following a disappointing World Cup showing that saw his team jeered and booed on their return from Brazil.
Argentina in the final: Brazil's Cup nightmare deepens
AFP, Published on 10/07/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilians might have thought that their World Cup nightmare couldn't possibly get any worse -- and then bitter rivals Argentina reached the final in their own backyard Wednesday.
Romario wants prison for football chiefs
AFP, Published on 10/07/2014
» BRASíLIA - Brazil football legend Romario, now a lawmaker, said Wednesday that the sport's chiefs should serve prison time for the national team's humiliating 7-1 World Cup defeat to Germany.
Argentina advance to final
AFP, Published on 10/07/2014
» SAO PAULO - Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Romero saved two penalties in a shootout with the Netherlands on Wednesday to take his country through to the World Cup final for the first time since 1990.
Brazil's World Cup exit: Worse than 1950 trauma?
AFP, Published on 10/07/2014
» BELO HORIZONTE (BRAZIL) - Brazil's humiliating exit from the World Cup is as close as it gets to a national trauma in a football-mad nation whose identity is closely associated with its team.
Celtic captain Brown out for three months
AFP, Published on 09/07/2014
» GLASGOW - Celtic captain Scott Brown will miss the start of next season after suffering a torn hamstring which will sideline him for up to three months.
IOC chief says Brazil World Cup exit won't sour 2016 Games
AFP, Published on 09/07/2014
» International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said Wednesday he was confident Brazil's World Cup humiliation would not sour the mood ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics, and that the city would be ready.
Brazil shock defeat to Germany smashes Twitter record
AFP, Published on 09/07/2014
» PARIS - Brazil's record defeat at the hands of Germany in the World Cup semi-final sent Twitter into overdrive, with the social network beating all records of activity for a sporting event.