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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.
World Cup breaks Facebook record for online chatter
AFP, Published on 01/07/2014
» Facebook on Monday said that the World Cup has kicked up more action at the leading social network than any other event in history.
Record-breaking teen Shaw joins Man Utd
AFP, Published on 27/06/2014
» England left-back Luke Shaw became the most expensive teenage footballer in history after joining Manchester United from Premier League rivals Southampton Friday in a four-year deal worth a reported pound sterling30 million ($51 million).
Rooney in pundits' firing line after Italy loss
AFP, Published on 15/06/2014
» Wayne Rooney may have been staunchly defended by England coach Roy Hodgson after the opening 2-1 defeat by Italy in the World Cup, but his performance attracted criticism from former top players and coaches.