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China web firms odds-on winners with World Cup gambling
AFP, Published on 04/07/2014
» BEIJING - China's Internet giants and insurance companies are finding ever more innovative ways to get around the country's strict betting laws and reap a payout as fans wager billions on the World Cup.
Suarez bite overshadows Uruguay World Cup joy
AFP, Published on 25/06/2014
» Luis Suarez soured Uruguay's World Cup joy by creating another biting storm as the South Americans eliminated Italy from the World Cup on Tuesday.
Suarez double shatters England in World Cup as Uruguay win
AFP, Published on 20/06/2014
» Luis Suarez scored twice as Uruguay sent England spinning towards their earliest World Cup exit in 56 years on Thursday with a 2-1 victory.
Spain mourns World Cup exit, more victims in line
AFP, Published on 19/06/2014
» Defending champions Spain slumped into mourning over their disastrous World Cup campaign on Thursday ahead of a clash between England and Uruguay that could see another leading name heading for the exit.
England, Uruguay face World Cup do-or-die
AFP, Published on 19/06/2014
» England and Uruguay will be among four teams battling to avoid an early World Cup exit on Thursday in the wake of Spain's shock elimination.
World Cup Group D: battle of the champions
AFP, Published on 10/06/2014
» Group D is the only one at the World Cup to contain three former world champions in England, Italy and Uruguay. Costa Rica complete the line-up.
Ukraine in Euro keeper crisis after Dykan injury
AFP, Published on 03/04/2012
» Ukraine goalkeeper Andrei Dykan looks likely to be ruled out of the Euro 2012 tournament after sustaining facial injuries in his club Spartak Moscow's weekend fixture against Zenit St Petersburg.