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Family-man Foster grateful for World Cup chance
AFP, Published on 03/06/2014
» England goalkeeper Ben Foster has thanked manager Roy Hodgson for giving him a second chance with the national team after he put his family before international football.
Australia denies impropriety in World Cup bid
AFP, Published on 03/06/2014
» Australia's football chiefs on Tuesday rejected suggestions they acted improperly during their bid to host the 2022 World Cup after the "development" grants they gave to corruption-riddled overseas football bodies were questioned.
'Sharpen up', Scolari tells Brazil
AFP, Published on 03/06/2014
» Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari urged his troops to sharpen up a day before their World Cup warm-up with Panama.
Pakistan workers fire 'Brazuca' ball to Brazil
AFP, Published on 03/06/2014
» She has no idea who Lionel Messi is and her home country isn't even playing, but Pakistani mother-of-five Gulshan Bibi can't wait for the World Cup -- because she helped make the balls.
180,000 extra tickets for World Cup
dpa, Published on 03/06/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - World Cup organisers said late Monday they would offer an additional 180,000 tickets for the coming competition in Brazil.
World Cup stadium still unfinished
AFP, Published on 03/06/2014
» SAO PAOLO - With 10 days until the World Cup begins, Brazil was rushing Monday to finish installing seats in stadiums and to deal with threats ranging from violent protests to dengue fever.
Ribery in as Deschamps unveils France squad
AFP, Published on 03/06/2014
» Franck Ribery, fighting to shrug off a back injury, on Monday figured in coach Didier Deschamps' 23-player World Cup squad.
Italy look to slay the ghost of 2010 World Cup
AFP, Published on 03/06/2014
» Italy coach Cesare Prandelli might not admit it, but in Brazil the pressure is on to finally end the pain of a disastrous 2010 World Cup that plunged Italy into despair and sent the Azzurri into redemption mode.
Analysts wary of rejig
Business, Published on 03/06/2014
» After the army signalled it would curb energy subsidies, the abrupt U-turn by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) surprised some analysts, who suggest price intervention should be a short-term manoeuvre.
Post TV splits with Thai TV
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 03/06/2014
» Post TV, the broadcasting arm of Post Publishing Plc (POST), publisher of the Bangkok Post, Post Today and M2F newspapers, has ended its content-providing relationship with Thai TV Co, operator of the THV news channel, saying its news policy did not match the channel's mass positioning.