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Goalkeeper Tim Howard: the new Captain America
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» Americans are embracing their newest superhero: Team USA goalkeeper Tim Howard, whose pluck and one-man defiance in an excruciating World Cup loss electrified his home nation.
Can Brazil win the World Cup without helping Neymar?
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» FORTALEZA (BRAZIL) - As Brazil erupted when Chile's Gonzalo Jara struck the post to hand La Selecao an agonising passage to the World Cup quarter-finals on penalties, their star player Neymar collapsed in the centre-circle in tears.
World Cup drunkeness worries FIFA
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has expressed concern about the level of drunkeness in Brazil's World Cup stadiums.
Brazil benefiting from psychology classes, says Neymar
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» TERESóPOLIS (BRAZIL) - The Brazil team's use of a psychologist is helping them cope mentally with the huge burden of expectation that comes with trying to win the World Cup on home soil, according to Neymar.
Neymar happy to settle for substance over style
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» TERESóPOLIS (BRAZIL) - Neymar on Wednesday insisted that he is happy for Brazil to win ugly as long as it gets them past Colombia in Friday's World Cup quarter-final in Fortaleza.
At World Cup, scoring on and off the pitch
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - The World Cup is all about scoring, and that means on and off the pitch for fans celebrating each goal and romantic encounter in Brazil's party central, Rio de Janeiro.
Klinsmann reality check for euphoric US
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» SAO PAULO - Jurgen Klinsmann welcomed the euphoria around the United States' World Cup performances Wednesday but he warned the team is still a work in progress.
'Happy' Blatter hails World Cup success
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» FIFA president Sepp Blatter declared Wednesday that the World Cup in Brazil was a success, saying that fears of anti-tournament protests had not materialized.
Goalkeeper Tim Howard: the new Captain America
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» WASHINGTON - Americans are embracing their newest superhero: Team USA goalkeeper Tim Howard, whose pluck and one-man defiance in an excruciating World Cup loss electrified his home nation.
A special rice field
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/07/2014
» That looks like an ordinary rice field, but it is special in two ways. First, the farmers don't use chemical fertilisers. Second, the farmers are policemen.