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If the past is any guide, we should be in for something memorable on Wednesday in Sao Paulo when the Netherlands meet Argentina in the World Cup semifinal at the Corinthians arena. In their four World Cup meetings the two...

The crisis that has rocked Nigerian football occasioned by the sacking of the Aminu Maigari led Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) board has taken another twist as a major sponsor of the team has suspended it's co-operation with Nigeria. Sports Wear...

Argentina winger Angel Di Maria has been ruled out of Wednesday's World Cup semi-final against the Netherlands, but striker Sergio Aguero is fit to play. Di Maria, 26, came off injured in the 1-0 quarter-final victory over Belgium. The Real Madrid...

Israeli air strikes killed seven Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip on Monday, the Islamist group said, in the deadliest attacks in a surge of violence exacerbated by the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli youths and a Palestinian...

Brazil's star striker Neymar cried "I can't feel my legs" after a crunch World Cup challenge by Colombia's Juan Zuniga, coach Luiz Felipe Scolari told Spanish sports daily Marca. Scolari said the whole team panicked after the knee in the...

Asian stock markets were subdued on Monday with U.S. markets closed on Friday but held near three-year highs on optimism about the U.S. economy, with investors now shifting their focus to corporate earnings. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside...

The world's major central banks are returning to a more opaque and artful approach to policymaking, ending a crisis-era experiment with explicit promises that they found risked their credibility and did not substitute for action. From Washington to London to...

Smartphone leader Samsung Electronics Co Ltd faces a third straight quarter of profit decline that could become a fourth as cheaper models grab a bigger share of a slowing market and Apple Inc readies the launch of its iPhone...

The billionaire founder of web portal operator Naver Corp (035420.KS) beat back Google Inc (GOOGL.O) to leave South Korea one of few countries where the U.S. search engine does not dominate. Now, Lee Hae-jin is stepping onto the world stage...

Mazda Motor Corp will recall more than 42,000 cars produced in China due to issues over air bags supplied by Takata Corp, the company at the heart of massive recalls globally involving Japanese, U.S. and European automakers. The move in...