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Cameroon skipper Samuel Eto'o admitted Monday that he needs a miracle if he is to shake off a right knee injury in time to play in Wednesday's crucial World Cup clash against Croatia. The 33-year-old striker had a quiet game...

Nigeria’s Super Eagles will open their 2014 Fifa World Cup campaign on Monday against Iran’s team Melli. This will be the second meeting between these nations and the stakes couldn't be higher. On Sunday, head coach of the Nigeria national team...

Lionel Messi scored a superb goal as Argentina began their World Cup campaign with a win over World Cup debutants Bosnia-Hercegovina. Argentina went ahead when Messi's free-kick was put into his own net by defender Sead Kolasinac. Messi then played a...

England boss Roy Hodgson says Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has the ability to be considered among the world's best but must prove it at the World Cup. Uruguay's Suarez, 27, is set to recover from a knee injury in time...

Substitute Haris Seferovic scored in the third minute of stoppage time to earn Switzerland a dramatic win over Ecuador in their opening Group E match. Seferovic turned in Ricardo Rodriguez's low cross as Ottmar Hitzfeld's side came back from behind...

Franz Beckenbauer has been provisionally banned from all footballing activities by Fifa - for "failing to co-operate" with its inquiry into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding process. The World Cup winning German legend had been asked to help...

Mexico overcame having two goals controversially ruled out to beat Group A rivals Cameroon courtesy of a strike from forward Oribe Peralta. Giovani Dos Santos had a volley and a header disallowed, with replays suggesting both calls were incorrect. Cameroon rarely...

Robin van Persie praised Netherlands boss Louis van Gaal for masterminding the team's crushing 5-1 win over reigning world champions Spain. Van Persie scored two goals along with Arjen Robben, while Stefan de Vrij also netted as Spain were humiliated...

Nervy, unconvincing and fortuitous -- but Brazil could scarcely care less. On a night where its players finally stepped into the high-pressure cauldron atmosphere of the World Cup on home soil, Brazil found a way to win. Gone are the days...

One is the world's best known footballer, the other the most valuable. They have scored the same number of Champions League goals and are loaded down with titles. But superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are stuck in a...