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FIFA World Cup

2014 World Cup | Costa Rica and France join the elite

  One of the stand out features of this world cup has been the prominence of teams unfanced before the tournament started. First we saw Chile...

Were you watching Blatter? Ronaldo deserves to be crowned World No.1...

BY JOHN GUBBA Ronaldo or Messi. Messi or Ronaldo. The debate over who is the best player in the world is never ending and the...

Why it is still embarrassing to be English when Southgate’s Three...

There is nothing that matches the drama of live sport.And the FIFA World Cup is head and shoulders the greatest show on earth because...

Brazil break Chilean hearts in pulsating penalty shoot out 3-2 after...

Well you can't beat the drama of a penalty shoot out. Host nation Brazil surviving a roller coaster of emotion to edge out Chile. But...

2014 World Cup | BRAZIL GO NUTS | MEXICO HELD UP

Hello and welcome to our second WORLD CUP report from Brazil 2014. Entertainment wise the opening match was a real humdinger. A thrilling 3-1 win for...

FIFA World Cup | humiliation for England in Brazil – why...

BY JOHN GUBBA England's World Cup embarrassment in Brazil has already hit rock bottom   . . . but Roy Hodgson's men have a golden...

2014 World Cup | Louis Van Gaal’s Dutch courage serves up...

BY JOHN GUBBA When Tim Krul saved twice in a sensational penalty shoot out win that eliminated brave Costa Rica and earned Holland a semi-final...

Well done Southgate but he’s taken England far as he can

So it’s Argentina-Croatia and France to face Morocco in the Final 4. Few people on the planet saw that one coming. But...

France and Germany complete Euro double but Africans earn huge respect

bravery of Nigeria and Algeria So - it's France and Germany who go through to the quarter finals at the expense of Nigeria and Algeria...

Germany Europe’s greatest winners and Rodrigues not Messi player of tournament

How fitting that one of the most spectacular goals of the tournament has won the 2014 World Cup for THE outstanding team of the...