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Brazil face must-win game the Dutch don’t even want

BRASILIA: After Brazil's utter humiliation against Germany, anything less than a win in Saturday's third-place… Read More

Average World Cup attendance is second highest ever

RIO DE JANEIRO: The average attendance at 2014 World Cup matches is now the second… Read More

SA beats Sri Lanka by 75 runs in first ODI

COLOMBO: South Africa has comprehensively beaten Sri Lanka by 75 runs in first One Day… Read More

Tendulkar’s MCC beats Warne’s Rest of the World

LORDS: Sachin Tendulkar's MCC XI hands defeat to Shane Warne's Rest of the World by… Read More

Higuain fires Argentina past Belgium into semis

BRASILIA: Gonzalo Higuain's superb early strike secured a nervy 1-0 win for Argentina against Belgium… Read More

WIMBLEDON: Petra Kvitova clinches women’s singles title

LONDON: Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic defeats Eugenie Bouchard of Canada in their women's… Read More

Bouchard controls her nerves to reach Wimbledon final

LONDON: Powerful Canadian Eugenie Bouchard overcame match-point jitters to claim an eventful 7-6(5) 6-2 victory… Read More

Who is Tendulkar? I don’t know, Sharapova

LONDON: Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova denied to recognize legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin… Read More

Algerian football team receive warm welcome on their return

Algerian football team received warm welcome on their return from Brazil after participating in the… Read More

WIMBLEDON: Andy Murray out, Federer through to semi finals

LONDON: Defending Wimbledon champion Andy Murray lost to Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov while Roger Federer reached… Read More

State of the World Cup’s last eight

BRASILIA: Twenty four teams have gone and only eight remain in the hunt to win… Read More

Nadal sent spinning out of Wimbledon by 19-year-old Kyrgios

LONDON: Rafael Nadal's charge towards a third Wimbledon title came to a juddering halt in… Read More

Argentina scrape 1-0 extra time win over Swiss

SAO PAULO: Angel Di Maria scored deep into extra time to give Argentina a 1-0… Read More

Pakistan remains at third spot in newly issued test ranking

KARACHI: Pakistan cricket team remained at third spot of ICC Test Team Rankings Table in… Read More

Qureshi-Bopanna knocked out of Wimbledon

LONDON: Pakistan Tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his partner Rohan Bopanna faced defeat in second… Read More

Late goals send France into quarter-finals

BRASILIA: France ended Nigeria’s hopes of a first World Cup quarter-final appearance when they scored… Read More

Facebook scores record 1 billion interactions for World Cup

SAO PAULO: With 1 billion posts, likes and comments in just the first half of… Read More

Dutch stun Mexico with last-gasp 2-1 win

FORTALEZA: A remarkable last-gasp turnaround by the Netherlands earned them a 2-1 comeback victory over… Read More

Portugal beat Ghana in vain as both sides bow out

BRASILIA: Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first goal of the tournament but missed a glut of… Read More

Germany, U.S. sail into knockout stages in Recife rain

RECIFE: Thomas Mueller's second-half goal saw Germany sail to a 1-0 victory over the United… Read More