NINE CHANGES FOR ENGLAND AS FRINGE PLAYERS GET A RUN OUT Roy Hodgson announced the England team to face Costa Rica tomorrow at Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte, and will seek to restore some pride before flying straight home immediately after the game. The team will look to avoid an unprecedented whitewash in Brazil – three […]
Brazil and Mexico top Group A, set up ties with Chile and Netherlands
CAMEROON 1, BRAZIL 4 (WORLD CUP GROUP A) CROATIA 1, MEXICO 3 (WORLD CUP GROUP A) NEYMAR SCORES 100TH GOAL AT BRAZIL 2014, CHILE NEXT FOR BRAZIL, MEXICO HAVE NETHERLANDS NEXT For just a couple of minutes towards the end of these final group games there was the prospect of Mexico finishing top of their […]
Varela strike denies USA victory as Portugal stay in the World Cup
USA 2, PORTUGAL 2 (WORLD CUP GROUP G) RONALDO INJURY TIME CROSS CONVERTED BY VARELA TO SNATCH POINT WITH SECONDS TO SPARE AND SAVE PORTUGAL’S WORLD CUP Portugal were 30 seconds from a World Cup exit when Cristiano Ronaldo popped up with a cross for Silvestre Varela to grab a 95th minute equaliser with a […]
Nigeria dump Bosnia out of the World Cup with Odemwingie goal
NIGERIA 1, BOSNIA 0 (WORLD CUP GROUP F) PETER ODEMWINGIE SCORES FOR NIGERIA, EDIN DZEKO GOAL WRONGLY DISALLOWED FOR OFFSIDE Peter Odemwingie beat his own Stoke City team mate Asmir Begovic in the 29th minute when he converted Emmanuel Emenike’s cutback for Nigeria’s first World Cup finals victory since 1998 which also ended Bosnia-Hercegovina’s World […]
Costa Rica add Italy to their list of World Cup scalps, England crash out of the World Cup
ITALY 0, COSTA RICA 1 (WORLD CUP GROUP D) HARD WORKING COSTA RICA CONDEMN ITALY TO DEFEAT AND END ENGLAND WORLD CUP HOPES EARLY How the Scots must be laughing now at the prospect of an England v Costa Rica game in which the English have nothing to play for after Fulham striker Bryan Ruiz’ […]