Twentieth FIFA World Cup 2014 over fifteen days in 12 modern venues of lovely fun loving cities of Brazil in 36 absorbing contests witnessed major surprises, few unbelievable upsets, plenty of entertainments and lots of excitements. 136 goals including many spectacular ones were

DHAKA: Algeria became the final country to secure their place in the knock-out stages of the FIFA World Cup finals. We started with 32 countries, and now we're down to the last 16.  Algeria's 1-1 draw with Russia sealed their place in the knock-out stages, with Belgium signing off in

DHAKA: If there were conspiracy theories running around about Germany doing their former coach and legendary player Jurgen Klinsmann a favour by playing out a draw with USA, they clearly didn't hear it. The German juggernaut roared forward from minute one, even if they managed only one

DHAKA: Algeria has qualified for the World Cup knockout stages for the first time after Islam Slimani's headed equalizer gave his team a 1-1 draw against Russia on Thursday. Algeria placed second in Group H behind Belgium, meaning it will meet Germany in the second round. Russia

Thomas Mueller fired an unstoppable 20 –metre shot gaining Germany 1-0 victory over United States and top spot in group G.. A slender goal German win served purpose of both the teams.USA and Germany qualified for the group of sixteen. A 2-1 win of Portugal against Ghana was less

Portugal 2 (Ghana Own Goal Boye 31 *, Ronaldo 80 *): Ghana 1 (Asamoah Gyan 57*)Portugal won against Ghana but of no avail. The late surge of Portugal and final sparks of CR7 failed to bring the desired result to qualify for the next stage though they managed to beat Ghana 2-1. The

DHAKA: A second-half header has made history for Vahid Halilhodzic's side, who reach the knockout stage for the first time.Algeria did enough to secure a place in the last 16 of the World Cup by holding Russia to a 1-1 draw.An early header from Alexandr Kokorin gave Fabio Capello's men

Jan Vertonghen fired home late on to seal a 1-0 win for Belgium over South Korea and clinch top spot in Group H.Coming into the final Group H clash, South Korea needed to beat their European counterparts comfortably in Sao Paulo and hope that Algeria dropped points against Russia in

DHAKA: Jurgen Klinsmann's side are through to the second round of the World Cup despite losing to Joachim Low's charges USA progressed to the knockout stages of the World Cup despite going down 1-0 to Germany on Thursday.Thomas Muller continued his phenomenal World Cup form to seal top

DHAKA: Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed Portugal a 2-1 win over Ghana in Brasilia, but it was insufficient to keep them from crashing out of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ on goal difference. Asamoah Gyan’s 57th-minute header had cancelled out John Boye’s first-half own-goal before

DHAKA: The Uruguay striker Luis Suarez was on Thursday handed a four-month ban from all football-related activity after being found guilty of biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini in Tuesday's World Cup clash in Natal.  Suarez was also given a nine-match international ban and a fine

DHAKA: Alberto Zaccheroni has quit as Japan coach after his side failed to reach the last 16 at the 2014 Fifa World Cup. The Italian, 61, who replaced Takeshi Okada in 2010, had said originally he would wait until he returned to Japan before considering his future. Zaccheroni's side

DHAKA: “Anything you can do, I can do better.” That was the message from Lionel Messi to Brazil's boy wonder Neymar. Both players, teammates at Barcelona, have lit up this World Cup with four goals in their opening three games. But unlike Neymar, who at the age of just 22 has

Groups remain open to all four till the third and final matches of the Group. There is possibility for any four to move into next round. Germany and USA have four points. One of them will qualify in the event if that team wins, both will go if the match ends as draw. Ghana and Portugal

DHAKA: Lionel Messi is so good he must be from Jupiter, according to Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi. The Argentina captain scored twice - the second a stunning free kick - as his side beat the Super Eagles 3-2 in their final Group F match in Porto Alegre on Wednesday. It took Messi’s

DHAKA: A hat-trick from Bayern Munich's Xherdan Shaqiri saw Switzerland beat Honduras to set up a tie with Argentina in the last 16 of the 2014 World Cup. The Europeans took an early lead as Shaqiri scored with a fine 25-yard strike, before he twice converted Josip Drmic passes to make

A ten men Ecuador left nothing unturned to win against a France team having almost half of its first choice rested. But in such a high profile match it proved well neigh impossible to overcome a one man handicap.   France fired shot after shot to Ecuadorian goal which brave Alexander

DHAKA: The star duo both on the scoresheet in the opening two thirds, before a goal apiece from both teams in the final 10 minutes settled the result Bosnia-Herzegovina knocked Iran out of the World Cup and salvaged some pride with a 3-1 win on Wednesday. With their fate already sealed

DHAKA: The attacker went level at the top of the Golden Boot standings, helping to prevent Ahmed Musa's doubles from gifting Stephen Keshi's men a point Lionel Messi stole the show for the third Argentina match in a row, propelling his team to a 3-2 win over a dogged Nigeria side who

Argentina 3 (L.Messi 2, Rojos 1) : Nigeria 2 ( A Musa 2) At long last Favourite Argentina played the attacking brand of football that has earned them worldwide reputation and earned billions of fans anywhere and everywhere. Not that Super Eagles were less impressive. In a highly