DHAKA: Neymar was the star of the show for Brazil again, scoring two goals as the hosts beat Cameroon to top Group A.The striker sidefooted home Luiz Gustavo's cross for the opener but Cameroon, who had already been eliminated, equalised when Joel Matip tapped in from close range. Neymar

Playing entertaining football and showing more intent Mexico buried Croatian dreams with a well s deserved 3-1 victory. With this victory Mexico finished second behind Brazil in Group A. Both teams finished on 7 points with Brazil having better goal difference topped the table. Mexico

Orange tastes sweeter when the Dutch team plays the spontaneous fluid football that their Golden Generation of 1970 presented to the world. Tulips look brighter when Dutch flavor of attacking soccer is on display.   Netherlands beating Chile 2-0 in a hotly contested group match on the

Finally Spain showed some glimpse of the football that made their golden generation admired and adored all over the soccer world. Spain taught young Socceroos’ some lessons in their 3-0 win over Australia.   They along with Australia were to pack their kits and return home. Beating

DHAKA: It can be said that ‘a manic Monday’ with hosts Brazil, Mexico and Croatia all vying for a last-16 berth in the final round of Group A matches on the day 12. There are four matches in this day. At 10:00pm Netherlands-Chile and Australia-Spain will face each others while

The last matches of the preliminary round matches of Group A and Group B will be played tonight. Keeping up with tradition two last matches of each group will kick off at the same time eliminating any possibility for manipulation which happened in earlier world cup.  In Group B

USA held Portugal 2-2 in a hard fought exciting encounter keeping alive Christiane Ronaldo’s team to fight another day. USA and Germany with four points are still unsure which team will accompany Germany to the second round. The Portugese equalizer came in the last 30 second of the

Belgium 1 (Divock Origi 88 Minutes) Russia 0Belgium having the honor of being witnessed by its Royal family disposed of a spirited Russian in the second match of the group H and assured its berth to the knock out stage at Maracana Stadium, Rio De Jenerio.The entire match witnessed

Algeria 4 (Islam, Simani, Rafik Halliche, Abdelmoumene Djabouz, Yacine Brahimi) : South Korea 2 (Son Hyung Min, Kim Young Gwon )Brilliant Algerians outgunned put paid to South Korean Brazil mission in a high scoring do or die match for the both with as many as six goals being scored.

DHAKA: Brazil somewhat surprisingly dropped two points against Mexico in their last outing as coach Luiz Felipe Scolari went for a slightly more cautious approach than in their opener against Croatia, with Ramires taking the place of Hulk on the right wing after the Zenit man was deemed

DHAKA: The eleventh day of FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil is trimmed with three important matches among Belgium-Russia, Korea Republic-Algeria and USA-Portugal.   The first match will kick off at 10:00pm (Bangladesh time) Monday at Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Maracanã. None of

DHAKA: Iran coach Carlos Queiroz has hit out at referee Milorad Mazic in the wake of his side's 1-0 World Cup loss against Argentina in Belo Horizonte on Saturday night. Queiroz's men somewhat surprisingly held Nigeria to a scoreless draw in their Group F opening game and appeared to be

DHAKA: Debutants Bosnia and Herzegovina saw themselves exit the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ after two games, following a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Nigeria. Peter Odemwingie's first-half goal was enough to put the Super Eagles within a point of the Round of 16. With Argentina having

DHAKA: Germany and Ghana traded blows in a pulsating 2-2 tie in Fortaleza early Sunday.  The result leaves Germany at the top of Group G with four points from two games; a win for the United States against Portugal in Manaus tomorrow would give the Americans sole possession of top spot.

DHAKA: Veteran striker Miroslav Klose equaled the World Cup scoring record of Brazilian great Ronaldo to rescue a point for Germany in a pulsating 2-2 draw with Ghana in Fortaleza. The 36-year-old had only just come off the bench when he reacted quickly to a flicked header by Benedikt

In a very entertaining match of attacks and counter attacks Ghana and Germany shared points and shared four goals. All the goals being scored in the second half. Miroslav Klose equaled Ronaldo Record of highest number of goals in the world cup. There was very little to choose between the

Favorite Argentina failed to impress as resolute Iran went down fighting by the barest of the margin. It required the Argentina super star the left footed genius Lionel Messie to earn full points from a match against a fighting Iran which came so near of earning goal less draw against a

DHAKA: It's all over! Favorite Argentina are into the final 16 of the 2014 World Cup. Lionel Messi stepped up once again to hand his team three points with a stunning late goal.  Lionel Messi, who has been so quiet, has denied Iran a famous World Cup point. The Barcelona star cuts on to

DHAKA: Favorite Argentina has engaged in face-off with Iran in a match of Group F in 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil at Estadio Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte on Saturday 20:00 BDST time. Argentine star Leonel Messi will obviously try for the best performance, as  in a bid to keep their

DHAKA: Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib al Hasan, who plunged himself into another controversy by beating teasers for harassing his wife, might going to face a penalty. Sources told banglanews that Shakib is going to face fine for breaking Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) rules, but not for