Argentina coach Diego Maradona believes South America will never catch up with Europe despite the continent’s stunning success at the World Cup in South Africa.
South America had five representatives in the competition and all five made it to the knockout stages, with four of them winning their groups.

Frank Lampard’s ‘goal’ against Germany in their World Cup last 16 match on Sunday may have been mistakenly ruled as not having crossed the line, but England’s bookmakers have decided to pay out on it in any case.

Samuel Inkoom believes Ghana can become the first African team to win the World Cup after beating the USA 2-1 to reach the quarterfinals on Saturday where they will play two-time winners Uruguay.

Frank Lampard had a perfectly good goal ruled out in England’s World Cup last 16 clash with Germany on Sunday, an incident which will once again spark a debate over the use of goal-line technology in football. Here we list some of the recent goals that never were:

North Korea said on Sunday it was open to inter-Korean military talks to address the sinking of a South Korean warship but urged the United States to cease its involvement in the case.

Sebastian Vettel stormed to his fourth pole position of the season during qualifying for Sunday’s European Grand Prix here on Saturday.
The 22-year-old Red Bull driver set a time of one minute 37.587 seconds as Australian teammate Mark Webber completed the one-two for the Milton Keynes-based team who have now collected eight pole positions in nine races.

Russian former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova was made to work as she downed Barbora Zahlavova Strycova in straight sets to reach the fourth round on Saturday.

Former France captain Thierry Henry said on Friday he felt sidelined after playing only a cameo role in his country’s disastrous World Cup campaign, but insisted the squad were right to show support for Nicolas Anelka. “I felt sidelined. People didn’t speak to me as they used to,” Henry told Canal Plus television in his first interview since France crashed out following a miserable tournament.

Switzerland suffered World Cup heartbreak on Friday when they crashed out of the tournament after a goalless stalemate against central American minnows Honduras.
The Swiss started the Group H clash knowing they needed to score twice to guarantee a berth in the knockout phase but they squandered a host of chances in chilly Bloemfontein.

Uruguay became the first country to make it into the World Cup quarterfinals with a 2-1 win over South Korea at a sodden Nelson Mandela Bay stadium here on Saturday.
Goals in either half from Luis Suarez earned Uruguay, who last made the quarterfinals in 1970 before finishing fourth, a last eight date with either the United States or Ghana — who play later on Saturday — in Johannesburg on July 2.