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.

Twin low intensity bomb blasts hit a CD market in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Saturday wounding four people and creating havoc in the area, the police said.

The Afghan capital was rocked on Saturday by an accidental blast as Washington’s military chief promised business as usual despite the sacking of the US commander of foreign forces.

Malaysia has banned a book and two comics by a political cartoonist that were critical of the government, saying they were “undesirable” and could incite people to revolt.

Birthday boy Stuart Broad took four wickets as England beat Australia to go 2-0 up in their five match one-day series against the world champions on Thursday.
England, chasing 240, were in trouble at 109 for 3. But Eoin Morgan, who’d rescued England from the depths of 97 for four with an unbeaten century, in their series-opening win, made an accomplished 52.

Michael Jackson fans around the world began on Friday marking the first anniversary of the music icon’s death, with events from candlelight vigils to slumber parties planned in honour of the tragic su

Former top-ranked players Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin won to set up a fourth-round meeting at Wimbledon, as John Isner lost one day after winning the longest match in tennis history.

The team of defending champions Italy which crashed out in the first round of the World Cup produced the worst performance of any Italian lineup in the history of the competition, the country’s press said on Friday.

Slovak newspapers on Friday hailed the national team’s unexpected victory over defending champions Italy 3-2 to advance to the last 16 at the World Cup.
“Slovakia is having an unbelievable football orgasm,” said the daily Plus, in trademark tabloid style.