Rio de Janeiro, July 12: World Cup 2014 hosts Brazil will put on a spectacular show as the event comes to South America for the first time in almost 40 years, organisers and President Luiz Inacio Lula

Johannesburg, July 12: Uruguay striker Diego Forlan was on Sunday surprisingly awarded the Golden Ball as the best player of the 2010 World Cup.

Atletico Madrid striker Forlan grabbed five goals at t

1 Maicon: The right-back started a Brazilian party, which many pundits believed would end only after the final on July 11, with a stunning goal against North Korea. The angle was almost zero when Maic

Port Elizabeth. July 11: The difference between success and failure in football is often measured in inches, and so it proved for Uruguay and star striker Diego Forlan.

With the last kick of the gam

Port Elizabeth, July 11: Injured Mirsolav Klose was forced to surrender his pursuit of World Cup goal-scoring history on Saturday.

The 32-year-old Klose missed the 3-2 win over Uruguay and with it th

Port Elizabeth, July 11: Joachim Loew hailed Germany’s spirit after they came from behind to defeat Uruguay 3-2 in a thrilling game on Saturday and secure third place at the World Cup.

“In the second

Johannesburg, July 11: One journalist’s adventurous journey here ended five feet away from the Soccer City turf on Saturday evening after a training session of the Dutch team.

A portly man armed with

Hamburg, July 11: Germans quietly celebrated third place of their World Cup team on a sweltering Saturday night amid hopes for more success in the future. The start of school holidays in several state

World Cup referees have got 96.75 per cent of their decisions right in 62 matches, the Fifa Referees Committee has revealed. Fifa arrived at the figure after a video analysis of all the matches prior

Johannesburg, July 11: Romario knows a thing or two about the World Cup trophy. He was the driving force behind Brazil’s triumphant run 16 years ago in the United States. But, now as he comes as a mem