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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: June 10, 2014
There’s not a lot to separate the four sides that were drawn into Group C of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Colombia, seeded into the bracket as the fifth-ranked team in the world, can be considered slight favourites, although they’ve only been to the round of 16 once in their history and haven’t even participated in this tournament since 1998. Greece, meanwhile, have done little on the...
Published: June 3, 2014
Brazil cruised to a 4-0 win over Panama in Tuesday’s friendly. Neymar opened the scoring from a free kick in the 27th minute, and shortly before the interval Dani Alves doubled the World Cup hosts’ advantage with an accurate toe-punt. Hulk extended Brazil’s lead only seconds after the restart, and in the 73rd minute Willian completed a flowing move that also involved Neymar and Maxwell...
Published: June 3, 2014
Estadio do Governo do Estado de Goias, Goiania BRAZIL 4-0 PANAMA (27′ Neymar, 40′ D.Alves, 46′ Hulk, 73′ Willian) Referee: Roberto Garcia Orozco Line-ups Brazil XI: J.Cesar; D.Alves, D.Luiz, Dante, Marcelo; Ramires, L.Gustavo; Hulk, Oscar, Neymar; Fred Panama XI: McFarlane; Machado, Baloy, Torres, Carroll; Henriquez, Gabriel, Quintero; Munoz, Tejada,...
Published: May 31, 2014
Mexico manager Miguel Herrera will be delighted with what he saw on Saturday. El Tri were far and away the superior side against Ecuador in Arlington, Texas, and cruised to a comfortable 3-1 win thanks to goals from Luis Montes, Marco Fabian and Giovani Dos Santos. Conversely, Herrera’s Ecuadorian counterpart, Reinaldo Rueda, will no doubt be looking for a considerably more competitive display...
Published: May 31, 2014
Mexico were effective and convincing against Ecuador on Saturday, winning 3-1 in Arlington, Texas. Luis Montes, Marco Fabian and Giovani Dos Santos were the goal-scorers for Mexico, and with 10 minutes remaining Enner Valencia pulled back a consolation marker for Ecuador. Following are ratings and analysis for all the Mexico players. Half-Time analysis for Mexico Ochoa: Had only a single save to...
Published: May 31, 2014
He is often lampooned for his poor club form (at least since 2009-10—the last season in which he scored at least 10 Premier League goals), but Fernando Torres has enjoyed, and continues to enjoy, no shortage of memorable moments for Spain. A senior international since the age of 20, the Chelsea forward has scored 37 goals for his country in 107 appearances, and in addition to the 2010 World Cup...
Published: May 31, 2014
AT&T Stadium—Arlington, Texas MEXICO 3-1 ECUADOR (33′ Montes, 69′ Fabian, 76′ Dos Santos; 80′ E.Valencia) Line-ups Mexico: Ochoa; Aguilar, Marquez, Rodriguez, Moreno; Pena, Herrera, Montes, Guardado; Dos Santos, Peralta Ecuador: Banguera; Paredes, Guagua, Erazo, W.Ayovi; Castillo, Mendez, Montero, Martínez; J.Ayovi, Rojas Follow @jerradpeters Read...
Published: May 27, 2014
France got their World Cup preparations off to an ideal start Tuesday by thumping Norway, 4-0, in Paris. Olivier Giroud scored twice for Les Bleus, and both Paul Pogba and Loic Remy also found the back of the net as the hosts won their third match in succession—all coming after their defeat to Ukraine in the first leg of their qualification play-off. Since that setback, there has been no stopping...
Published: May 27, 2014
International Friendly—Stade de France, Paris FRANCE 4-0 NORWAY (15′ Pogba, 51′ Giroud, 67′ Remy, 69′ Giroud) Referee: Padraigh Sutton (Republic of Ireland) France XI: Ruffier; Debuchy, Koscielny, Sakho, Evra; Cabaye, Pogba, Matuidi; Valbuena, Giroud, Griezmann Norway XI: Nyland; Hogli, Linnes, Hangeland, Johansen; King, Nordtveit, Elyounoussi,...
Published: May 23, 2014
Sir Patrick Stewart has high hopes for England at the upcoming World Cup. Or at least higher than those of some prognosticators who have given the Three Lions little chance of progressing beyond the group stage. “I would like to see them in the last eight,” the film, television and stage actor told Bleacher Report in a recent interview. “You can never predict what’s going to...