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2014 World Cup

Little Jay Will Not Travel to Brazil (video)

The story of Jay Beatty has moved the world. Τhe 11-year-old Irish boy suffers from Down syndrome, but that never discouraged him from supporting his favorite team, Celtic of Glasgow. Jay’s idol is ''Sammy,'' his nickname for Georgios Samaras, and even...

World Cup Knockout Stage: The 16 Teams that Qualified; Final Standings & Results; Top Scorers

  See the 16 qualified teams for the 2014 World Cup knockout stages (second stage) and their final statistics: group results and standings, top scorers, goals, points. GOODBYE SPAIN AND ITALY After two weeks of constant football, the 20th World Cup group...

WORLD CUP: Watch how the Greek Players Celebrated their Win

Georgios Samaras’ penalty pick against Ivory Coast in the last minute of the game gave Greece not only a victory, but also the passage to the last 16 round of the World Cup. The Greek national team players were...

Fernando Santos: “Delighted We Brought Joy to Greek People”

Greece’s manager, Fernando Santos is one of the happiest people on earth. His changes in the team’s line up, as well as the three substitutions he made, helped Greece to produce another great upset in soccer history. The 60-year-old...

World Cup: Qualifying from the Group Stage Scenarios

Next week the World Cup will proceed to its final stages with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the knockout stage. Τhe ranking of each of the four teams seeded in a total of eight groups are...

World Cup: Ecuadorean Referee Carlos Vera to officiate Greece–Ivory Coast Match

Carlos Vera from Ecuador will be holding the whistle in Greece’s final group stage game against Ivory Coast on Tuesday. Earlier in the tournament, Carlos Vera who is celebrating on Monday his 38th birthday, supervised the match between Iran and Nigeria. It was quoted...

World Cup: Fernando Santos Says Greece Could Have Stolen a Win Against Japan

Greece’s national team manager, Fernando Santos, praised his players' efforts in the game against Japan during most of which Greece played with ten men. The Greeks drew 0-0 against Japan on Thursday, even though they lost captain Kostas Katsouranis...

World Cup: Brother of Ivory Coast's Yaya Toure Dies

Ibrahim Toure died at the age of 28 in Manchester yesterday, while his brothers, Yaya and Kolo were at the World Cup in Brazil, competing with Ivory Coast's national team against Colombia. There were no further official details on his death,...

World Cup: Loser Goes Home in Greece vs Japan Match

A defeat in the upcoming Greece vs. Japan World Cup match will be terminal for either team after Colombia triumphed over the 2004 Euro Champions (3-0) and Ivory Coast outmuscled the Asians (2-1) in Group C's tournament opening in Brazil. After Japan's loss, AC Milan's newly-signed...

World Cup: Joel Aguilar to Officiate Greece vs Japan on Thursday

El Salvadorian Joel Aguilar will be  the referee for the World Cup 2014 game between Greece and Japan in Natal, Brazil. Aguilar officiated Argentina's victory over Bosnia in their opening fixture where the 1986 World Champions won 2-1. WATCH GREECE VS...