Barcelona forward Neymar has said that the Selecao are back to playing “the Brazilian way,” and credited coach Tite for…
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African champions Nigeria will train in Houston in the United States for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, a top official has announced. Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi had proposed the team train in either Miami or Houston for the World Cup, but top Nigeria…
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque says his only fear for the 2014 World Cup is players gloating over past victories and failing to be humble in the face of the great challenge ahead in Brazil. “We have to forget the past and not gloat over what we have…
Bayern Munich’s Germany star Bastian Schweinsteiger has said he has no fear of missing the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, despite his on-going ankle problems. “I have not had a moment’s concern about missing the World Cup,” Schweinsteiger told SID, an AFP…
Nigeria insist they have drawn a fair first round group for the World Cup, but Ghana admitted they face a battle against Germany, Portugal and United States. The Ivory Coast enjoyed better luck in Friday’s draw with Africa’s other flag bearers, Algeria…
World governing body FIFA on Friday conducted the draw for next year’s World Cup, when 32 national teams will converge on Brazil to compete for the sport’s most important prize. Six months and six days before the tournament opens with a game between…
As Brazil strains at the leash to prepare next year’s World Cup, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke told AFP on Thursday that organisers should see the glass as half full. The tournament has been beset by delays, with the stadiums at Curitiba and…
Thirty-two teams will learn their fate when the group stage draw for the 2014 World Cup finals takes place on Friday. The draw will follow a ceremony beginning at 1 p.m. local time (1600 GMT) and will involve some complex juggling to separate, as far…