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Brazil are always amongst the favourites to win the World Cup, and they easily qualified for the knockouut stages last night. They have class all over the field, and in Luis Fabiano they have one of the top strikers in the world. After…

The Chelsea captain John Terry has admitted that there is something desperately wrong in the England dressing room, and the so-called stars are not playing with the desire to win that got them to the finals in the first place. "The most…

The problems in the France training camp have been well documented already, and their two disastrous results at the World Cup have only emphasised the tensions between the players and their manager. William Gallas has boycotted the media…

The Spain midfielder David Silva has dropped his biggest hint yet that he could be on his way to Stamford Bridge, by clearly saying he would love to play for Chelsea! He said: ‘‘Chelsea have established themselves as one of the best clubs…

Whoever won this game was guaranteed to reach the knockout stages, so it was always going to be a hard-fought match. Holland had looked impressive in beating Denmark, and with Van Persie, Van Der Vaart, Sneijder et al in the team, they had…

Both these teams lost their opening games so it was make or break time. It was probably the most exciting match of the tournament so far, with both sides attacking at every given opportunity. The Danish defence were looking very nervous…

After being destroyed by Germany in their first game, Australia really needed to get something from this match to keep their hopes alive. With Tim Cahill suspended, Brad Holman was brought in to beef up the midfield, and his selection was…

Didier Drogba fractured his elbow just two weeks ago, but yesterday his coach Sven Goran Eriksson told reporters that the Chelsea striker is likely to be lining up to face Brazil in tomorrows big match. Eriksson said: "Do not be surprised…

Slovenia needed a win here to take them into the last 16 of the World Cup, and after Birsa put the ahead with a brilliant strike in the 13th minute it looked like they were going to cruise past the United States. When they added a second…

Germany looked unbeatable after demolishing Australia and were expected to qualify for the knockout rounds with another win here. They looked very good and controlled the early exchanges, but the referee was having a field day, handing out…