Luis Suarez will not play in Uruguay’s next nine World Cup matches after FIFA handed a stiff sanction to the embattled striker for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini during their group stage match on Wednesday.
Russia and Algeria will collide in all-important Group H game on Thursday with the winner likely progressing to the knockout stages of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Belgium will try to secure the top spot in Group H of the 2014 FIFA World Cup when they go up against South Korea on Thursday at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Soccer has always been the most popular sport in Latin America and the 2014 World Cup is the best place to showcase that. As we head into the round of 16 this weekend, we are able to see that no area of the world has been more successful in this year's tournament than Latin America.
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When the main players on your team are Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Angel Di Maria and Gonzalo Higuain, you are bound to be among the tournament favorites. But one thing is to make claims based on paper and the other is to actually see the games and determine whether the results correspond to the hypothetical idea. When one looks at Argentina on paper and compares it to the performances on the pitch, the results could not be more divergent. Argentina in this group stage has not looked like a team capable of making a deep run. And yet they are headed to the round of 16 and are probably locks to make the quarterfinals based on the competition they will have to endure. But is this team really a contender?
Portugal will look to keep their hopes of advancing to the knockout stages alive when they collide with Ghana in a major Group G showdown in the 2014 FIFA World Cup on Thursday.
Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana loom as Manny Pacquiao’s possible opponent in his next fight after both fighters expressed interest in facing the Filipino boxing icon.
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will look to move one step closer to winning one more grand slam title when they see action in Day 4 of this year’s Wimbledon in London.
Group G of the 2014 FIFA World Cup gives soccer fans a must watch game Wednesday between Team USA and Team Germany. Latin Post.com gives its readers a little fun by comparing the two countries on and off the soccer field.
If Neymar and his Brazil team mates are to reach the World Cup quarter-finals they will first have to slip past a guard dog at the heart of the Chile defense.
South Korea are set to continue with misfiring striker Park Chu-young for their must-win World Cup match against Belgium on Thursday, with coach Hong Myung-bo hoping his team create more chances as they bid to stave off an early tournament exit.
Honduras dreamed of a first appearance in the last 16 at their third World Cup but they head home with a consolation prize that only underscores their limitations: a lone goal in three outings.
France coach Didier Deschamps gave players who missed their opening two games the chance to shine on Wednesday but they failed to do that in a 0-0 draw against 10-man Ecuador who went out of the World Cup.
A rampant Switzerland reached the World Cup knockout stage and will locks horns with Argentina in the last 16 after a superb Xherdan Shaqiri hat-trick gave them a 3-0 win over Honduras on Wednesday.
A second-string France side clinched top spot in World Cup Group E while Ecuador, who had captain Antonio Valencia harshly sent off, were eliminated after a sprightly 0-0 draw at the Maracana stadium on Wednesday.
Switzerland suffered terribly as they secured a second round spot by beating Honduras 3-0 in the final World Cup Group E match in very sticky conditions, coach Ottmar Hitzfeld said.
Algeria's coach Vahid Halilhodzic kicks the ball during the 2014 World Cup Group H soccer match between South Korea and Algeria at the Beira Rio stadium in Porto Alegre June 22, 2014. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj Jun 25 2014
Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri (23) celebrates with a teammate after scoring against Honduras for his hat-trick during their 2014 World Cup Group E soccer match at the Amazonia arena in Manaus June 25, 2014. REUTERS/Andres Stapff Jun 25 2014
South Korea's national soccer player Park Chu-Young controls the ball durng his team's final practice before their match against Algeria at the Beira-Rio stadium in Porto Alegre June 21, 2014. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj Jun 25 2014
