2014-world-cup Page 9 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Luis Suarez Apologizes For Biting
Luis Suarez, despite being sent home from the World Cup for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini, was hailed as a conquering hero in Uruguay, unjustly done in by a biased FIFA and, somehow, the English media. But now Suarez has sort-of owned up in his first public statement since the incident, apologizi...
Nigeria Just Cleared A Certain France Goal Off The Goal-Line
Nigeria are giving France everything they can handle, but it looked like les Bleus would finally take the lead with this partially-saved Karim Benzema shot, until Victor Moses came storming back to clear it off the line....
France vs. Nigeria: Live Online Streaming Links
Toulemonde! It's time for soccer. Here's where and how to watch France-Nigeria on TV or stream online....
Arjen Robben Apologizes For His Dive (But Not <em>That</em> Dive)
Arjen Robben blatantly dove multiple times in the Netherlands' comeback win over Mexico. He was also fouled multiple times. These happenings were not necessarily concurrent, though on certain plays they were, and they appeared to be on the final, fatal penalty call in the box. That's an unsatisfying...
Greece Equalize With 91st-Minute Stunner By Papastathopoulos
Greek defender Socratis Papastathopoulos found the net at the edge of regulation to force extra time in the Greeks' bout against Costa Rica. Here's what the goal sounded like on the NERIT broadcast in Greece....
Ruiz Goal Gives Team 1-0 Lead; Here's How It Sounded In Costa Rica
Bryan Ruiz's 52nd-minute goal gave Costa Rica a 1-0 lead on a shot that seemed to surprise everyone on the pitch. Here's how announcers for Repretel Canal 6 in Costa Rica called it. (Spoiler: it involves a lot of ¡GOL!)...
Mike Tirico Thinks Costa Rica Is An Island Nation
ESPN's Mike Tirico described Costa Rica during today's pre-game show as an "island nation." No, that's not right....
Costa Rica vs. Greece: Live Online Streaming Links
Our second octofinal match of the day is upon us. Here's how and where to watch Costa Rica vs Greece on TV or stream online....
Can Joel Campbell Keep His (And Costa Rica's) Breakout Rolling?
You could make an argument that, of all the Arsenal players at this World Cup, the best performance has been from a player with a grand total of zero minutes playing for the Gunners: Joel Campbell....
Miguel Herrera: Unhappy Man
Safe to say Mexico's head man thought Robben flopped....
Netherlands Break Mexico Hearts With Late Goal, Penalty
Mexico were minutes from advancing to the quarterfinals before Wesley Sneijder hammered home a corner rebound and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar converted a stoppage-time penalty to beat El Tri 2-1....
Giovani Dos Santos Scores Golazo: Here's How It Sounded In Mexico
Giovani Dos Santos hammered home a tremendous golazo to open the scoring early in the second half for Mexico against the Netherlands. Here's what it sounded like on Mexico's Azteca Deportes TV....
How Miguel Herrera Resonates With Mexicans
Brazil's legendary player Garrincha was known as Alegria do Povo (Joy of the People) because of his ability to inspire the masses but also because of his humble beginnings....
Netherlands vs. Mexico: Live Online Streaming Links
Today's huge Netherlands vs Mexico match is about to kick off. Here's where to find it on your TV or how to watch it via online stream....
Mexico-Netherlands: Did Australia Lay The Blueprint For An Upset?
I remain unconvinced by Netherlands. It's madness, I know. ...
No One Wants To Play Colombia, Because James Rodríguez Is Unstoppable
The World Cup has always been a tournament of superstars. What separates the fates of these hodge-podge collections of countrymen wrangled together a couple dozen times per year to form some semblance of chemistry and playing coherence ahead of the Big Shebang is very often one particular player's a...
Brazil's Goalkeeper And Goal Frame Keep Them From Falling To Chile
The sport of soccer being what it is—a game of players, whose fates are judged on the last moments they leave us with—Brazil's goalkeeper Júlio César will go down as today's hero when his team outlasted Chile to win on penalties. But even as strong a performance as his should not overshadow the impa...
We Feel You, Uruguay Dude
James Rodríguez scored another goal to put Colombia up 2-0 and Uruguay Dude is pretty bummed about the whole thing. The blink and nearly imperceptible [gulp] really hammer home that this dude can't even right now. We're sorry, man, but this is the risk you take when dressing up like a SuperFan. ...