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Neymar Out Of World Cup With Fractured Vertebra
Brazil's worst fears were confirmed by the team doctor. Neymar suffered a fractured vertebra after taking a knee to the back on a challenge from Colombia's Camilo Zúñiga in today's match....

David Luiz Puts Brazil Up 2-0 With Phenomenal Free-Kick Goal
David Luiz hammered a free-kick into the top corner to put Brazil up 2-0. Hear the excellent call from Univision above; hear how it sounded on Brazil's Globo TV below....

Neymar Busts His Ass While Celebrating Brazil's First Goal
Thiago Silva gave Brazil a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute, and Neymar totally fell on his ass while running to the group hug. It's an excellent example of a fall being funnier when the person slips out of frame....

Your Brazil-Colombia Open Thread
This should be fun. Talk about Brazil-Colombia here....

Meet Rodrigo Paiva, Brazil's Player-Punching Media Ringmaster
Brazil play Colombia today in the World Cup quarterfinals. Their communications director, Rodrigo Paiva, is making headlines of his own after earning a one-game suspension for punching Chile's Mauricio Pinilla during a half-time dust-up....

The NFL Is Dumping Bad News On Us While Nobody Is Paying Attention
The Friday afternoon news dump is a tried and true tactic for any organization looking to get some negative press in and out of the news cycle as quickly as possible. With tomorrow being a holiday and most of America already checked out for the long weekend, the NFL decided to unleash a classic news...

FIFA's No. 2 Is "Amazed" At How Drunk World Cup Fans Have Been
Congratulations, 2014 World Cup fans: You are very good at drinking. Or perhaps, like our American friend above, very bad at it....


Brazil Fan Yells "Fuck Her Right In The Pussy" On Live World Cup Report
One CityNews reporter in Toronto had to salvage a World Cup report outside of a bar after her man on the street blurted out "Fuck her right in the pussy!" while the broadcast was live....

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...

Júlio César Reduced To Tears During Post-Match Interview
Brazil keeper Júlio César provided one of this 2014 World Cup's most memorable moments after his two saves helped the host country move past Chile and into the quarterfinals....

Brazil Win On Penalty Kicks
Brazil beat Chile 3-2 on penalty kicks and they have their goaltender (and the woodwork) to thank for it. Julio Cesar made two huge saves and then on Chile's last chance by Gonzalo Jara, the post made the final one. ...

Chile Were <i>This</i> Close To Beating Brazil In Extra Time
I mean, really, you just need to listen to Ian Darke's screams and Steve McManaman's groaning to get an idea how close Chile came to ousting Brazil. Good lord. Chile and Brazil will settle this with penalty kicks now and it's quite possible Brazil, the country, will cease to exist. We will keep you ...

Hulk Goal Disallowed, Ruled A Handball
Hulk appeared to score a pretty athletic goal in the 55th minute but referee Howard Webb ruled it was a handball. Marcelo crossed a neat ball to Hulk and as he tried to corral it, the ball clearly hit him in the forearm/armpit area before he controlled it and swept it into the corner of the goal. Br...

Chile Recover From Own-Goal To Equalize Brazil
The first half of Brazil-Chile was a bit of a nail-biter for the hosts. It ended 1-1, but Brazil could easily be down 2-1 or even 2-0. Brazil's first goal, off a Neymar corner kick, was initially given to David Luiz—which would be his first goal ever in 40 caps for Brazil—but it sure looks like it w...

Brazilian Newspaper Front Page Features Flight Times Back To Chile
They seem pretty confident....

Why Chile Can Beat Brazil And Make A Deep World Cup Run
This is South America's World Cup. It started with a flourish of Brazilian zest and color in São Paulo, with Brazil's opening day coming out party against Croatia. Then there was the Argentine invasion of the Maracanã, Brazilian soccer's spiritual home. And the brightest stars at the glitteriest of ...

How Brazilian Protests Evolved To Fight Back Against The World Cup
From Dave Zirin's newest book, Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup the Olympics and the Fight for Democracy, available now. We'll be running excerpts throughout the World Cup....

Ghanaian Reporter Boos Soccer Team, Almost Gets Beat Up
Ghana did not exactly get the World Cup showing they wanted, seeing as how they failed to make it out of the group stage and almost melted down entirely when Ghanaian soccer officials started getting slapped for not paying the players. On their way out of Brazil, the players and one unruly reporter ...

People In Rio Are Doing Funny Things With A Luis Suárez Billboard
There's a billboard in Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach featuring Luis Suárez screaming at something, and it probably looked really intense until Suárez bit someone (again). After he reverted to his bitey ways, many beachgoers took the opportunity to reenact the bizarre shoulder bite with the ad....