LONDON – Brazil forward Neymar shot to the top of the World Cup scoring charts with a superb double in-convincing 4-1 win for the hosts over Cameroon on Monday that sent them through as Group A winners to face Chile in the last 16. After grabbing a brace in Brazil’s 3-1 win over Croatia in…
LONDON – Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal took journalists to task on Monday as he bristled at suggestions he wasn’t playing attacking football at the World Cup. After his team beat Chile 2-0 to top Group B with three wins out of three, Van Gaal fired back questions at the press conference when asked about…
HARARE – Highlanders coach Kelvin Kaindu admitted he was “embarrassed” by his team’s defeat to rivals Dynamos on Sunday, but insisted they would not lose focus in their quest for the title. The Zambian gaffer questioned his players’ mentality in their approach to 1-0 loss to the Glamour Boys which ended Bosso’s unbeaten run of…
LONDON – Four-time champions Italy admitted they are struggling with the weather conditions ahead of their clash with Uruguay in Natal tonight where they will try to avoid being eliminated in the first round at successive World Cups. A win for the South Americans would send Cesare Prandelli’s side crashing out at the first hurdle,…
LONDON – Fresh match-fixing claims are set to cast a shadow over the World Cup in the wake of allegations that officials connected to the Ghanaian FA were prepared to rig international friendly matches. As part of a joint investigation with Channel 4’s Dispatches, the Daily Telegraph filmed a registered Fifa agent, Christopher Forsythe and…
LONDON – Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara has told his country’s footballers he will double their World Cup win bonuses if they beat Greece. The Elephants can guarantee their place in the knock-out stages with a victory over the 2004 European champions in Fortaleza tonight. Currently they are due 16 million CFA francs ($24 400,…
LONDON – You dream for years, you travel thousands of kilometres, you spend a fortune – and then you end up watching your humiliated team play a totally meaningless World Cup game. So how does it feel for fans of eliminated England gathering in Belo Horizonte for their last match tonight? “It’s obviously not ideal,…
JOHANNESBURG – The South African Football Association (Safa) yesterday dismissed claims by Nigerian media houses that Stephen Keshi would take over as Bafana Bafana coach. “Safa has never released a list of candidates that are on the short-list for the Bafana Bafana job,” Safa spokesman Dominic Chimhavi said. “Keshi’s name is part of a list…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Schools Hockey Association successfully held trials at Khumalo hockey stadium in Bulawayo to select the Under-19 boys team to travel to Singapore and Malaysia in August. The Under-19s will join the Under-17 team, which has already started their preparations. The teams will play the Singapore Under-18 team and are also set…
HARARE – Bindura United remained on top of the World Navi Northern Region Soccer League Division One log standings despite suffering their second defeat of the season at the hands of seasoned campaigners DStv Rangers on Saturday. Bindura went down 1-0 to the Harare-based side but remain on pole position with 28 points, two ahead…
