USA 2, PORTUGAL 2 (WORLD CUP GROUP G) RONALDO INJURY TIME CROSS CONVERTED BY VARELA TO SNATCH POINT WITH SECONDS TO SPARE AND SAVE PORTUGAL’S WORLD CUP Portugal were 30 seconds from a World Cup exit when Cristiano Ronaldo popped up with a cross for Silvestre Varela to grab a 95th minute equaliser with a […]
Nigeria dump Bosnia out of the World Cup with Odemwingie goal
NIGERIA 1, BOSNIA 0 (WORLD CUP GROUP F) PETER ODEMWINGIE SCORES FOR NIGERIA, EDIN DZEKO GOAL WRONGLY DISALLOWED FOR OFFSIDE Peter Odemwingie beat his own Stoke City team mate Asmir Begovic in the 29th minute when he converted Emmanuel Emenike’s cutback for Nigeria’s first World Cup finals victory since 1998 which also ended Bosnia-Hercegovina’s World […]
Costa Rica add Italy to their list of World Cup scalps, England crash out of the World Cup
ITALY 0, COSTA RICA 1 (WORLD CUP GROUP D) HARD WORKING COSTA RICA CONDEMN ITALY TO DEFEAT AND END ENGLAND WORLD CUP HOPES EARLY How the Scots must be laughing now at the prospect of an England v Costa Rica game in which the English have nothing to play for after Fulham striker Bryan Ruiz’ […]
Suarez double leaves England hopes in tatters
URUGUAY 2, ENGLAND 1 (WORLD CUP GROUP D) LUIS SUAREZ PUNISHES DEFENSIVE LAPSES WITH DOUBLE STRIKE DESPITE WAYNE ROONEY’S FIRST ENGLAND WORLD CUP FINALS GOAL It had to be him. At the end of an exhausting second half, a ‘half-fit’ Luis Suarez pounced on a mistake by his Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard from a long punted route […]
Croatia put 10-man Cameroon out of the World Cup with a 4-goal broadside
CAMEROON 0, CROATIA 4 (WORLD CUP GROUP A) SONG SEES RED AS CAMEROON FOLLOW SPAIN AND AUSTRALIA OUT OF THE WORLD CUP Croatia scored four times as Cameroon racked up a record equalling red card tally at World Cup finals and crashed out of a tournament they were late to arrive at due to infighting over bonus […]