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Can Brazil rely on David Luiz?

The World Cup can be a cruel thing. No matter how well the team is doing in the competition, it need ...

FIFA probes Bahrain’s 10-0 win

FIFA is to probe Bahrain's 10-0 Asian World Cup qualifying win over Indonesia in what it called a 'routine examination' based ...

Del Bosque praise for clinical Soldado

Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque hailed the finishing prowess of Roberto Soldado after his hat-trick helped the world champions to a ...

Parker wants to stay skipper for Euros

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Scott Parker hopes he did enough during England's 3-2 defeat against Netherlands at Wembley on Wednesday night to ...

Smalling hospitalised after head clash

England defender Chris Smalling has been hospitalised with a deep cut to his head after clashing with Klaas-Jan Huntelaar in the ...

Qatar and Oman sneak through

Qatar scored an 86th-minute goal to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup finals, with Peter Taylor's ...

Prandelli: Defeat was undeserved

Italy coach Cesare Prandelli was disappointed, but not distraught, after his side's 1-0 friendly defeat against the United States in Genoa. Clint ...

Switzerland 1 – 3 Argentina

Switzerland 1-3 Argentina Barcelona forward Lionel Messi netted his first international hat-trick tonight to earn Argentina a friendly victory over Switzerland in ...

Germany 1 – 2 France

Blanc's men defeat Germany France continued their impressive run with a 2-1 friendly victory over Germany in Bremen. Olivier Giroud opened the scoring ...

Qatar and Oman sneak through

Qatar scored an 86th-minute goal to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup finals, with Peter Taylor's ...

Spain 5 – 0 Venezuela

Soldado shines with hat-trick Roberto Soldado scored a hat-trick as Spain cruised to their 27th consecutive victory on home soil over 10-man ...

Robben denies England

England produced a stirring finish to rally from two goals down but a late goal from Arjen Robben handed Netherlands a ...

England 2 – 3 Netherlands

England 2-3 Netherlands After a haphazard build-up, a crazy game was settled in Holland's favour by a moment of magic from Arjen ...

Italy 0 – 1 United States

Dempsey secures famous USA win The United States pulled off an historic first win over Italy in tonight's international friendly in Genoa. Fulham ...

Northern Ireland 0 – 3 Norway

Northern Ireland 0-3 Norway Michael O'Neill's first match in charge of Northern Ireland ended in defeat as a deflected opener and two ...

Slovenia 1 – 1 Scotland

Slovenia 1-1 Scotland Christophe Berra's first-half header gave Scotland a solid if uninspiring draw against Slovenia in their friendly at the Bonifika ...

Wales 0 – 1 Costa Rica

Wales 0-1 Costa Rica Wales were unable to mark the Gary Speed Memorial Match with a victory as Joel Campbell's early goal ...

Cape Verde and DR Congo cruise

Cape Verde and DR Congo took major steps towards securing their places in the final round of 2013 African Nations Cup ...

Brazil 2 – 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina

Late drama gifts Brazil victory A last-gasp Sasa Papac own goal gave Brazil victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina in a friendly in St Gallen, ...

Ozil to receive German POTY award

Real Madrid forward Mesut Ozil will be recognised as Germany's player of the year for 2011 prior to kick-off at Wednesday ...

Rijkaard’s Falcons face being grounded

The free-kick never got as far as the right-side of the area where Frank Rijkaard was marking his man. Instead, the ...

Yepes: Pekerman right for Colombia

Colombia captain Mario Yepes believes the appointment of seasoned Argentinian coach Jose Pekerman can give the national side the lift they ...

Ronaldinho targeting Olympics

Veteran playmaker Ronaldinho is hoping his performance for an inexperienced Brazil side against Bosnia-Herzegovina will enhance his chances of making the ...

Spiranovic cautious of Saudis

Australia defender Matthew Spiranovic is wary of the threat Saudi Arabia will pose when the sides meet in Melbourne on Wednesday. Frank ...

Donovan out of USA squad

Landon Donovan is the highest-profile of three withdrawals from the United States team to face Italy on Wednesday. The Los Angeles Galaxy ...

South Korea overcome Uzbekistan

A brace from Lee Dong-Gook helped South Korea claim a 4-2 victory over Uzbekistan in their international friendly on Saturday. Lee opened ...

Former Nigerian FIFA member loses bribes appeal

Nigeria's former FIFA member Amos Adamu has lost his appeal against a three-year ban over World Cup bid bribes. The ruling from ...

Europe’s big-guns hit impasse

Europe's top clubs are to boycott talks with FIFA over changes to the international calendar. The European Clubs Association (ECA) say recent ...

FIFA panel calls for handshakes

A FIFA expert panel chaired by German legend Franz Beckenbauer has recommended that players should shake hands on the field more ...

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