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Greece to World Cup's Last 16

FORTALEZA, Brazil (AP) — Georgios Samaras scored an injury-time penalty to put Greece into the second round of the World Cup with a 2-1 win over Ivory Coast. Samaras was adjudged to have been brought down by substitute Giovanni Sio...

World Cup: Watch Greece vs Côte d'Ivoire LIVE; Liveblog; Fan Chat

Watch the Greece vs Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) World Cup match LIVE and join our World Cup interactive company with liveblog, chat room and live comments. The stakes are very hight today in Fortaleza, Brazil, as Greece meets Côte d'Ivoire at...

Santos: I just Want Goals

FORTALEZA, Brazil (AP) — Greece is running out of time to make its mark on the World Cup. It hasn't scored in Brazil and is stranded at the bottom of Group C with one point, tied with Japan but...

World Cup: Qualifying from the Group Stage Scenarios

Next week the World Cup will proceed to its final stages with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the knockout stage. Τhe ranking of each of the four teams seeded in a total of eight groups are...

The World Cup: Why Americans Don't Like Soccer

The World Cup wasn't long into its first game between host Brazil and some other team when one of the players from one of the teams, breathed on by a rival, went down faster than a two-dollar hooker in...

World Cup Coaches have Drastically Varying Styles

SAO PAULO (AP) — In the perfect picture of contrasting coaches' styles at this World Cup, Alejandro Sabella of Argentina stood near midfield dressed in a suit that looked appropriate for Wall Street, while Bosnia's Safet Susic stood nearby...

Goalless Greece Takes on Resurgent Ivorians

FORTALEZA, Brazil (AP) — After a troubled start, the smiles are returning to West Africa at the World Cup. Nigeria has earned its first victory after a stalemate with Iran, and Ghana held Germany to a 2-2 draw after losing...

World Cup: Ecuadorean Referee Carlos Vera to officiate Greece–Ivory Coast Match

Carlos Vera from Ecuador will be holding the whistle in Greece’s final group stage game against Ivory Coast on Tuesday. Earlier in the tournament, Carlos Vera who is celebrating on Monday his 38th birthday, supervised the match between Iran and Nigeria. It was quoted...

World Cup: 6 of our Favorite Wives and Girlfriends of the Greek National Team's Players

The lives of soccer players and their mates are with no doubt glamorous, exciting and on the media's spotlight. Accomplishing the dream of becoming a famous athlete, doesn't only bring you fame and fortune and the ability to do what you...

Toures to Stay at World Cup After Death of Brother

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Ivory Coast players Yaya and Kolo Toure will stay at the World Cup despite the death of their younger brother. Team spokesman Eric Kakou said they were given the option of leaving the tournament after...

World Cup 2014: Five Things to Know about Costa Rica

Costa Rica stunned the football world by beating former champions Italy and Uruguay in the World Cup. Here are 5 things you need to know for this surprise World Cup team!

World Cup: Fernando Santos Says Greece Could Have Stolen a Win Against Japan

Greece’s national team manager, Fernando Santos, praised his players' efforts in the game against Japan during most of which Greece played with ten men. The Greeks drew 0-0 against Japan on Thursday, even though they lost captain Kostas Katsouranis...

World Cup: Brother of Ivory Coast's Yaya Toure Dies

Ibrahim Toure died at the age of 28 in Manchester yesterday, while his brothers, Yaya and Kolo were at the World Cup in Brazil, competing with Ivory Coast's national team against Colombia. There were no further official details on his death,...

The Moment You Realize Your Tattoo Doesn’t Mean What You Thought

Tattoos -- especially those depicting Kanji characters -- have become some of the most talked about body art failures in Asia during the 2014 World Cup. It takes a global event on a World-Cup scale, to realize how foreign cultures really...

World Cup: Greece and Japan Play to a 0-0 Draw (Match Summary)

Spirited Greece, who was left with ten players from the first half have hold on Japan to a goalless draw at a World Cup Group C match in Natal, Brazil. The “Samurais” weren’t able to take the 3 points against...