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Whether a football season or not in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach outside the iconic Maracana Stadium is meant to be fun, but last Saturday evening it wasn’t. A mammoth crowd – following the 2014 World Cup’s third-place play-off between the Netherlands and Brazil – witnessed the Dutch add to the hosts’ humiliation with a 3-0 beating to raise ...

Uruguay international Luis Suarez has been handed the Number 9 shirt at Barcelona following his 88-million-euro summer switch from Anfield. His transfer move from Liverpool – which had been a subject of rumors and speculation – was finally confirmed on Friday. Suarez is familiar with this number; but only at international level with Uruguay. Barcelona becomes the first place where ...

Germany, perennial World Cup semi-finalist have won their first World Cup title in twenty four years with a 1-0 win over Argentina. This is the first time a unified German team has win the World Cup having won their previous tiles as West Germany in 1990. The match went to extra time after neither team was able to break the ...

Under the guidance of manager Diego Simeone, Atlético Madrid have not only threatened to intervene in the La Liga duopoly but have arguably broken the grip that Real Madrid and Barcelona have on the league. Over the past three seasons Atlético have finished in fifth, third and first place. This shows a gradual progression and building of the team. This ...

Though new Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has had a good World Cup with the Netherlands squad, there is yet one player who might embarrass him at the Maracana Final on Sunday even though the Dutch left the tournament on Saturday after clinching the bronze medal: Toni Kroos. If there is a player who contributed most the nexus for ...