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Germany's extraordinary World Cup story begins in Switzerland in 1954. It was the first time since the war Germany had been allowed to enter the tournament. We were not allowed to take part in 48 at t
Cristoph Kramer is a football player from Germany. Just weeks after playing his first match for the national team, he was added to the list of players for international footballs 2014 World Cup. In the United States, the sport is called soccer. Chris
An early penalty goal by Shinji Kagawa helped lead Japan to a surprising 2-1 win over Colombia in the 2018 FIFA World Cup on Tuesday. The victory marks the first time an Asian team has beaten a South American team in a World Cup match. Soon after the
FIFA set to grant free World Cup entry to indigenous RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Football world governing body FIFA has reportedly accepted a Brazilian government proposal to offer free entry at the 2014 World Cup to the country's indigenous
GENEVA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- FIFA have announced an investigation Thursday into Bahrain's staggering 10-0 World Cup win over Indonesia in a World Cup qualifying match in Manama. The visiting goalkeeper was sent off after just two minutes, and Bahrain'
FIFA defends World Cup mascot names RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- World football's governing body FIFA released a statement Friday defending its selection process for naming the 2014 World Cup mascot. Brazilian fans have been critical of FIFA'
MOSCOW, March 18 (Xinhua) -- China beat Russia 45-44 on Sunday to win the men's team crown at the 2012 Moscow Sabre World Cup. Facing the defending champions, the Chinese team of Zhong Man, Wang Jingzhi, Jiang Kelu and Liu Xiao, pulled off an impress
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has insisted Ronaldinho remains in his World Cup plans despite leaving the two-time FIFA world player of the year out of a 22-man squad to face Italy and Russia. Speaking during a p
VANCOUVER, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Canada unveiled its logo for the country's hosting of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup on Friday as gala ceremonies took place simultaneously in the six host cities staging games. Set against the country's iconic maple l
Iran eyes qualification for 2014 World Cup: coach TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's soccer coach Carlos Queiroz has said that the national team's goal is to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Tehran Times daily reported on Saturday. We have a
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian government informed on Wednesday that only five percent of the infrastructure projects of 2014 FIFA World Cup had been completed. The projects include construction or renovation of football stadiums, s
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- World football's governing body FIFA has announced that goal-line technology will be used during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. System providers have been asked to submit bids by April with the technology set to be
Tennis Kremlin Cup to kick off in Moscow MOSCOW, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- A bunch of world's top tennis players were expected to participate in the 23rd Kremlin Cup tournament in Moscow starting from Saturday, the game's organizers said Thursday. In the w
Sweden flabbergasts Germany with a comeback in World Cup qualifier BERLIN, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Sweden neutralized a 4-0 lead by Germany within 30 minutes to flabbergast the host at Berlin Olympia stadium in Group C of the World Cup qualifiers on Tues
BERLIN, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champion Du Li was upset in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions final by Hungarian younster Ildiko Karmacsi on Saturday in Munich's shooting World Cup. Du, 30, finished second in a total of 688.8 after shooting 588 in
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 5 (Xinhua) -- A long line of poor communication within the Brazilian government and towards FIFA has caused the country to consider the possibility of losing the privilege to host the 2014 World Cup on Monday. A mixed reaction t
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Cuba' s national soccer team will this week warm up for its June World Cup qualifiers with matches against Brazil' s Mogi Mirim and Ponte Preta. The Caribbean nation will confront Mogi Mirim at the Romildo Ferreira
WELLINGTON, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The United States beat Russia 13-6 in the Rugby World Cup pool match in New Zealand North Island city of New Plymouth Thursday night. It was the American's third win in 19 World Cup games, with the previous two coming
Russia beat Azerbaijan 1-0 in World Cup qualifier MOSCOW, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Thanks to a late penalty, Russians secured a 1-0 victory over Azerbaijan in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup on Tuesday, maintaining a 100-percent win record in all their
A large crowd of people went to the harbour in Auckland on Friday evening to watch the celebrations and the fireworks. The Auckland City Council expected about 50,000 people but there were probably 200,000 crowded into a small space. This was unpleas