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World Cup: Netherlands' striker Robin Van Persie threatened by Mexico

Costa Rica and Greece, the underdogs of the World Cup, will face off in the knockout stages of the tournament for the first time in history on Sunday at 21:00 BST (6:00 a.m Sydney Time).

Football powers Mexico and Netherlands will duke it out for a spot into the quarterfinal round at Estádio Castelão in Fortaleza, Brazil.

The clash between Colombia and Uruguay was plagued with controversy even before it started due to the decision made by FIFA to send Uruguay's star striker Luis Suarez home after he was proven to have shown conduct unbecoming of a sportsman by biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini in their final group stage match. Things did not look any better for Uruguay as they were all sent home to follow Luis Suarez back to Uruguay when Colombia defeated them in the round of 16.

Brazil got through by the skin of their teeth to make it past Chile in the round of 16 in a match that was decided through penalties. Regulation time ended with 1 goal apiece and extra time did not see any changes despite the high intensity action. It all came down to a penalty shootout where the host nation, to the relief of home fans, came out on top with 3 goals to two.

World Cup predictions & analysis: Costa Rica and Greece all set for Sunday’s round-of-16

World Cup - Brazilian women shows off their body at a local bar to celebrate Brazil's penalty shootout win over Chile

Brazil and Chile kick off the knockout stages of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Saturday.

If you can’t beat them, just eat them. This is probably a cool zombie mantra, however it fits perfectly with Uruguay’s football player Luis Suarez’s actions on the field. After his biting act, he has become the latest zombie meme. Latest tweets reveal that he is going to star on “The Walking Dead” Season 5 and 6 as a walker.

The World Cup match between the United States and Germany is going to be streamed online and if it happens to be you are on the move, here are the ways to watch right it on the Amazon Kindle Fire, Android, iOS and Windows Phone devices.

The group stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup has been concluded and the 16 teams who will advance to the knockout stage have been decided. As expected, teams from the Americas have excelled with half of the qualifiers coming from North, Central and South America. Europe under-achieved with only six teams advancing out of a total of 13 spots. Asia came crashing out of the tournament with all four teams going out in the first stage. Africa still has two teams to represent the continent.

Uruguay striker Luis Suarez will miss the knockout stages of the 2014 World CUP after FIFA banned him from all football related activity for four months following his biting incident with Italy's Giorgo Chiellini.

Belgium returned to the World Cup stage with a good start after making their last appearance in Korea and Japan back in 2002. The Red devils came into their last match already qualified into the top 16. Their final match triumph over Korea Republic gave them the maximum 9 points and the top spot in the group.

Group G was one of the groups which was still wide open coming into the last match day in the group stage for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. All four teams still had a mathematical possibility of advancing to the next stage with Germany and USA each with 4 points and Ghana and Portugal with one point.

Despite the rains and floods, the match between the U.S. and Germany for World Cup 2014 supremacy will go on as scheduled in the city of Recife, Brazil.

Belgium won all 3 matches in the group stage to collect 9 points to finish on top of Group H. United States, on the other hand, won 1, drew 1 and lost 1 to collect 4 points to finish second in Group G.

Argentina won all 3 matches in the group stage to collect 9 points to finish on top of Group F. Switzerland, on the other hand, won 2 and drew 1 to collect 6 points to finish second in Group E.

Germany won 2 matches and drew 1 in the group stage to collect 7 points to finish on top of Group G. Algeria, on the other hand, won 1, lost 1 and drew 1 to collect 4 points to finish second in Group F.

France won 2 matches and drew 1 to collect 7 points to finish on top of Group E. Nigeria, on the other hand, won 1 match and drew 1 to collect 4 points to finish second in Group F.

Luis Suarez is now awaiting his fate as FIFA investigate his alleged bite on Italy's Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay's group stage clash with the Azzurri. Suarez was seen jostling with Chiellini and leaning into Chiellini's shoulder. When they both hit the ground, they both fall with Suarez clutching his mouth in pain and with Chiellini pulling away his collar in an attempt to show the referee that he had been bitten. No call was made right there but FIFA are now reviewing the incident...

AC Milan CEO Adriano Galliani insists that Mario Balotelli will not be leaving the San Siro this summer amid talks linking the Italian striker to Arsenal.

Sevilla defender Alberto Moreno will remain at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, at least, for the time being, as discussions in bringing him to Liverpool have been called off, according to La Liga outfit's sporting director Ramon Rodriguez Verdejo.

Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna insists that his recent move to Premier League rivals Manchester City has nothing to do with the wages that he is going to receive.

A draw will be enough to get them - USA and Germany - through to the knockout stages, but neither side is apparently willing to settle with such an outcome.

Manchester City have successfully signed Porto holding midfielder Fernando for a reported fee of £12million.

Liverpool legend Phil Thompson revealed that FC Barcelona forward Alexis Sanchez is on his way to Merseyside this summer, as he was able to gather insider information from reliable sources.

FIFA WORLD CUP 2014 BRAZILGROUP E RESULTSQUALIFIED: 1. FRANCE, 2. SWITZERLAND

The United States and Germany have the chance to move into the next round with a draw, but both teams are proud enough to say no to game-fixing. On Thursday, the Yankees will gun for a win against a highly-talented German squad at Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil.

FIFA WORLD CUP 2014 BRAZILGROUP F RESULTSQUALIFIED: 1. ARGENTINA, 2. NIGERIA