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Germany and USA advance in yet another group of death and it was an upset for Portugal who boast among their ranks the 2013 FIFA World Player of te year, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Zach Randolph has not only picked up the “player option” on his contract with the Memphis Grizzlies but has also decided to extend his stay there for two more years worth $20 million.

It’s down to five teams for the unrestricted free agent Carmelo Anthony and he’s set to make a decision by the second week of July. Reports say that while there is “currently no frontrunner for Anthony’s services” but is expected to meet with current team New York Knicks and suitors Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets.

The 2014 NBA Draft breezed by with a lot of teams picking the players they were expected to nab and not much activity on player movement. However, this loaded draft still put out a lot of surprises to yield a winners and losers analysis.

Belgium and Algeria advance from the final group matches in Brazil. The Red Devils edged out the last Asian team in the competition, Korea Republic with a 1-0 final score. Algeria only managed a draw against Russia but the lone point was enough for them to become the second team from Africa to make it to the round of 16 joining Nigeria from Group F.

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.

Rafael Nadal was a solitary point away from falling behind by two sets, but rallied to avenge his loss to the same player who knocked him out of Wimbledon in the previous year.

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.

Dante Exum of Australia was drafted 5th overall by Utah Jazz in the 2014 NBA Draft on Thursday. It was a slight drop from the original projection of 4th in most mock drafts before the annual selection as the Orlando Magic preferred Aaron Gordon

Jeremy Lin Trade Rumors - The Houston Rockets have been lining up a deal that would help them unload the contracts of Jeremy Lin. Apparently, the Golden State Warriors are interested to acquire the Bay Area product via trade, according to a reliable league source on Thursday.

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.

The Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves resumes their negotiations for the Kevin Love - Klay Thompson swap. No deal was made on the night of the NBA Draft.

Tiger Woods showed no ill-effects of his back injury after his latest return to the PGA tour, posting a 3-over-74.

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.

The 2014 World Cup's popularity is so immense that it is touted as the "biggest global event for social media," The Journal reported.

Roger Federer has kept his bid of winning the Wimbledon Open Championship for a record-setting eighth time by beating Gilles Muller of Luxemburg 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 to advance into the third round on Thursday.

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...

The Cleveland Cavaliers made Andrew Wiggins of Canada the No. 1 pick of the 2014 NBA Draft. The selection comes a year after Anthony Bennett, another Canadian, got chosen as number one overall also by the Ohio franchise.

Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard reached the 3rd round at Wimbledon for the second consecutive time.

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.