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

Lin Dan of China took the title in the men’s singles competition of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Superseries Australian Badminton Open 2014 in Sydney, Australia even as Korean pairs dominated the double’s events—Lee Yong Dae and Yoo Yeon Seong in the men’s doubles and Ko Sung Hyun and Kim Ha Na the mixed doubles.

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.

It was an all-American affair on the first day of the knockout stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Half of the field still left in the competition are from the Americas and the inevitable has arrived. The neighbours needed to play against each other on the first day of competition with Brazil edging out Chile and Colombia outclassing Uruguay.

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.

Predicted scenario and possible match-up as Mexico and Netherlands are all set to put up a show at Estádio Castelão in Fortaleza,

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

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Maria Sharapova receives a marriage proposal at World Cup, while Grigor Dimitrov has to wait longer if he wishes to marry Masha

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

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.