Brazil 2014 WORLD CUP: Brazil in quarter-finals after penalty shootout with Chile

Brazil advanced to the World Cup quarterfinals after prevailing 3-2 on penalties against Chile following a 1-1 draw in Belo Horizonte. Julio Cesar saved from both Mauricio Pinilla and Alexis Sanchez either side of a Willian miss to put Brazil in charge, but Claudio Bravo blocked Hulk's effort. However, after Neymar had converted, Gonzalo Jara hit the post with the final penalty to send the hosts through. Brazil, who had won every one of...

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Welcome home: As Lius Suarez is given an hero welcome

with his kids Luis Suarez has returned home to Uruguay to a hero's welcome despite being kicked out of the World Cup. Thank you: A wave to the crowd Standing on the deck of his mother's home in Lagomar, near Montevideo, he looked carefree as waved to crowds while holding his son Benjamin and daughter Delfina. While Benjamin might not yet be old enough to know not to sink his teeth into others, perhaps Delfina could teach her father...

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Giorgio Chiellini sorry for suarez ban

Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini has said he feels for Luis Suarez after the striker was handed a nine-game and four-month ban for biting him during the Uruguay victory that knocked the Azzurri out of the World Cup. Suarez has been banned for nine international matches -- and from all football activity for four months -- after being found guilty of biting Chiellini. But according to the Juventus defender, world football's governing body has...

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Bobby Womack is dead age 70

Bobby Womack, whose singing career spanned in nearly six decades, has died at the age of 70. His recording label XL Recordings confirmed the sad news on Friday, June 27. More info regarding his death is not immediately available. Womack was born on March 4, 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio. At the age of 10, Womack started touring the gospel circuit with his family as the Womack Brothers with his father on the guitar and mother on the organ. In...

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Ryan Giggs: I wasn't really focused on coaching

Giggs took over at United after David Moyes was sacked with four matches of the season left, winning two, drawing one and losing one. The Welshman is now completing his Pro Licence coaching badge as he prepares for life as Louis van Gaal's assistant, but he knows he has much to learn if he is to take the United job on a permanent basis in the future. "When I took the job there were a lot of things that I was quite happy with, but there...

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