Brazil avert subway strike on eve of World Cup

A subway strike in Sao Paulo that threatened to disrupt the opening of the World Cup was averted Wednesday night even as airport workers in...

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Children kick around a soccer ball outside the Independencia Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on Wednesday.

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In this photo taken on Thursday Brazilian neo-pop artist Romero Britto poses for photographers with a poster of his latest commission, a Barbie doll in honor of the World Cup in Miami Beach, Fla.

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Argentina’s Lionel Messi (center) and Argentina’s goalkeeper Agustin Orion (left) interact with fans who invaded the pitch, one who resembles Brazilian soccer player Ronaldinho (second right) at the end of a training session at Independencia Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on Wednesday. Argentina will play in group F of the Brazil 2014 soccer World Cup.

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FIFA are honest in eyes of sponsors : Valcke

FIFA’s major sponsors do not doubt the integrity of football’s governing body in the light of the allegations of corruption over the controversial Qatar bid...

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O’Neil wants clarity over Keane job

Ireland manager Martin O’Neill has said he will not stand in the way of his assistant Roy Keane taking on a role at Aston Villa,...

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We need to avoid Brazil: Van Hooijdonk

When Group B gets underway on Friday, with the eagerly anticipated tie between Spain and the Netherlands in a rematch of the 2010 FIFA World...

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Messi, Ronaldo duel for Cup stardom

AFP, Rio De Janeiro : One is the world’s best known footballer, the other the most valuable. They have scored the same number of Champions...

Brazil's Neymar shows bobble head of himself as he leaves from a press conference the day before the group A World Cup soccer match between Brazil and Croatia at the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Wednesday.

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Neymar anxious ahead of Brazil’s World Cup opener

Brazil striker Neymar is only 22 years old, but knows he will be carrying the hopes of the host country at the World Cup. He...

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Mango, silk expo & folk festival

Societal Events Report :The annual event titled ‘Mango and Silk Exposition and Folk Festival 2014’ finished magnificently on the premises of green plaza of Rajshahi...

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