BELO HORIZONTE: Germany striker Miroslav Klose became the World Cup's all-time record scorer with his 16th goal during their semifinal against Brazil on Tuesday, eclipsing former Brazil striker Ronaldo in the record books with his 23rd minute strike.
BELO HORIZONTE: Germany striker Miroslav Klose became the World Cup's all-time record scorer with his 16th goal during their semifinal against Brazil on Tuesday, eclipsing former Brazil striker Ronaldo in the record books with his 23rd minute strike.
BELO HORIZONTE: All of Brazil has been in yellow since the World Cup began. From cab drivers to cleaner women, from toddlers in prams to old women on benches in parks, everyone is invariably a Neymar Jr but Brazil is today looking for someone else. It's in search of goals and goal scorers.
BELO HORIZONTE: All of Brazil has been in yellow since the World Cup began. From cab drivers to cleaner women, from toddlers in prams to old women on benches in parks, everyone is invariably a Neymar Jr but Brazil is today looking for someone else. It's in search of goals and goal scorers.
BELO HORIZONTE: "Zico, Zico, Zico." The chants reverberated on the terraces giving anybody who was there goose-bumps. Even as a visiting outsider, you immediately felt a part of this strange communion and could have been forgiven for joining the chorus.
BELO HORIZONTE: "Zico, Zico, Zico." The chants reverberated on the terraces giving anybody who was there goose-bumps. Even as a visiting outsider, you immediately felt a part of this strange communion and could have been forgiven for joining the chorus.
RIO DE JANEIRO: Who knows better than Ronaldo, the original phenomenon, about an injury and how to come out of it and rule the world? Neymar's broken vertebra has turned the World Cup on its head, literally. Neymar is well and recovering, but the football carnival will not be same without the 22-yearold's enigmatic presence.
RIO DE JANEIRO: Who knows better than Ronaldo, the original phenomenon, about an injury and how to come out of it and rule the world? Neymar's broken vertebra has turned the World Cup on its head, literally. Neymar is well and recovering, but the football carnival will not be same without the 22-yearold's enigmatic presence.
LONDON: Roger Federer insists he expects to challenge for Grand Slam titles for years to come despite his Wimbledon heartache because there is no serious threat from the next generation.
LONDON: Roger Federer insists he expects to challenge for Grand Slam titles for years to come despite his Wimbledon heartache because there is no serious threat from the next generation.
LONDON: Novak Djokovic won his second Wimbledon title and seventh career major with a 6-7 (7/9), 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-4 victory over Roger Federer Sunday, shattering the Swiss star's dream of a record eighth triumph in an epic struggle.
LONDON: Novak Djokovic won his second Wimbledon title and seventh career major with a 6-7 (7/9), 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-4 victory over Roger Federer Sunday, shattering the Swiss star's dream of a record eighth triumph in an epic struggle.
RIO DE JANEIRO: Under-fire Germany face rejuvenated France in Friday's World Cup quarterfinal at Rio de Janeiro's iconic Maracana stadium in a mouth-watering clash of two European powerhouses.
RIO DE JANEIRO: Under-fire Germany face rejuvenated France in Friday's World Cup quarterfinal at Rio de Janeiro's iconic Maracana stadium in a mouth-watering clash of two European powerhouses.
SAO PAULO: Lionel Messi is not one to throw tantrums on the pitch, even if he is at the receiving end of a violent tackle or a nasty elbow digging into his ribs.
SAO PAULO: Lionel Messi is not one to throw tantrums on the pitch, even if he is at the receiving end of a violent tackle or a nasty elbow digging into his ribs.
LONDON: Call me Dimitrov, Grigor Dimitrov, the Bulgarian hunk may well have been saying. Nicknamed 'Baby Fed' because of his playing style that is similar to that of the 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer, and more recently 'Mr Sharapova', courtesy his two-year romance with the Russian superstar, the 23-year-old has often said that he disliked both the names.
LONDON: Call me Dimitrov, Grigor Dimitrov, the Bulgarian hunk may well have been saying. Nicknamed 'Baby Fed' because of his playing style that is similar to that of the 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer, and more recently 'Mr Sharapova', courtesy his two-year romance with the Russian superstar, the 23-year-old has often said that he disliked both the names.
RIO DE JANEIRO: In German director Wim Wender's 1972 film 'The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty', the protagonist goalkeeper commits a murder but is not a suspect because he doesn't go into hiding.
RIO DE JANEIRO: In German director Wim Wender's 1972 film 'The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty', the protagonist goalkeeper commits a murder but is not a suspect because he doesn't go into hiding.
