Luis Suarez 'bite': Uruguay striker in World Cup controversy

bbc.com ^ | 24 June 2014 | bbc

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Uruguay's Luis Suarez has been accused of biting a player for the third time in his career after an incident with Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup.

The Liverpool striker lunged at Italy defender Chiellini shortly before Diego Godin scored to give Uruguay a 1-0 win.

Chiellini pulled his shirt down to show the referee a mark on his shoulder but no action was taken by the official.

The maximum ban Suarez could face if governing body Fifa takes retrospective action is 24 matches or two years.

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U.S. World Cup players regrouped quickly after Portugal game
U.S. midfielder Graham Zusi said Coach Juergen Klinsmann quickly took control of the situation by refusing to let the team sulk.

"He came into the locker room very positive, as always," Zusi said. "Obviously, we were pretty gutted at the end of that one but in hindsight, when you look back at it, we put ourselves in a great spot. Four points after two matches, I think any of us would've taken that.

"One Moment Does Not Define Us"

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Greece Scores Late to Advance at World Cup
Greece doesn't score often at the World Cup, but its goals certainly come at the right time.

Greece doubled its total scoring tally at World Cup tournaments by netting twice against the Ivory Coast on Tuesday — the second coming through an injury-time penalty that secured a 2-1 victory and a spot in the knockout rounds.

Having gone scoreless through its first two games in Brazil — a loss and a draw — the Greeks are now improbably into the round of 16 for the first time in their history — when European powers like Spain, Italy and England are going home.

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Colombia post their third group win to put Japan through the exit door
On a night of contrasting emotions in Cuiabá, Colombia marched into the second round as group winners with a third victory in 11 days – as many as they had managed in their previous four World Cup appearances – and condemned Japan to a humiliating early exit that represents a major disappointment for Asia, Alberto Zaccheroni and his players.

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England end disappointing World Cup with barren draw against Costa Rica
Ignore, for one moment, England’s bland ignominy and just reflect on those moments at the final whistle. Costa Rica – little, patronised Costa Rica – have won Group D and their manager, Jorge Luis Pinto, could be seen punching the air and bellowing to the skies. As one team traipsed away apologetically, the other reflected on the prize of a knockout tie in Recife on Sunday. They have done it from a country of 4.8m people. Or the equivalent of 10 Bradfords. “It’s a conundrum,” as Roy Hodgson said.

Steven Gerrard worried for England future
"If you have the right mentality and the right character, you do things right and work as hard as you can to become the best player you can, but we need more of those players."

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Soccer’s notorious ‘Cannibal’ bites rival at World Cup

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Uruguay knock Italy out of World Cup amid Luis Suárez controversy
Cesare Prandelli’s side were hanging on in the second half, knowing that a draw would have sufficed, but their resistance was finally broken when Diego Godín, the Uruguay captain, emerged from a cluster of bodies to head home from a corner. Uruguay had been the more incisive team and they deserved to advance to a last-16 tie with Colombia.

Moments before Godín’s goal, however, Luis Suárez had ensured that the headlines would be his...

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Team Names	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	3	3	0	0	9	2	7	9
Greece	3	1	1	1	2	4	-2	4
Côte d'Ivoire	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	3
Japan	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1
Japan 1:4 Colombia Match Highlights Greece 2:1 Cote d'Ivoire
Team Names	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	4	1	3	7
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
Italy	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	3
England	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2	1
Italy 0:1 Uruguay Match Highlights Costa Rica 0:0 England Photos Who’s In, Who’s Out

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World Cup 2014: Today at the tournament - day 14
Iran in the knockout stages of the World Cup? It could happen.

Bosnia-Hercegovina v Iran
Nigeria v Argentina

Ecuador v France
Honduras v Switzerland

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From Prandelli to Abete to Pirlo, Italy's foundation exits en masse after an early knockout

One by one they said goodbye.

First, it was coach Cesare Prandelli's turn.

Then football federation president Giancarlo Abete.

And finally, midfield maestro Andrea Pirlo.

Italy's foundation exited en masse after a devastating 1-0 loss to Uruguay on Tuesday that knocked the Azzurri out of the World Cup after the group stage for the second straight time.

"It's a very sad day for us — as a group and as individuals," captain Gianluigi Buffon said.

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Suarez gets the vampire treatment as World Cup bite goes viral

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Disciplinary proceedings opened against Luis Suarez

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Jaws III: England's nemesis Suarez facing two year ban after being charged by FIFA as he is accused of BITING Italian defender

• Suárez was playing for Uruguay in closing minutes of group stage clash
• Footage appeared to show him biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini
• But he was not given yellow card and Uruguay clinched win minutes later
• He has been charged by FIFA and could be banned for up to two years
• Suárez claimed after game: 'he thrust his shoulder into me'
  
• Chiellini claimed Suárez was a 'sneak' and bite was 'clear, clear cut'
  
• Last year he faced a 10-match ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic

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Hugo Lloris warns France against complacency ahead of Ecuador game
"If you go into the competition and say 'OK, we will have some easy games' then you're finished," the Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper told the club's website. "You can't think like that.

"You know that teams will be at 100 per cent and they're going to try to do everything to beat you.

"You have to respect your opponents and you have to go into it with ambition."

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Honduras aiming to provoke another Swiss miss at World Cup
Switzerland have a chance to put right their dramatic failure of 2010 on Wednesday when they again face bogey team Honduras for a place in the World Cup knock-outs.

The situation is eerily similar to four years ago, when the Swiss were in contention for the last 16 but missed out when they drew their last group game with the Central American minnows.

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Nigeria face Messi's Argentina with last 16 in reach
FIFA might even have to get out their straws for the drawing of lots should Iran win 1-0 and Nigeria lose by the same score, leaving the sides inseparable on points, goal difference, number of goals and head-to-head.

Argentina approach the game with their noses put out of joint by media criticism of their performances so far, with only Messi's goals against Bosnia and Iran saving their blushes.

"Obviously it hurts when you hear people saying that they don't like you, when people say different things to us," Real Madrid forward Angel Di Maria said at the weekend.

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Iran chase goals to reach World Cup last 16
"We still have a chance to go through and who would have thought our World Cup would last longer than England and Spain," Dejagah said.

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