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England and Croatia to face Russia in the semifinal match of the World Cup on July 11. This group is going to face the eighth time this year. Earlier, seven times saw England win four times, Croatia won twice. A match has been drawn.<br />
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England and Croatia are going to face the first time in the World Cup. The team faced the first time in 1996. That match was a non-goal draw. This group of Europe has been facing the last two in 2009. England won the match by 5-1. This match was the 2010 World Cup qualifying match.<br />
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England have won the World Cup semi-final after 28 years. Group Runner up from 'G' group and they got into second round. After that, they defeated Colombia in the tiebreaker and confirmed the quarter-finals. England's opponent in the fight against Sweden was in Sweden After defeating Sweden by 2-0, the English ensured the semifinals.<br />
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Croatia, on the other hand, became the group champions in the second round of Croatia. In the second round, Denmark went on to win the quarter-finals in the quarter-finals. Russia was the opponent of the quarter-finals in Russia. Croatia lose to hosts Russia in tiebreaker Croresia has reached the semifinals for the second time in the World Cup. Earlier they had played in the semi-finals of the 1998 World Cup.</div>

England 4, Croatia 2

England and Croatia to face Russia in the semifinal match of the World Cup on July 11. This group is going to face the eighth time this yea...

Goalkeeper's best player in Russia?

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The World Cup official poster noticed? If you do not do it now. Where one is stretching a hand while exercising the ball. Since Russia is not an option since its being the organizer. Because one of them is a great man in football. Lev Yasin One of the best goalkeepers of all time in football history He is also named as the World Cup's best goalkeeper. Who is the reward of this time? Or will the Golden Ball award for the second time since 2002, is going to be a great performer, Thebetta Karta, Jordan Picford<br />
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Let's look back a bit - the 2006 World Champion of Italy was JeanLuijie Buffon, in 2010, Iker Casillas of Spain, Germany's Golfer appeared in Manuel Nayar; Everyone is legendary. If you want to win the World Cup, the best goalkeeperake! If it is said that in the absence of an inexperienced goalkeeper, there will be a lot of exaggeration in Argentina, Spain and Germany, but this will not be too much exaggeration.<br />
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On the other hand, Captain Hugo Lauris of France, the young rising goalie of Belgium, Thibud Kottea or Britain's Jordan Picford, has been doing wonderful performances in the ongoing series. And their countries have survived in the tournament so far. At the end of the quarter-final match against Brazil, when the team came very close to victory in the 2-1 margin, only the best player of the opponent took a perfect shot from outside the D box, but the long-standing quartet eagle saved the country with a jap like that. Defending the goal from the side of the team pulled to the last four. In the second quarter-final match, Jordan Picford won the match against England by three goals from Sweden. Lastly, after winning the 2-0 win over the last four, three lions have been cut.<br />
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On the other hand, David de Gere Spain was dropped in spite of being the world-class goal keeper. When analyzing Spain's overall performance, it was seen that De Gaya was one of the worst performers in their squad. He could not do justice to the name of the World Cup. However, Manchester United's David Day Gea is considered the number one goalkeeper of the current time. But Spain was forced to suffer for its bad form. Latino superpower Argentina were dropped in the second round of Spain as well. Argentine media is especially responsible for this fiasco, their goalkeeping problem.<br />
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It needs to be mentioned here that in the last sixteen matches, the fate of the three of the eight matches has been determined by the trilberry. Spain, Denmark and Colombia where the farewell Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfiev, the Croatian Daniel Suwishich and Jordanian Picchord of England were the heroes of the game. If the championship crown is won by the finals of the knockout stage finals, then France, Belgium, England goalkeepers will have to. The topic of discussion in Tong's shops is, therefore, who are the survivors, who are most likely to make the world stage in the last minute? France's Loris, the newest Belgian quartet or Jordan goalkeeper Jordan Picford, who took the World Cup semi-final after 24 years? The hunchy analysis is going on to determine how to determine the fate of the penalty shootout.<br />
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Danish goalkeeper Caspar Smyllar took a look at those who were already dropped. Caspar has played one of the best matches of life in the last match against Croatia. Even after stopping three penalties in one night, the motherland could not move to the next round. However, the weak spotcourse of Caspar's teammates is responsible for that. On the other hand, the winner of the match, Croatian goalkeeper Daniel Suvashich wants to take the team that is flying ahead of the great hero.<br />
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Winning the World Cup stage requires good wishes, good planning, hard work, money, opportunities and luck, just like the players' strong mental strength. It was found that the role of their strong determination in the history of Gianlui Búfón of Italy, Iker Casillas of Spain, Germany's Manuel Nayar, and their great courage was much. The 2002 World Cup Runner up was a 'Oliver Kahn' in Germany's Golbe. He took the position of the goalkeeper to another height. Golden Ball Award for the first time as a goalkeeper on the World Cup stage. Ronaldo-Rivaldo scored Brazil's goal in the Japan-Korea World Cup. And Oliver Kahn carrying the ball to Germany! History made history in the 2002 World Cup by staging the match goal after the match. Despite losing to Brazil in the final, the award of the best player given by the overwhelming Oliver Kahn is rewarded. That was so superhuman his performance. However, what Oliver Kahn did in the language that made him feel uncomfortable is his deep confidence and mental stability. The only thing to look at now is that the leader of the steel solid mindset like Oliver Kahn is going to be the hero of the year.</div>

Goalkeeper's best player in Russia?

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Neymar's performance is responsible for the departure of Brazil?

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Argentina, Germany, Spain, have lost the World Cup in the World Cup hopes Brazil too Some people dug the fate because of the 2-1 goals in Belgium, and some of the fate of Fernandinho's suicide goal. But the Brazil-Belgium match will be thoroughly analyzed, Neymar's role in this painful rate of Brazil is not less! Yes, the Brazilian football ambassador, who is responsible for blaming the rate, is not going to make a mistake.<br />
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After Neymar's second duel in a second round match against Mexico, Criticism came after criticizing millions of fans worldwide who enjoyed this grand celebration. Whereas the goal of a 2-0 goal victory and one assemble, Neymar's praise is going to be all-round, there are numerous trolling, memes, and ridiculous videos being made with Neymar on social media.<br />
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The Brazilian Superstar, who is not the leader, wants to name the actor as the name. The previous four matches of the quarter-finals were held at Neymar field at 14 minutes! The news was not unknown to any of the Belgian teams. The match officials were aware of this performance in the field of Neymar.<br />
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So, sometime before the end of the first half, referee Brazil refused to penalize Belgian defender Thomas Moinieni Neymar in the D-Box. Not only that, in the second half, Belgian defenders were also tackling the attacks in Brazil in the face of an attack. Three consecutive Selecco forwarders are seriously foul in the Belgian de-box. But the referee was not late to take her decision. And all his decisions were on behalf of Belgium!<br />
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Brazilian players make the most vigorous application when Neymar's offensive partner Gabriel Jaceus is thrown out by the Belgian Center Back Vincent Company with a clear foul. Match referee also took the help of Assistant Referee. But in spite of the strong protest of Brazilian players, they finally endorsed the penalty. This is how the match between Brazil's World Cup and World Cup is confirmed by the last ball of the match.<br />
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After the match, Belgian Center Back Vincent Company asked Belgian Defenders about one foul after the match. The company said, "The World Cup can not be won if the playground goes on; It has to understand Brazil. I hope they will learn from this match later on. "</div>

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South Americans make early exit after top players fail to fire

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South America are absent from the World Cup semi-finals for the fifth time in the tournament's history after the continent's top players either failed to excel or suffered injuries at key moments during the tournament in Russia.</h5>
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Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay and Peru all contributed to making the 2018 World Cup one of the most dramatic in history and there was rarely a dull moment when they and their thousands or colourful, vociferous fans were around.</div>
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Four out of five of them got through the group stage -- a better percentage than Europe where 10 out of 14 teams progressed -- and at one point, they rolled off seven wins in a row.</div>
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But it all ended in tears as Argentina and Colombia went out in the round of 16, the latter on penalties, while Uruguay and Brazil both lost their quarter-finals on Friday, to France and Belgium respectively.</div>
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France proved to be the bogey team for South America as they eliminated Peru in the group stage, Argentina and then Uruguay to remain unbeaten at the World Cup against teams from the continent in 40 years.</div>
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In several cases, a few centimetres could have produced a very difficult outcome such as when Thiago Silva hit the post early on against Belgium and when Mateus Uribe struck the underside of the bar with Colombia's fourth penalty in the shootout against England.</div>
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And if any one of Peru's numerous shots against Denmark had found the target, they could have made the knockout round and then found themselves in the easier half of the draw.</div>
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But if there was a recurring theme, it was that there was an over-dependence on big name players who either failed to make the difference or suffered injury at key moments.</div>
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The most obvious was Argentina's Lionel Messi. The 31-year-old, who seems destined never to win the tournament, often looked detached from what was going on around him and did not seem to enjoy his fourth World Cup.</div>
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He was burdened by the responsibility of carrying the team and not helped by Argentina's shambolic defence which leaked nine goals in four games.</div>
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But, while Messi was disappointing, Neymar was infuriating.</div>
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Brazil's top player should have come out of the tournament as the victim of FIFA's permissiveness towards tactical fouling, as he was tripped and pushed by rivals.</div>
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But his constant complaining, his theatrical tumbles and repeated attempts to win penalties earned widespread reprobation.</div>
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He wasted scoring chances by taking a tumble instead and there were moments when his histrionics distracted the team from the task at hand.</div>
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Colombia playmaker James Rodriguez was troubled by a nagging calf muscle injury and missed out on the second round match against England, although Jose Pekerman's surprisingly negative tactics in that match were as much to blame for their defeat.</div>
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Uruguay, a country of 3.3 million people, performed heroically to reach the quarter-finals where they sorely missed the injured Edinson Cavani, who had scored two magnificent goals in the previous round against Portugal.</div>
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Without Cavani, his striking partner Luis Suarez was strangely subdued and Uruguay were simply beaten by a better team.</div>
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"We won our first four games but that means nothing now," said coach Oscar Tabarez, who has been in charge since 2006.</div>
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"We tried to do the right things in this World Cup but today, our rivals overcame us. We have to recognise that and congratulate them."</div>
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Prince Harry to cheer on England in Brazil

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Prince Harry will attend England's World Cup match against Costa Rica as he tours Brazil and Chile in June, the royal family announced on Friday.</div>
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Harry will cheer from the stands in Belo Horizonte as England play their last group fixture on June 24, a potentially crucial game that could see the team progress to the knockout stages if they win or draw, or return home if they lose.</div>
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The prince will also watch tournament hosts Brazil face Cameroon in the capital Brasilia when he arrives in Brazil on June 23.</div>
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The prince will also visit Brazil's largest city Sao Paulo before he moves on to the Chilean capital Santiago and the city of Valparaiso during the final three days of the trip.</div>
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Harry last attended a World Cup match at the 2010 tournament in South Africa, when he and his elder brother Prince William watched England labour to a goalless draw against Algeria.</div>
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Harry's private secretary Edward Lane Fox said: "The prince will carry the good wishes of his brother, who is president of the FA (Football Association), and will be hoping like everybody else that it will be slightly more memorable than the last England World Cup match he attended, and that he will be cheering England on to the knock-out stages with the other fans."</div>
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iverpool striker Luis Suarez completed a notable 'double' on Monday after it was announced he'd been voted the 2014 Footballer of the Year by England's Football Writers' Association.<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Suarez's 30 goals have kept Liverpool in sight of their first English championship title in 24 years and this latest honour comes after his peers in England's Professional Footballers' Association named him Player of the Year.<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Uruguay international Suarez, 27, topped a poll of more than 300 journalists ahead of Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and will receive the FWA award, which has been running since 1948 at a gala dinner at London's Lancaster Hotel on 15 May.<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />FWA chairman Andy Dunn, of the Sunday Mirror, said: "Those members who have been fortunate enough to be working at a match involving Luis Suarez have witnessed an astonishing talent first-hand.<br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Andy said, "Tireless endeavour allied to extraordinary imagination makes an irresistible combination. Add ingenious, impudent finishing and you have a footballer who truly quickens the pulse."</div>
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"Luis is a remarkably gifted addition to the long and distinguished list of winners of our award," Andy added.</div>
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Charles Buchan, one of the founders of the FWA, said the award should be presented "to the professional player who by precept and example is considered by a ballot of members to be the footballer of the year".</div>
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And there will be those who argue that, for all his goals, Suarez has failed to live up to the standards of Buchan's words given he started the season completing a 10-game ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic -- a punishment which itself came a year after he received an eight-game suspension for racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra.</div>
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Nevertheless, Suarez gained 52 percent of a ballot in which votes were cast for 10 players in all, with Gerrard the runner-up and Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure, a key figure in Manchester City's Premier League title-charge, in third place.</div>
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Suarez won just two votes in last year's poll and Dunn told Sky Sports: "Our voting opened 12 hours after the biting incident at Anfield, so I think that was taken into account.</div>
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"I must stress the importance in this award that the football writers are asked to base their decision on obviously the footballing contribution throughout the season, but also to take into account the player's behaviour -- the original citation for the FWA award back in 1947/48 mentioned 'precept and example', so that is taken into account.</div>
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"While no-one would say Suarez is whiter than white, you would have to say his behaviour all throughout the season has been very good and I think the football writers have taken that into account, an element of redemption if you like, and allied with those 30 goals, and the sensational talent he has displayed all season, that made him a very, very popular choice."</div>
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Knight Riders needed only 16 off 12 balls with six wickets in hand, when their middle and lower order capsized against James Faulkner in the penultimate over, reports espncricinfo.</div>
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Shakib Al Hasan forced the match into a Super Over and Knight Riders would have been confident of Sunil Narine defending 12. But with three needed to win off the last ball, Steven Smith played a smart dab into the vacant space at extra cover and ran an easy two, levelling the match again and taking Rajasthan Royals to a thrilling win on the basis of a greater number of boundaries scored in the match.</div>
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For Knight Riders, it should have never come to that stage. Faulkner hadn't had the best of times in this year's IPL and was benched for a match after ordinary outings in his first three games, but bowled an inspirational over to turn the game on its head.</div>
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Cameos from Suryakumar Yadav and Shakib had almost brought Knight Riders on the doorstep of a smartly constructed innings and a win seemed there for the taking. They had added 49 runs in 26 balls. Then, Faulkner's slower balls, so effective last year, made a sparkling re-entry.</div>
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Yadav, looking for a big hit, sliced the first ball of the 19th over to long-off to fall for a 19-ball 31. It was still Knight Riders' game, but Faulkner's fourth and fifth deliveries proved to be the icing on his birthday cake as Robin Uthappa and Vinay Kumar missed straight deliveries to be bowled. Six balls, three wickets and 12 off nine became 12 off 6. With Shakib still around, Knight Riders still had some chance - they kept up with the task as Shakib squeezed a boundary off the first ball off the last over. Kane Richardson did not bowl the best of overs, serving leg-side balls and half-volleys. Shakib failed to connect properly again in the over, but managed to tie the game. However, Smith's presence of mind off the last delivery of the Super Over that won them two points showed Royals were in no mood to spoil Faulkner's birthday party.</div>
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One of the heartening side stories for the Knight Riders to emerge despite the loss was Gautam Gambhir's return to form. Gambhir didn't set the stage on fire - the slower Abu Dhabi pitch was never going to allow that sort of strokeplay and that's not Gambhir's game anyway - but his 45 from 44 deliveries was the ideal platform for the middle-order strokemakers.</div>
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Such had been the drought that Gambhir would have been satisfied with anything of substance; he had hardly spent any time in the middle. He ended up playing the solid knock that was needed at the top of the order following the template Ajinkya Rahane, who top-scored with 72, had set in the first half of the match. A pull shot off the gentle medium pace of Stuart Binny didn't run to the boundary but was the ideal tonic for a sagging spirit.</div>
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Chelsea remain in the hunt for a Premier League and Champions League double after a 2-0 win away at leaders Liverpool on Sunday.</div>
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Victory saw Jose Mourinho's men close to within two points of top spot in the Premier League with two games to play.</div>
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However, third-placed Manchester City will be just three points off the summit, with a game in hand on both Liverpool and Chelsea, if they win away to Crystal Palace later on Sunday.</div>
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Senegal striker Demba Ba gave Chelsea the lead in first-half stoppage time when a slip by Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard allowed him to charge through and beat Reds goalkeeper Simon Mignolet in a one-on-one.</div>
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Chelsea put the result beyond doubt in added time at the end of the match when, with the hosts pressing for an equaliser, former Liverpool striker Fernando Torres led a counter-attack before squaring the ball to substitute Willian for a simple finish.</div>
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Chelsea face Atletico Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday after a goalless initial encounter in Spain.</div>
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Despite Sunday's success on Merseyside, Chelsea manager Mourinho insisted either Liverpool or City would end the season as champions of England.</div>
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"Now we can say we won both matches against the champions," Mourinho told Sky Sports. "If it's Liverpool, we won both. If it's City, we won both.</div>
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"With these three points we need one point to finish third. It was a good season for us and an evolution in many aspects of this team.</div>
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"The champions will be City or Liverpool so we have nothing to celebrate. Obviously many people would be expecting us to come here and lose 3-0 or 5-0 like others," the Portuguese added after making seven changes to his starting side at Anfield.</div>
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"But the boys had an amazing performance so I'm so happy for them and for the fans. This is the spirit we always want at Chelsea Football Club."</div>
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Earlier on Sunday, Sunderland climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone with a 4-0 win at home to 10-man fellow strugglers Cardiff City.</div>
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Connor Wickham headed Sunderland, who kicked off bottom of the table, into a 26th-minute lead at the Stadium of Light but the match turned decisively in favour of the home side on the stroke of half-time.</div>
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Wickham burst clear and was bearing down on goal when his shirt was tugged by Cardiff centre-back Juan Cala, whose poor back-pass had let him in.</div>
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Phil Dowd played an advantage after Wickham stayed on his feet but, when that didn't lead to a goal, the referee blew for a penalty and sent off Cala.</div>
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Fabio Borini, as he'd done in Sunderland's shock 2-1 win over Chelsea last week, scored from the spot.</div>
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Emanuele Giaccherini put the result beyond doubt by making it 3-0 in the 76th minute before Wickham headed in his second goal four minutes from time.</div>
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Sunderland's victory saw Gus Poyet's side move above Norwich, who dropped into the relegation zone on goal difference, with a game in hand on the teams around them at the foot of the table.</div>
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Defeat plunged Cardiff to the bottom, two points shy of safety with two games to play.</div>
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An elated Wickham told the BBC: "I'm over the moon. I can't ask for much more.</div>
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"We're out of the relegation zone and we'll keep fighting to stay there."</div>
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Saturday saw Ryan Giggs launch his reign as interim Manchester United manager following the sacking of David Moyes with a 4-0 thrashing of Norwich City at Old Trafford, Wayne Rooney and substitute Juan Mata scoring two goals apiece.</div>
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Everton missed the chance to go above Arsenal in the race for fourth position, and a place in next season's Champions League, after two own-goals condemned them to a 2-0 loss at Southampton.</div>
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Arsenal will move four points in front of Everton with two games to play if they beat Newcastle United at the Emirates Stadium on Monday.</div>
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Ronaldo, a member of Brazil's 2002 World Cup-winning side and a member of the organizing committee said only politicians could properly address issues such as poor public services and crumbling infrastructure.</div>
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"Brazilians hope the World Cup will prove the salvation of our country, with improvements in education, health and security. It will bring benefits but will not resolve our problems," Ronaldo told a forum in Sao Paulo.</div>
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The World Cup's $ 11 billion price tag has fueled public anger in Brazil, the scene of massive protests during last year's Confederations Cup, a World Cup dress rehearsal.</div>
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More recent protests have been smaller, but some have ended in violence and anti-Cup campaigners have promised more unrest when the World Cup kicks off on 12 June with Brazil taking on Croatia in Sao Paulo.</div>
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<span class="jw_media_holder jwMediaContent" id="media_1" style="display: inline-block; margin: 0px 0px 10px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 634px;"><img alt="Brazilian football legend Ronaldo to take up advertising studies in Britain01" height="425" src="http://en.prothom-alo.com/contents/cache/images/650x0x1/uploads/media/2014/04/26/535b925d3c8b2-Brazilian-football-legend-Ronaldo-to-take-up-advertising-studies-in-Britain01.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="640" /></span><br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Brazilian leaders indicated when the country was awarded the tournament seven years ago that the event would be a catalyst for upgrading poor transport and urban mobility.</div>
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But many planned projects have fallen by the wayside whereas 12 high-tech stadiums have been built, some in cities with no footballing tradition.</div>
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Furthermore, several stadiums, including Sao Paulo and Curitiba, will only be ready at the last minute and protestors have slated the high cost amid evidence some were over-priced.</div>
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"I am against over-charging of works and stadiums, I am against corruption," Ronaldo insisted.</div>
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"I have not done the auditing, nor signed the contracts. I hope the population ask ever more of our politicians. People are fed up with what is happening in the country," insisted the former Barcelona, Inter Milan and Real Madrid striker, all-time top scorer at World Cup finals with 15 goals.</div>
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