Confed cup

According to FIFA, the 2013 edition of the competition saw a 66 per cent growth compared to the 2009 edition in South Africa, with 433 million page views on fifa.com, partly due to the increasing mobile audience

The atmosphere at the famous stadium was electrifying as the hosts put in an excellent performance to get the better of the Spanish national team, which looked a shadow of itself.

Brazil FA President, Jose Maria Marin; Spain FA President, Angel Maria Villar Llona, joined FIFA President, Joseph S. Blatter, in a special presentation ceremony, in which shirts signed by the respective finalists were presented to Tokyo…

The two sides could not be separated in 120 minutes of football and it was the Italians who held their nerve in the penalty shoot-out

Instead, the tournament climax will be what many are calling the "dream final" - a surprisingly rare clash between Brazil and Spain. It seems an anomaly that they have met just once in the last 23 years, in a 1999 friendly which ended…

The shoot-out was started off by Antonio Candreva of Italy who nonchalantly chipped the ball down the middle, showing incredible amounts of confidence

He spoke further, "It is our lot. No one gave the Dream Team a chance on the way to Atlanta in 1996, especially after they lost 0-3 to Togo in their final friendly in Lagos

The Selecao have won their last two encounters with Uruguay, including a 4-0 thumping in a World Cup qualifier in June 2009. Luiz Felipe Scolari's first-ever match in charge of Brazil ended in a 1-0 defeat to Uruguay in July 2001

In a story titled: 'Sex, lies and videotape', it said the thefts were noticed after the five women left the hotel the following morning and that some of the events had been caught on a hotel security camera

Yobo, who was not listed by the Super Eagles’ handler, Stephen Keshi, for the ongoing Confederations Cup, will also miss the European action for two seasons, following his Fenerbahce’s involvement in match fixing scandal

The team is expected to leave its Seara Praia Hotel in Fortaleza by 10:30am local time, which is 2:30pm Nigerian time, for Sao Paolo from where the team will link a flight to Johannesburg, South Africa

In prestigious tournaments, refereeing teams rarely get the chance to make more than one major mistake

The former Eagles skipper, speaking on a Super Sport programme on Sunday, said the home based-Eagles' performance in the tournament did not meet the expected standard

Bosque admitted the 3-0 did not really reflect the trend of the game and that the Nigerian side was unlucky not to have scored, especially in the first half

Substitute Luis Suarez added a brace in the final minutes, surpassing Diego Forlan as Uruguay’s all-time leading scorer

Even a win by them may not have changed their fortunes as their advancement in the competition was also hinged on the other group match in Recife between Uruguay and Tahiti

Five policemen are estimated to have sustained injuries resulting from the assaults, adding to the dozens of civilian casualties and pair of deaths that have been inflicted so far

Meanwhile, Nigeria suffered their first defeat in 20 matches against Uruguay on Thursday, ending a run, which started in October 2010, while Spain became the first team to reach double figures in the tournament’s history after beating…

Keshi told the world media that he expects all his 22 players will be fit, while regretting the absence of Lazio midfield man, Ogenyi Onazi, who was out due to injury prior to the tournament

Nigeria needs an outright victory in the epic match against world and European champions, Spain, having lost the second group match against Uruguay on Thursday despite pummeling Tahiti 6-1 in the first group match