BRAZIL 2014: Four stars for 4-time World Champs (and major shirt sales for Adidas)

Germany coach Joachim Loew believes die Mannschaft’s historic World Cup win at Brazil 2014 will be the stepping stone to achieving further future honours.

Brazil’s President Dilma Roussef vowed that her country is ready to host the most trouble-plagued World Cup in history from today as she confronted public anger at the multi-billion-dollar price tag.

What better platform to make a statement than one watched by billions around the planet?

Chelsea midfielder Oscar put the seal on the win with a late strike from distance to trigger delirium.

Ghana, Algeria in tricky spots against top-ranked European teams in their respective groups.

>The pretenders are gone. The 16 teams remaining in Brazil are the best sides in the world, the outstanding sides left in what is shaping up to be a tournament for the ages.

President Dilma Rousseff: “I hear and respect those opinions but I don’t agree with them. It is a false dilemma” Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says her country is ready, on and off the pitch, for the football World Cup which starts on Thursday. In a TV address, she said “the pessimists” had been defeated by the determination of the Brazilian people. She rejected criticism of overspending, saying that the tournament would leave a lasting legacy of infrastructure. Brazil has seen a year...

>On Friday next week, after the official opening of the Fifa World Cup in Brazil on Thursday, Chile will launch their campaign in the tournament by taking on Australia.

Players expected to figure prominently would mostly be from up and coming developing countries!