Diverse identities find platform in the World Cup

The Confederation of African Football believes its decision to move the timing of the Cup of Nations is paying immediate dividends in Brazil.

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

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The cynics can eat humble pie. Brazil 2014 has after all confounded critics to ensconce itself among the very best World Cups in history.

Algeria face Belgium in World Cup Group H on Tuesday, hoping to upset the fancied outsiders to win the tournament.

Brazil has spent as much as £11bn on hosting the World Cup in an effort to create the best ever tournament. The BBC's Peter Okwoche has been looking at how the competition has added up.

Toronto striker Bright Dike is officially ruled out of Nigeria's World Cup squad after surgery on an Achilles injury.