The technical astuteness of Netherlands’ Van Gaal meets the passion of Mexico’s Herrera. THE World Cup 2014 is now in the do-or-die stages for 16 teams. You lose and you board the plane home. So one can expect all the match-ups to be feisty. So far, Brazil and Colombia have qualified for …

We mark the start of Ramadan by looking into how to reduce fatigue, minimise dehydration and stay healthy during the fasting month, especially during the run-up to the World Cup finals. Today marks the start of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar when Muslims around the world observe a …

I have always supported the Netherlands or the Oranje in every World Cup tournament since 1994. This World Cup however, I decided to support Japan or the Blue Samurai. I wanted the Asian champions to show the world that a team from this region could make it big. How wrong I was. Asia’s best team fin …

KUALA LUMPUR: The terror link that is being forged between Malaysian militants and the other fighters from Middle Eastern groups, including off-shoots of al-Qaeda, has become the primary concern of intelligence agencies in the region. While veteran fighters have joined in the Syrian civil war, which …

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilians rejoiced on Saturday when their nervy team edged past Chile to book a place in the World Cup quarter-finals in a nail-biting penalty shootout after the game finished 1-1 following extra time. The reaction was more relief than jubilation, after a pulsating match …

Here are some FIFA World Cup pictures for today, 29th June 2014. World Cup 2014: Today in pictures (27/6)

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – James Rodriguez scored a contender for goal of the tournament and put the finishing touch to a sweet, flowing attacking raid as Colombia beat a toothless Uruguay 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time on Saturday. Colombia will now play h …

PETALING JAYA: A Proton car has been used as a car bomb in a video purportedly filmed in Syria. The three-minute thirty-one second video uploaded to YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf-i9vn68-o) shows a man setting up four improvised explosive devices (IED) in a Proton Saga BLM in the back se …

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s first ever Playboy bunny Felixia Yeap (pic) will be “reborn” this Thursday when she embraces Islam. In a Facebook status update Friday, the Ipoh lass said she chose July 3 to embrace the religion as it was also her birthday. “I hope everyone will pra …

What really triggered World War I, and could it happen again? A hundred years ago today, in 1914, a bomb blew up and gunshots rang out in Sarajevo, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, killing the heir to the Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenber …

STATISTICS don’t lie. The US stock market is hitting new highs, just like many other exchanges around the world. The volatility index, also known as the fear index, is at a low. But somehow, it does not seem like the markets are poised for a bull run. Instead, fund managers generally agree that this …

BRASILIA (Reuters) – The furore over Luis Suarez’s heavy ban for biting filled the void of the first game-free day at the World Cup in Brazil on Friday, with his Italian victim Giorgio Chiellini leading the criticism of the Uruguayan’s record punishment. The Italy defender feared t …

KUALA LUMPUR: They didn’t do much, except walk and eat but that was enough to create excitement for those seeing Xing Xing and Liang Liang at Zoo Negara’s Giant Panda Conservation and Exhibition Centre. The centre was opened to the public yesterday. Student Harris Haiqal Shaan who had been waiting t …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 (Bernama) – Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai led the swearing-in ceremony of ministers and deputy ministers and took the oath of office and allegiance before Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah at Istana Negara, here Friday. Liow was sworn-in as ministe …

SIPITANG, June 27 (Bernama) — Budget 2015 should take into account the needs of farmers, breeders and fishermen, said the Sabah Farmers Organisation Authority (PPNS) chairman Datuk Mohd Nazri Abdullah. He said the budget, expected to be tabled by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Oc …