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BELO HORIZONTE Brazil (Reuters) – France reached the World Cup quarter-finals on Monday with a 2-0 win over Nigeria that left only one African team still in, while Uruguay striker Luis Suarez broke his silence to apologise for biting. Algeria, the remaining African side and also the sole Arab …

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 …

RIO DE JANEIRO: FIFA has banned Uruguay striker Luis Suarez for nine international games on top of a four-month suspension on all football activities for biting an opponent at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Suarez will miss the rest of the tournament and will not be able to represent his club Liverpo …

PETALING JAYA: Luis Suarez is hogging the headlines for the wrong reasons…Again! This time the mercurial Uruguay and Liverpool striker was accused of biting Giorgio Chiellini’s shoulder during his team’s World Cup victory over Italy. On Wednesday, FIFA said that it has begun proceedings …

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Companies ranging from McDonalds to Trident chewing gum to JC Penney gobbled up the free publicity offered by Uruguay striker Luis Suarez’s incredible bite on Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during a World Cup match on Tuesday. Suarez was caught chomping on the Ita …

NO doubt, many will be talking about Spain’s defeat at the hands of Chile. The reigning World Champions are out of 2014 World Cup in Brazil! Now the Spaniards will deem the Maracana Stadium as cursed for them. Goals from Eduardo Vargas and Charles Aranguiz were enough to sink the Spanish Armada. Net …