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Eight percent of Russians believe their national team will win the World Cup, despite the fact that it never qualified for the tournament, an independent poll has showed.
World Cup shame had swift political repercussions on Wednesday when Nigeria's president suspended the national team and France's parliament held an inquest into their side's dismal failure.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has announced that his country will withdraw from all international football competitions in the next two years.
Keeper Eduardo, left back Fabio Coentrao and midfielder Tiago, the three Portugal players who most enhanced their reputations during the side's lacklustre World Cup campaign, could be rewarded with moves to big clubs.
Disappointment was the tone after the Portuguese national soccer team was eliminated from the South Africa World Cup on Tuesday
Spain marched into the quarter-finals in their own inimitable style on Tuesday when another display of patient, precise passing let David Villa deliver a 1-0 win over a Portugal side left chasing shadows.
Takeshi Okada said his work is done as the Japanese national coach after his team fell short of his goal of reaching the World Cup semifinals.
The Chilean press expressed disappointment on Monday after the national soccer team was eliminated from the World Cup of South Africa with a 3-0 loss to Brazil.
French Football Federation (FFF) president Jean-Pierre Escalettes said on Monday he was resigning after France's World Cup fiasco.
It was a mistake to show replays of Argentina's controversial opening goal against Mexico on giant stadium screens during Sunday's World Cup game, world soccer's governing body said on Monday. Time to use technology on pitch
Semifinals Fixtures
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July 8 |
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Top Scorers
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Player |
Team |
Goals |
David Villa | ESP | 5 |
| Sneijder | NED | 5 | |||
| Diego Forlan |
URU |
5 | |||
| Mueller |
GER |
5 | |||
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Vittek |
SVK | 4 | |||
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Klose |
GER |
4 |
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Higuain |
ARG |
4 |
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Asamoah Gyan |
GHA |
3 | |||
| Donovan | USA | 3 | |||
| Luis Suarez | URU | 3 | Fabiano | BRA | 3 |
URU 2 - 3 NED 
GER 0 - 1 ESP 