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Brazil defender Dante vs Germany striker Miroslav Klose could be the most decisive battle in the game.

Atletico de Kolkata unveiled Luis Garcia as their marquee player in the first announcement of the much-anticipated tournament on Monday.

FIFA says on its website that Marco Rodriguez of Mexico will referee the match in Belo Horizonte.

Catch all the live updates from the fourth quarterfinal match between Netherlands and Costa Rica at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador.

Brazil striker Neymar and Colombia playmaker Rodriguez have led their teams to the quarterfinals, dominating the attention and the scoring.

While the hosts beat Chile in a penalty shootout to avoid elimination in the second round, the Colombians had a 2-0 win over Uruguay to reach the quarter-finals.

A European presence in the World Cup semi-finals is assured as Germany and France meet at the Maracana on Friday.

The euphoria in soccer-mad Colombia is deafening, and wonderfully contagious, ahead of Friday's do-or-die World Cup match against host Brazil.

Diego Maradona has said he could be the next coach of Venezuela, the only South American country that has never made it to the World Cup.

Football fans in Nigeria have expressed disappointment over the exit of the West African country from the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Colombia have won all their games so far, scoring 11 and conceding only 2 goals in the football World Cup 2014.

Messi's goals have fired Argentina into the last 16 but they will look for a better all-round performance when they meet Switzerland.

Mexico defender Marquez stuck his foot out and Netherlands Robben went down for an injury-time penalty that took his team into the World Cup quarter-finals.

Mexico's captain Rafael Marquez said Robben had admitted to him that the Dutch forward should not have been awarded the penalty that decided Sunday's last-16 clash.

The shootout penalty win against Chile exposed the Selecao's flaws but also their lion heart.

A total of 32 countries qualified for World Cup Football 2014, of which 16 have been eliminated in the Group Stage and the remaining 16 have advanced to the Round of 16.