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# World Cup 2014

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'Red shame': How the Spanish press reacted to yesterday's devastating loss to Holland
Robin van Persie's goal sparked an epic online Photoshop battle
‘I could not be more sick of seeing Hugo Lloris’ face’
Robin van Persie hails 'inexplicable' Dutch win
Five-goal Dutch overwhelm ailing Spanish
Chile burn off scrappy Australians as Alexis Sanchez pulls the strings
We’ll Leave It There So: World Cup officiating woes, Armagh's good Samaritan and all today’s sport
Spain v Holland, World Cup 2014 Group B
FIFA bans Beckenbauer over Qatar inquiry rejection
Another World Cup game, another controversial refereeing display
The real reason Americans call it 'soccer' is all England's fault
World Cup hangout: the liveblog that's imagining Eamon Dunphy in a nice summer frock
Brazilians in Dublin react to all of last night's goals
United pursuit was a 'good distraction', says van Gaal
Letter from Brazil: I'll buy FIFA-branded water but not locals' World Cup conspiracy theories
German fans bring their sofas to turn stadium into a giant World Cup living room
Meanwhile in Manaus, they're 'spray-painting' the brown bits of the pitch
This spine-tingling, a capella rendition of the Brazilian anthem was one of last night's highlights
Belfast shop insists it's displaying Ivory Coast flag, NOT Ireland flag
Van Gaal making no apologies for defensive approach to thwart world champions Spain
'There will be 100 penalties in this World Cup,' fumes Croatia coach Kovac
Brazil taste victory thanks to poor goalkeeping and even worse refereeing
Worrying news for Portugal as Ronaldo limps out of training
Brazil's Marcelo scores the first (own) goal of the 2014 World Cup
Eamon Dunphy: 'If England reach the quarter-finals, I'll show up with a dress on'
Brazil v Croatia, World Cup 2014 opener
Scholesy: 'Ross Barkley must start against Italy'
World Cup hangout: get ready for tonight's big kick-off in São Paulo
5 reasons why Brazil will win the World Cup
3 players set to influence tonight's World Cup opener
The cult World Cup teams we loved: Croatia 1998
There'll be an ex-Louth U21 footballer doing stats for Croatia against Brazil tonight
Letter from Brazil: country wakes up to the sound of the samba beat... and a World Cup
5 reasons why Germany will win the World Cup
TheScore.ie's foolproof guide to skiving off work to watch the World Cup
12 essential phrases for bluffing your way through the World Cup
Pirlo: Italy 'always' perform against England
How well do you know the World Cup? Here are 20 questions
15 years after they started building it, the tram in Salvador opened yesterday and we were on board
The pitch in Manaus is in a bit of a state