NEWS & BIOGRAPHIES: June 2014

Saturday, June 28, 2014

World Cup Update , Chile knocked Out in Penalty Shoot Out

With a heavy heart Chilean players left the ground. The reason behind that - they were defeated by Brasil in the penalty shoot out. As Chile was knocked out of the quarter-final of the world cup, Brasil proceeded to the next round.
With the stadium packed with the supporters of Brasil, Chile gave Brasil quite a challenge. The full time score and the extra time score which ended in 1-1 shows that. However, the luck did not support Chile in the penalty shoot out and thus they lost the match to Brasil.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Nigeria and Switzerland made it to the Quarterfinal

Nigeria despite losing the game with Argentina confirmed their place in the top 16.
Switzerland defeated Honduras to proceed to the quarterfinal of the world cup 2014.
Xherdan Shaqiri scored hat-trick for Switzerland.
Messi striked twice in their win against Nigeria.
10 men Ecuador held France for a goalless draw.
Match fixtures

Nigeria 2 - 3 Argentina

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 - 1 Iran

Ecuador 0 - 0 France

Switzerland 3 - 0 Honduras

International News Headlines of 25 June

Four killed when a passenger rail derailed in India.
The government of Ukraine and the rebels agree to abide by the cease fire.
John Kerry is in Iraq meeting with local Kurdish leaders.
8 Bangladeshi sentenced to death for their role in bombing at a New Years Celebration concert 13 years ago.
Top China officials visit Taiwan.

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