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Striker Eto'o will miss the match against Croatio as he is nursing a right knee injury.

Messi finally ended an eight-year wait for a World Cup goal as Argentina edged past debutants Bosnia at the Maracana stadium.

Catch all the Live action from the Group E encounter between France and Honduras at the Estadio Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre.

A goal deep in stoppage-time by Haris Seferovic gave Switzerland a dramatic 2-1 victory over Ecuador in their Group E opener.

Italy looking forward to beat a much improved England side boasting plenty of attacking talent on a good pitch.

Alexis Sanchez produced a dynamic performance to lead Chile to a 3-1 win over Australia in the World Cup, scoring one goal and setting up another.

Oribe Peralta scored in the 61st minute to hand Mexico their first win over an African rival in the World Cup.

"Cameroon has something to disturb other teams and earn their respect. This is why Mexico and Cameroon are probably on the same level right now," says coach.

Brazil keen to thwart the European challenge led by defending champions Spain, turning a nationwide anger over spending money on hosting the event into happiness.

Brazilian Intelligence Agency Abin's assistant director Ronaldo Belham said on Tuesday that the United States is among the teams included in this special protection level.

Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez does not know when Suarez, working hard on his fitness after knee cartilage surgery, will be ready to play again.

The Germany forward Klose needs to score at least once in the tournament in Brazil to equal Ronaldo's record of 15 World Cup goals.

Germany arrived at their World Cup base by ferry on Sunday, welcomed by flag-waving schoolchildren and a small crowd of well-wishers.

Argentina easily beat Slovenia 2-0 in their last World Cup warmup with goals from Ricardo Alvarez and Lionel Messi on Saturday.

Players ruled out of the World Cup finals because of injury in the past week following the announcement on Saturday Germany's Marco Reus would not be going to Brazil.

After coming agonisingly close to victory at the big tournaments in recent years, Germany are now under pressure to finally deliver at the World Cup.