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Germany could lose Marco Reus for the World Cup after he pulled up with an ankle injury on Friday.

Suarez did stretching exercises and some light jogging during a Uruguay team training session on the outskirts of Montevideo.

Miroslav Klose on Friday broke Gerd Mueller's 40-year record when he notched his 69th goal in a 6-1 World Cup warmup rout of Armenia.

Veteran Dynamo Moscow defender Luke Wilkshire was one of four players cut by coach Ange Postecoglou as Australia reduced their squad to 23 players for the World Cup.

Spain will play their Group B opener against the Netherlands on June 13 in Salvador before moving on to face Chile and Australia.

FIFA has declined comment on a British newspaper report that questions the integrity of choosing Qatar as 2022 World Cup host.

Costa is hopeful of playing some part in Spain's friendly against El Salvador next weekend as he battles to be fit in time for the World Cup.

Italy suffered a serious blow ahead of next month's World Cup when midfielder Montolivo broke his leg during a warm-up game against Ireland at Craven Cottage on Saturday.

From being jeered out of Liverpool to managing England at the World Cup, Hodgson has enjoyed the most gratifying of career turnarounds.

The Chileans reached the round of 16 at the last World Cup and world-class players like Vidal and Sanchez should make them better this time.

Atletico Madrid forward David Villa is about to sign a three-year contract with New York City FC, according to news reports.

Brazil-based midfielder Edwin Valencia has been cut from Colombia's World Cup squad due to a torn calf muscle.

Buffon listed Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Germany as favourites to win the tournament in Brazil, with Italy among the dark horses who are a rung below.

Cesar has backed the official World Cup football, playing down possible worries over the performance of the adidas-made Brazuca.

Former World Cup winner Romario launched another attack on Brazil's organisation of the World Cup on Monday and accused former team mate Ronaldo of inconsistency.

The seven Barcelona players selected to the squad that will likely go to the World Cup started preparing Monday for Spain's warm-up friendly against Bolivia.