Chilean defender Gary Medel, nicknamed the "Pitbull", is out to put the bite on Spain in their crucial World Cup encounter at the Maracana on Tuesday.... more »
After their 5-1 annihilation by Holland, the spectre of a humiliating World Cup group-stage exit hangs over champions Spain ahead of Wednesday's game with Chile in Rio de Janeiro.... more »
Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal says his side are not interested in eliminating Spain from the World Cup, they just want to win the whole thing.... more »
Chile's Nottingham Forest defender Gonzalo Jara reportedly admitted cheating to orchestrate Australia striker Tim Cahill's yellow card in Friday's World Cup game in Cuiaba.... more »
Australia coach Ange Postecoglou may have packed his team with World Cup debutants but it was the timeless virtues of a grizzled Socceroo veteran that he was extolling after defeat to Chile on Friday.... more »
Alexis Sanchez helped Chile pile the pressure on world champions Spain after a 3-1 win over Australia in their World Cup opener in Cuiaba saw them join the Netherlands on top of Group B.... more »
Chile helped pile the pressure on champions Spain after sealing an eventually comfortable 3-1 win over Australia in their World Cup Group B opener in Cuiaba on Friday.... more »
Australia, basking in the role of world Cup underdogs, are up for the "massive" challenge of tackling Chile, coach Ange Postecoglou promised in Cuiaba on the eve of Friday's Group B game.... more »
Coach Jorge Sampaoli made 17,000 million Chileans happy on Friday by declaring star player Arturo Vidal fit for Friday's World Cup "final" with Australia.... more »
World Cup outsiders Australia are aiming to punch above their weight and give a Chile side choc-a-bloc with talent a bloody nose in Cuiaba on Friday.... more »
Australia veteran Tim Cahill told his young, untested teammates on Wednesday to cast aside any lingering pre-World Cup jitters and go out and enjoy the experience of locking horns with Chile in their World Cup opener.... more »
Chile star Arturo Vidal gave his team a timely boost just two days before their opening World Cup clash against Australia by training with his team-mates.... more »
Goalkeeper Mat Ryan and midfielder Dario Vidosic on Tuesday said they could not wait to get stuck into opening World Cup opponents Chile on Friday in Cuiaba.... more »
Chile's midfield star Arturo Vidal is a doubt to face Australia in Cuiaba as he battles a knee inflamation, La Roja's medical staff revealed at their Belo Horizonte camp Saturday.... more »
Drawn in an unforgiving group with champions Spain, 2010 runners-up Holland and a strong Chilean team, Australia have it all to do to make a World Cup impact.... more »
Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal, recovering from right knee surgery, figured in Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli's 23-player World Cup squad announced on Sunday.... more »
Midfielder Pedro Pablo Hernandez was dropped from Chile's slimmed down 24-man squad for the World Cup on Saturday after failing to recover from a leg injury.... more »
Fiorentina midfielder Matias Fernandez withdrew from Chile's World Cup squad on Tuesday with an ankle injury that is more serious than he initially suspected.... more »
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