Luis Suarez has made a statement via his twitter account, apologises to Giorgio Chiellini and the football family for his infamous bite.
My apologies to Chiellini: pic.twitter.com/CvfkkjxzlM
— Luis Suarez (@luis16suarez) June 30, 2014
“Never again” – Luis Suarez apologises to Chiellini and football family
Wall Street Journal draws up World Cup diving rankings
After the first 32 games of the World Cup the WSJ have drawn up a table ranking each of the teams in terms of diving. Not including actual injuries where a player was forced to miss time at the World Cup, the teams are ranked firstly on the number of times an ‘injury’ occurred and also by the resulting ‘writhing time” i.e. how much time was spent rolling around in apparent agony before making a miraculous recovery.
Brazil top the charts with 17 ‘injuries’, while ironically, Honduras – notable for their physicality towards the opposition – spent the most time rolling around, feigning injury. England came in at a ‘respectable’ 26 position, while Bosnia & Herzegovina had the least number of injuries and only spent 24 seconds on the deck.
Click the image above to see the complete rankings table.
How Brazil would line up if they used their full names
This is how Brazil’s team sheet would look if they dropped their nick names in favour of the formal first and last names format.
Beautiful animation of James Rodriguez’ goal vs Uruguay
James Rodriguez’ stunning volley vs Uruguay was clearly one of the goals of the tournament in Brazil so far. So it was great to see that animator Richard Swarbrick has applied his trademark artistic style to the iconic goal.
To see more gorgeous animations, check out Richard’s youtube channel here.
Left wing back, right back, centre forward, right back: Dirk Kuyt’s Heat Map v Mexico
Dirk Kuyt may lack some of the finesse that the headliner grabbers do, but he more than makes up for it with endless running illustrated by this heat map against Mexico.
England out as Costa Rica complete stunning win over Italy
Costa Rica produced their second stunning upset in a week to beat a poor Italy side and confirm England’s exit from the 2014 World Cup.
The Central Americans fully warranted their win at Arena Pernambuco, which was sealed by a Bryan Ruiz header shortly before half-time.
The Fulham striker’s effort hit the crossbar and bounced over the line, with goalline technology confirming the decision.
continue reading – BBC Sport – World Cup: Italy 0-1 Costa Rica.
‘We never, ever learn’ Chris Waddle lays into England
Former England man Chris Waddle laments England’s performance insisting ‘we never, ever learn’ after Luis Suarez’ double leaves England on the brink of elimination.
VISUALISED: How Spain v Chile played out on twitter
An equally spectacular and disconcerting visualisation of twitter activity during Spain v Chile using Geotags. The world looks apocalyptic as Chile fire home their two goals.
Linesman’s smooth reaction to hand shake snub
Great reactions from the linesman just before leading the teams out for the Chile – Spain match.
Robin van Persie’s unbelievable diving header vs Spain
Robin van Persie levels for the Dutch vs Spain with an astounding diving header.