Italian striker Mario Balotelli demanded a kiss from the Queen of England if his team beat Costa Rica in their World Cup group game here.
Around 3,000 members of the Roofless Worker's Movement (MTST) protested here on the seventh day of the FIFA World Cup.
A young Chinese man died after he spent several days without sleep to watch the World Cup matches, currently held in Brazil, according to doctors.
In a good news for motorsport fans, Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher is declared to be out of coma and has been moved from the Grenoble University Hospital here.
French fashion house Louis Vuitton has designed a travelling case for the 2014 FIFA World Cup trophy.
As Indian football buffs get hooked to the Fifa World Cup, health experts are advising fans to rein in their emotions and take precautions to cope with the rigours of the late-night schedules of the globe’s biggest sporting extravaganza.