Brazil's Thiago Silva could face Paraguay

The 26-year-old defender missed training on Saturday but the squad's medical team are hopeful that he'll be fit for the quarter-final showdown

The Goal-den Rule

Sepp Blatter has received his fair share of criticism in the past couple of months after some controversial moments at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and now the FIFA boss may well re-open the floodgates with his most recent revelation: the possible re-introduction of the Golden Goal rule...

Bafana Hold Paraguay

The second-string Bafana Bafana squad have kept their unbeaten record intact in South America, drawing 1-1 with Paraguay in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Tragedy Strikes

Paraguayan attacker Derlis Florentin has died at the age of 26 in a car accident in Paraguay early on Sunday morning. Florentin reportedly lost control of his car on a road close to Cordillera and crashed into another car before slipping off the road.

South American Dispatch

Goal.com’s Tim Sturtridge reports on the Brazilian striker making journalists in Brazil eat their words as well as Salvador Cabañas’ appearance on Mexican television...

Cabanas' Situation Improving

Paraguayan attacker Salvador Cabanas was shot in the head last Monday and underwent surgery on his injuries shortly after. The 29-year-old's condition had since been critical, but stable. Cabanas' situation is now improving though, and the forward has recognised his relatives.

500,000 Ticket Applications

Ticket sales for the first World Cup in Africa are thriving, and South Africans are getting behind the tournament, applying for 77% of the tickets in the third phase of sales.