FIFA has cleared Pepe to play in Portugal's last Group G match by banning him for only one match for his red card against Germany.

FIFA said Pepe will serve his suspension when Portugal plays the United States on Sunday. He can play against Ghana next Thursday.

Vicente del Bosque will not be rushed into a decision over his future as coach of Spain after their World Cup reign ended in a humiliating first round exit.

Wednesday's 2-0 defeat to Chile at Rio's Maracana, which followed a 5-1 rout at the hands of the Netherlands, sealed the fate of Spain who were chasing a fourth successive title to add to their 2010 World Cup and 2008 and 2012 European championships.

At England's beach-side hotel in Rio de Janeiro it was captain Steven Gerrard who tried to raise the spirits of his demoralized teammates. They hadn't been outplayed by Italy in their World Cup opener — far from it — but still go into Thursday's game with Uruguay on zero points in Group D.

Addressing the squad, Gerrard told them to be "really proud of the effort and commitment," but the 112-cap veteran also delivered a warning: lose against Uruguay and they are bound to be back on the plane to England next week.

Striker Mario Mandzukic scored two second-half goals as Croatia knocked 10-man Cameroon out of the World Cup with a 4-0 rout in Manaus on Wednesday.

Spain's long reign as the kings of international football came to a dramatic end at the World Cup on Wednesday, with the defending champions sent crashing out after a 2-0 defeat to Chile.

On a day when King Juan Carlos tearfully sealed his abdication after a four-decade reign, Spain's players were booted from their own throne in 90 minutes.

The Netherlands moved to the verge of the World Cup last 16 on Wednesday with a breathless, come from behind 3-2 win over Australia.

Louis van Gaal's side will become the first team into the knockout phase if Spain fail to beat Chile in Group B's late game.

Borussia Dortmund announced that midfielder Ilkay Gundogan has undergone a back operation after missing most of last season through injury and should be able to make his comeback in three months.

Dortmund said on Wednesday that Gundogan, whose injury problems ruled him out of Germany's World Cup campaign, had "minimally invasive" surgery in Munich this week.

Wimbledon turned tennis upside down Wednesday when Novak Djokovic was named top seed above world number one Rafael Nadal while defending champion Andy Murray was seeded three over seven-time winner Roger Federer.

The All England Club awarded top billing to 27-year-old Djokovic, the 2011 champion and 2013 runner-up, by using its controversial grasscourt weighting system in deciding its seeds instead of sticking by the ATP world rankings.

The magnitude of Spain's opening 5-1 loss to Netherlands comes into sharper focus Wednesday when the defending champions must fend off World Cup elimination against Chile, less than a week into the tournament.

Spain and 2010 runner-up Netherlands were expected to advance from Group B, but plenty of pundits — including Brazilian great Pele — tipped Chile as a genuine contender to progress at the expense of one of those European powers.

Blundering Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev was bailed out by teammate Alexander Kerzhakov in a 1-1 draw with South Korea in the World Cup on Tuesday that exposed both teams' deficiencies.

Akinfeev had already looked suspect in dealing with long-range shots before spilling Lee Keun-ho's speculative effort into his own net in the 68th minute, gifting South Korea the lead at the Arena Pantanal.