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Costa Rica Hangs on to Beat Greece in Shootout

With his team down to 10 men for nearly an hour, Keylor Navas made sure Costa Rica's last line of defense held firm.

The goalkeeper came through with a string of stops in regulation and extra time and then made the only save in a penalty shootout to send Costa Rica through to the World Cup quarterfinals on Sunday with a win over Greece.

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Netherlands into Last Eight after Late Fightback Vs. Mexico

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar struck a stoppage-time penalty as the Netherlands staged an incredible late fightback to beat Mexico 2-1 and reach the World Cup quarter-finals here Sunday.

Huntelaar kept his cool in furnace-like conditions to fire Holland into the last eight after Wesley Sneijder had scored an 88th-minute equalizer to cancel out Giovani Dos Santos's goal for Mexico.

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Colombia Beats Uruguay 2-0 at World Cup

With a spectacular swivel-and-strike, James Rodriguez provided one of the highlights of the World Cup and gave Brazil reason to worry.

Rodriguez scored one of the best goals of the tournament and added a second to put Colombia into the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time with a 2-0 win over Uruguay on Saturday — setting up a meeting with the host nation.

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Serena Stunned by Cornet in Epic Wimbledon Upset

Serena Williams crashed to her earliest exit at Wimbledon for nine years as the world number one suffered a shock 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 loss against French 24th seed Alize Cornet in the third round on Saturday.

Top seed Williams, a five-time Wimbledon champion, had reached at least the last 16 in each of her previous seven visits to the All England Club, but Cornet fought back from a set down to end that sequence in two hours and four minutes of gripping drama on Court One.

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Brazil Beat Chile on Penalties to Reach World Cup Quarters

Brazil advanced to the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Saturday after holding their nerve to down Chile on penalties.

Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar was the hero, saving twice in the shoot-out before Chile defender Gonzalo Jara's final spot-kick crashed off the woodwork to hand the World Cup hosts a 3-2 win.

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Nadal Shines as Rain Swamps Wimbledon

Rafael Nadal overcame an early blip to defeat Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin and reach the Wimbledon last 16, shining beneath the Center Court roof on Saturday as heavy rain swept away the action outside.

The 2008 and 2010 champion dropped the opening set for the third time in three matches before turning things around in a 6-7 (4/7), 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 victory.

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Sharapova Powers into Wimbledon Last 16

Maria Sharapova remains on course for a rare French Open and Wimbledon double after moving into the fourth round at the All England Club with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over American Alison Riske on Saturday.

Sharapova is bidding to become the first woman since Serena Williams in 2002 to follow victory at Roland Garros with Wimbledon glory just weeks later.

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I'm Not the Retiring Type, Says Venus

Defiant Venus Williams made it clear she has no intention of retiring following her painful Wimbledon exit.

Venus's 5-7, 7-6 (7/2), 7-5 third round defeat against fellow former champion Petra Kvitova on Friday means the five-time Wimbledon winner has failed to reach the last 16 at a major since 2011.

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World Cup 'Not Lost Cause' for Asia

Asia is refusing to give up on World Cup success despite its worst performance in 24 years when the four teams did not manage a win between them.

South Korea's 1-0 defeat to Belgium late on Thursday confirmed Asia's first winless showing since Italy 1990, when the Taeguk Warriors were the only Asian side.

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Berydch Fumes as Hawk-Eye Goes Blind in Dark

Former Wimbledon runner-up Tomas Berdych believes his third round match against Marin Cilic on Friday should have been halted when it became so dark that the Hawk-Eye review system stopped functioning.

Berdych, the 2010 finalist and sixth seed, went down to a 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, 7-6 (8/6) defeat on Court 3 in a match which ended at 21:40 local time (22:40GMT), the latest finish for a tie on an outside court in the tournament's history.

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