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Abidal leaves Monaco for Olympiakos

Left-back Eric Abidal join Olympiakos - two days after he signed a new one-year contract with Monaco.

Lazic hails ex-Olympiacos pal Campbell: No surprise he's returning to Arsenal

Boban Lazic is delighted for former Olympiacos teammate Joel Campbell over his success at the World Cup . The Costa Rica striker spent last season on-loan from Arsenal . NO, This article does not meet Newsnow guidelines read more

World Cup 2014: Fernando Santos accuses his Greece players after exit

Coach says players chased individual glory against Costa Rica Some were only interested in scoring a historic goal Continue reading...

World Cup 2014: Costa Rica's fairy tale can continue against Holland, says Paulo Wanchope

Central Americans' success is the biggest surprise in World Cup history and it might not stop here, warns assistant coach

World Cup 2014: Greece praises fallen heroes after Costa Rica heartache

The Greek medias reaction to their last-16 penalty shootout defeat was almost unanimously positive There are ways to lose and ways to win. On Monday morning as Greeks digested their teams elimination from the World Cup there was universal acceptance that while defeat had come, it had never been…

World Cup Show 2014: day 19 news video

Arjen Robben's penalty antics gave victory to Holland over Mexico, as Klaas-Jan Huntelaar dispatched the winning spot kick after Wesley Sneijder had cancelled out Giovani Dos Santos' early strike. Bryan Ruiz provided most of the entertainment despite Costa Rica v Greece going to penalties as…

World Cup 2014: Brazil's win over Chile and Costa Rica's victory over Greece recalls shootouts of finals past

Costa Rica's win was the 24th time a tie in the World Cup finals had been decided on penalties. How many can you remember?

Costa Rica supporters celebrate World Cup win over Greece - video

Fans in Costa Rica celebrate and parade through capital San José after their team beat Greece 5-3. Supporters took to the streets to party following the penalty shoot-out that put their team into the quarter-finals. The tiny Central American nation's next game will be against Holland on 5 July…

Costa Rica dream became reality in Greece shootout, says Keylor Navas

Costa Rica through to World Cup quarter-final against Holland Jorge Luis Pinto: We will not get eliminated in the last eight Match report: Costa Rica 1-1 Greece (5-3 on pens) Keylor Navas said Costa Rica have made their countrys dreams come true after his brilliant display helped the tiny central…