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Preview of four fixtures of the 2014 World Cup on Tuesday
At the FIFA World Cup, In Group A:
The squads from Brazil and Cameroon have been practicing as they get ready to face each other in each team's final group matchup.
The Brazilian side is under pressure but coach Luiz Felip Scolari says he is undeterred and will return with the same starting lineup that opened its World Cup with a win over Croatia.
"I'm not going to make any changes. I trust the team that I put on the pitch in the first game. I understand that my players know that I act in a way that when I make a change, the one that I change will get other opportunities and they will work normally as they have been working with their normal colleagues. We are a group."
Brazil beat Croatia 3-1 in its opener before setting with a draw against Mexico. Brazil and Mexico are now tied at the top of Group A with 4 points each.
Croatia is in third place in the group with 3 points from one win.
Cameroon has already been eliminated from the World Cup after losing two games, but coach Volker Finke says his team wants to leave with a good performance.
"No one wants to leave Brazil with a bad impression. It's necessary to show a good face and work for our reputation, for the reputation of the team, for the reputation of each player and for the reputation of Cameroonian football."
The Brazil-Camaroon match is set to kick off at 4 a.m. Tuesday morning.
In other action,
Also at 4 a.m., the match between Mexico and Croatia will decide which of the Group A opponents lives to fight another day in the round of 16.
Trailing the Mexican side by one point, this is a must-win game for Croatia if it's to have any hope of advancing.
But Croatia's coach says the Mexican squad should be feeling the pressure, not his team.
Mexican coach Miguel Herrera doesn't completely agree.
"I think that the pressure lies on both our teams. We are playing with permanence in the World Cup. It seems to be we have one advantage; it would be illogical to say that we are more pressured than Croatia. We have a slight advantage but it is an advantage. A draw gives us passage. They have to come out and look for the victory."
In Group B,
Chile will take on the Dutch at 4 am.
The game will determine who tops Group B. Both squads won their first two group games.
The Spanish World Cup squad, already eliminated from the final 16, will face Australia.
Spain was the defending World Cup champion and earned the dubious distinction of being the first defending champion to be eliminated in just two games.
No defending champion has ever exited a tournament without securing a single point.
Belgium edge Russia to reach last 16
Still in the world cup,
Earlier this morning, 19-year-old forward Divock Origi scored a late goal to help Belgium sink Russia 1-0 and reach the last 16 from Group H.
Belgium earned first in its group with six points. Algeria earned second place following a 4-2 victory over South Korea.
So far, no Asian football team has won a single match.
In Group G,
A late goal saved Portugal from its second defeat in group play. The team earned a tie with the US.
Group G is still open for all four teams with Germany and the United States each having one win and one draw.
Those two will face each other in a few days.
As long as the game doesn't end in a draw, Ghana and Portugal still have a chance of making it to the round of 16.
Reaction from the Irish Open golf following Mikko Ilonen victory
In golf,
Finland's Mikko Ilonen has won the Irish Open by one shot with a final round of 70.
"Wire-to-wire it was - very much a Martin Kaymer inspired win. You know I sent a message to Martin end of last week - I very rarely enjoy watching golf, I'd rather play golf, but this Martin's win (in the US Open) inspired me it was nice to keep that lead all the way."
Italy's Edoardo Molinari fired a final-round 67 to take second.
In other action,
The final round of the PGA Tour's Travelers Championship is in the books.
Kevin Streelman set a PGA Tour record when he has birdied the final seven holes for an astonishing one-stroke victory.
The 35-year-old Streelman won the Tampa Bay Championship last year, but he had missed the cuts in his previous four starts on tour.
On women's side,
At the LPGA's US Women's Open,
American Michelle Wie has taken this year's event, finishing with a 2-stroke victory over fellow American Stacy Lewis.
That's her first win at a major.
A pair of Chinese competitors also finished well.
Tour rookie Feng Yue'er finished tied for 13th at Plus-6, while Guangzhou's Feng Shanshan finised tied for 15th at plus-7, after firing even par 70's over the last three rounds of the tournament.
Katie Ledecky breaks freestyle world record
London Olympic champion Katie Ledecky has beat her own 800m freestyle world record in a swimming meet in Texas.
The 17-year-old American has clocked eight minutes 11 seconds, shaving 2.86 seconds off her former world best set at the World Championships in Barcelona last August.
It is the second world record Ledecky shattered in the Texas event.
She has also broken her previous record in the 1,500m freestyle with a time of 15:34.23, more than 2 seconds faster than the mark she set in Barcelona.
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