Elano
JOHANNESBURG - Brazil midfielder Elano will play no part in Friday's quarter-final clash with the Netherlands in Port Elizabeth after failing to recover from injury, team doctor Jose Luiz Runco confirmed Wednesday in Johannesburg.
JOHANNESBURG - Elano will not play for Brazil in Friday's World Cup quarterfinal match against the Netherlands because of a right ankle injury, a team doctor said Wednesday.
JOHANNESBURG - France is imploding, England's in therapy and there's no good way to explain what Italy was doing drawing with junior varsity New Zealand.
JOHANNESBURG - Brazil beat Ivory Coast 3-1 to qualify from Group G Sunday in Johannesburg but Kaka was sent off.
JOHANNESBURG - Brute force and hand balls aside, Brazil has achieved its first objective at the World Cup: advancing out of Group G.
