Elo Rating before 2014 World Cup: 1st (2038); +1 rank First, the good: Brazil won its group with Mexico, Croatia and Cameroon and weathered a round-of-16 test by eliminating Chile in PKs.

Former Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud feels Stamford Bridge new boy Liam Delap should relish the attention that comes with the club's number nine shirt. Delap has taken the nine even though it has ...

As well as Maradona, stars in the first match included Wilkes, Williams, Peter Schmeichel, Gordon Ramsay and David Seaman. Wilkes went on to score in the game and was named man of the match. He ...

Among the 2,400 players competing at the 21st Delhi International Chess Open GM Tournament, 66-year-old Raset Ziatdinov is the lowest-rated grandmaster among the 24 featured in the event. But he has ...

08 No pain, no gain To climb up the ranks, you have to play a lot of games. Mechanics are learned, while the ELO system does the rest. Playing 10-15 games a week is a good guideline to see ...