Favourites Brazil held to 1-1 draw by Switzerland

A spectacular Philippe Coutinho goal gave Brazil a 1-0 halftime lead over Switzerland in their opening Group E match on Sunday.

With 20 minutes gone, Coutinho gathered a clearance 25 metres from goal and curled a marvellous shot in off the far post.

Mexico stun holders Germany 1-0 in World Cup opener

Defending champions Germany crashed to defeat in their first game at the World Cup on Sunday as an enterprising Mexico refused to be intimidated and came away 1-0 winners in a thrill-packed Group F opener.

A shaky warm-up campaign had called into question the dominant form the Germans showed in qualifying, but experience and records were on their side, having won every opening game at major tournaments since Joachim Loew took over as coach in 2006.

New fatality on Nicosia roads

Lakatamia resident George Xenofontos, 29, was killed in a traffic accident on Sunday that occurred at around 1pm on Makedonitissis in Strovolos. According to police,

The mouse that roared at Trump

In the old 1960s film, the ‘Mouse that Roared’ a tiny country facing financial ruin decides to declare war on America. Its prime minister, brilliantly

A poet’s longest journey

“Imbued with the themes of islands, the sea, dreams, nostalgia, visionary prophecy, multilingualism and above all Trikomo village – the poetry and prose of Stephanos