We are now down to the last four teams in the World Cup, with three teams from Europe - Holland, Germany and Spain and one sole South American representative in Uruguay. Tonight surprise package Uruguay will take on Holland in the first semi-final.
David Villa's late goal sent Spain on course to their best ever finish at the World Cup when they beat Paraguay 1-0 in a quarter-final match.
Germany destroyed Argentina 4-0 to book their place in the semi-finals of the World Cup. An early 3rd-minute goal by Thomas Muller was the only goal of the first half and although Argentina had threatened briefly, three second half goals sank Argentina.
If you think this World Cup doesn't seem to have many goals, you hunch is correct. With 58 games so far, the 32 countries have combined to score 128 goals to give an average of only 2.2 goals per game.
Last night, Holland upset Brazil 2-1 while Uruguay were lucky to beat Ghana 4-2 on penalty kicks after it finished 1-1 in extra time. Today, the quarter-final action continues with two games -- Argentina vs Germany, and Paraguay vs Spain.
Uruguay and Ghana battled to a 1-1 draw in their World Cup quarter-final thus the match will have to be decided by 30 minutes of extra time.
Tournament favourites Brazil crashed out of the World Cup when Holland came from a goal down to win 2-1 in a quarter-final tie, with Brazil midfielder Felipe Melo having a roller-coaster game. He assisted on Brazil's opener but scored an own-goal to level the tie, then was sent off six minutes after Holland took a 2-1 lead they never relinquished.
Three-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt today became the latest high-profile athlete to sign on as a Youth Olympic Games Ambassador, joining a star-studded list that also includes Olympic champions swimmer Michael Phelps and pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva.