Joke of the day! Missing husband

Joke of the day! Missing husband

Woman: I lost my husband
Inspector: What is his height
Woman:I never noticed
Inspector::Slim or healthy
Woman:Not slim can be healthy
Inspector: Colour of eyes
Woman:: Never noticed
Inspector:: Colour of hair
Woman:Should be black
Inspector:: What was he wearing
Woman: I dont remember exactly
Inspector: Was somebody with him??
Woman: Yes my Labrador dog (Romeo), tied with a gold chain, height about 30 inches,
healthy, blue eyes, blackish brown hair, his left foot thumb nail is slightly broken,
he never barks, wearing golden belt studded with blue balls, he likes non veg food,
we eat together, we jog together.
(the woman started crying)
Inspector:: Lets search for the dog first !!!

ወይ አቶ ሳምቡሳ in America

ወይ አቶ ሳምቡሳ
ሳምቡሳ መነሻው የት እንደሆን አላውቅም። አረብ አገር፣ ህንድ ወይስ ከኛው አገር ኢትዮጵያ? ግን ከአሜሪካ እንዳልሆነ አውቃለሁ። ሳምቡሳ ስለምወድ የሳምቡሳን ፌስ ቡክ ባለቤት አድሪጌዋለሁ። ግን ዛሬ ከአቶ ሳምቡሳ ጋር አጋጣሚ ተገናኘን።ቦታውም አሜሪካ ውስጥ የሚገኘው ሱፕር ማርኬት ነበር:: ሳምቡሳ መልኩን አሳምሮ፣ አድጎና ሰፍቶ አንድ ሳህን አክሎ  ከምግብ ማሳያ መስታውቱ  (display box) ውስጥ ቁጭ ብሎ አይኑን ሲያጉረጠረጥ አይን ለአይን ተጋጨን። ወይ አቶ ሳምቡሳ? እኔም መስመሬን ጠብቄ ተራይን ሊደርስ  አንድ ሰው ሲቀር  ከፊቴ ያለው ሰው አቶ ሳምቡሳን አዝዞት ቁጭ። እኔም አፌን መያዝ ተስኖኝ ልክ ጠፍቶ የተገኘ ዘመዴን ያየሁ ይመስል  ሂሳብ ተቀባዩን(Cashier)  ሳንቡሳውን ለደንበኛው ከተቀመጠበት ሊያዎጣ ሲል ቀድም ብዬ
"ያ የምታወጣው ምግብ ስሙ ምንድን ነው?" አልሁት
ሰውየውም ኮራ ብሎ " ሳርቡሳ/Sarbosa" አለኝ
እኔም ክው አልሁ:: የኔን ስም አወላግደውም መጥራሩ አንሶ ደግሞ ሳምቡሳንም ያወላግዱት???ሰውየው ሳርቡሳ ያለው የኔውን ሳምቡሳ ነው። "የእኔ ስሜ ይጣመም" ብየ ሰውየውን  ትክክለኛ ስሙን ነገርሁት
ሰውየውም " ተሳስቼ ኖሯል? Did I pronounced wrong? " ሲለኝ
በተራዬ "አዎ ግጥም አድርገህ" አልሁት
ከዚያም የሚገዛው ፈረንጅ በሁኔታው ግራ ተጋብቶ
"አዎ ይህ ህንድ አገር የታወቀ ነው::" አለ
ባይገርማችሁ ወደ አምስት የሚሆን ገዝቷል። የኔም ጥያቄ ማለቂያ የለው። ለዚያ ገንዘብ ተቀባይ ትልቁን ጥያቄ ወርወር አደረግሁለት
ጥያቄውም "እናንተ ነው የስራችሁት? Do you guys prepared it?"
ሰውየውም እንደ ማፈር ብሎ  "አይ በረዶ ሆኖ ከሌላ ቦታ ነው የሚመጣው: It came as frozen from another place"  አለ
እኔም ልክ የማውቀው ሰው በረዶ ውስጥ በብርድ የተተዎ ሁሉ ፊቴ በሃዘን ተሞልቶ  "ምን?" አልሁት
ሰውየውም የፊቴን መለወጥ አዬ መሰለኝ
"ምንው ደህና አለኝ? Are you ok?"
እኔም ደህና ነኝ አልሁትና አከታትዬም እኔ ይህንን ሁሌ የኢትዮጵያ ምግብ ቤት ትኩሱን እበላለሁ አልሁት
እሱም  "ከሄት ነህ? Where are you from"  ሲለኝ አፌን ሞልቼ "ከኢትዮጵያ  Ethiopia" አልሁትና የት ትኩስ ሳምቡሳ እንደሚያገኝ ነገርሁት
ወይ አቶ ሳምቡሳ ምን አጠፋህ እስኪ በረዶ ውስጥ የሚያስቀምጡህ? ያንተስ ያንተ ነው ከአቶ እንጀራ ጋርም እንዲሁ እንዳንገናኝ። የዛኔ ምድር ቁና ትሆናለች። ከሁሉም ከሁሉም በቻይና የተሰራ (Made in China) እንጀራ ከሆነ::
ኤዲያ

መልካም ዜና: የሱዳን መንግስት በስቅላት ልትቀጣ የነበረችዋን ማሪያምን በነፃ ለቀቀ

የሱዳን መንግስት በስቅላት ልትቀጣ የነበረችዋን ማሪያምን በነፃ ለቀቀ

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A Sudanese woman on death row for apostasy had her sentence canceled and was ordered released by a Khartoum court on Monday, the country's official news agency reported.
SUNA said the Court of Cassation canceled the death sentence against 27-year-old Meriam Ibrahim after defense lawyers presented their case. The court ordered her release.

Ibrahim, whose father was Muslim but who was raised by her Christian mother, was convicted of apostasy for marrying a Christian. Sudan's penal code criminalizes the conversion of Muslims to other religions, a crime punishable by death.

Ibrahim married a Christian man from southern Sudan in a church ceremony in 2011. As in many Muslim nations, Muslim women in Sudan are prohibited from marrying non-Muslims, though Muslim men can marry outside their faith.

Ibrahim has a son, 18-month-old Martin, who was living with her in jail, where she gave birth to a second child last month, local media reported. By law, children must follow their father's religion.

The sentence drew international condemnation, with Amnesty International calling it "abhorrent." The U.S. State Department said it was "deeply disturbed" by the sentence and called on the Sudanese government to respect religious freedoms.

Sudan introduced Islamic Shariah law in the early 1980s under the rule of autocrat Jaafar Nimeiri, a move that contributed to the resumption of an insurgency in the mostly animist and Christian south of Sudan. The south seceded in 2011 to become the world's newest nation, South Sudan.

Sudanese President Omar Bashir, an Islamist who seized power in a 1989 military coup, has said his country will implement Islam more strictly now that the non-Muslim south is gone.

A number of Sudanese have been convicted of apostasy in recent years, but they all escaped execution by recanting their new faith.

የግብጿ ጋዜጠኛ በአባይ ግድብ የተነሳ ከስራ ተባረረች

An Egyptian broadcaster has been suspended for arguing with Ethiopia's ambassador to Cairo during a live TV phone-in about Addis Ababa's ongoing Nile dam project.

On Wednesday, Rania Badawy, a talk show host on the privately-owned Tahrir satellite channel, got into a heated argument with Ethiopian envoy Mahmoud Dardir over the Grand Renaissance Dam, a multi-billion hydroelectric dam that has been a source of contention between the two countries for over a year.

Near the end of the six-minute-long call, Badawy asked the envoy if Addis Ababa insisted on pressing forward with the dam's construction in its current form and capacity, which Egypt fears will harm its share of the Nile's water.

The ambassador replied: "You do not understand about dams and are talking in a bumptious tone."

Badawy then angrily told the ambassador he had "crossed his limits" and that he should not "characterise [her] talk or speak to [her] about arrogance". She then thanked him and abruptly ended the call, as his voice trailed off in an attempt to reply.

The head of the TV station, Mohamed Khedr, told Al-Ahram's Arabic news website on Sunday that the move to suspend Badawy came amid his channel's "sense of responsibility," adding that the management was revamping the programme map ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan – which should fall on 29 June.

In comments carried by state news agency MENA earlier in June, Ethiopia's Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom – on a visit to Cairo at the time – criticised local media for sending "very negative messages, sometimes systematically, that create a feeling of rejection" between the people of both nations. The senior diplomat, however, said that Addis Ababa and Cairo were looking forward to a "new era" of mutual ties.

Almost 10 days ago, the same station suspended another female broadcaster who made light of mob sexual assaults against women in Cairo's Tahrir Square during celebrations for President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi's inauguration earlier this month.

Khedr said Sunday that the suspended anchorwoman, Maha Bahnasy, would return to the airwaves after Ramadan.

የደጋፊዎች ዋንጫ ቢሰጥ ወይም ቢኖር የጃፓን ደጋፊዎች አንደኛ ይወጡ ነበር

የደጋፊዎች ዋንጫ ቢሰጥ ወይም ቢኖር የጃፓን ደጋፊዎች አንደኛ ይወጡ ነበር ዳሩ ምን ያደርጋል የለም።
በዘንድሮው የአለም ዋንጫ ጃፓን ብራዚል ተገኝታለች ባለፈው ሳምንት የጃፓን ቡድን ኮትዲቫር ጋር ሲጫወት ጃፓን ትሸነፋለች። የጃፓን ደጋፊዎች ግን በመሸነፋቸው ሳይነጫነጩ ያልታሰበ ነገር አደረጉ። ሌላው አገር ቢሆን በመሸነፉ አንዱ መኪና መስበር ሌላው ጎማ ማቃጠል ሌላም ማድርግ ሲሆን የጃፓን ደጋፊዎች ግነ ቡድናቸውን ለመደገፈ ይዘውት የነበረውን ሰሚያዊ ፊኛ ጥቅም ላይ አዋሉት። እስታዲዮሙን ቆንጆ አድርገው አፆድተው አስረከቡ። እኛ እናደርገው ይሆን? እረ እንዳንዋሽ። ደቡን አፍሪካ ላይ ምን ተፈጠረ? ዝም ነው ሌላ ሰው እንዳይሰማ

ያበሻ ቀጠሮ and World Cup

ያበሻ ቀጠሮ and World Cup




ያበሻ ቀጠሮ ማለት ሁለት ወይም ሶስት ሰዓት ከቀጠሮው መዝግየት ነው። ግን ማን እና መቼ ተጀመረ ?  እኔ እንደሚመስለኝ የተጀመረው ድሮ ሰዎች ሰዓትን በፀሃይ ጥላ ሲቆጥሩ ነው ።የናንተን አላውቅም እንጂ የገሬ ሰው ሰዓትን የሚቆጥረው በፀሐይና በዶሮ ነው። በውድቅት ማለት ለምሳሌ በጣም በሌሊት ሲሆን ዶሮ ሳይጮህ ደግሞ ሳይጋ ሲሆን ጀንበር ስትጠልቅ ማለት ወደ ማታ ሊሆን ሲል ሲሆን ጅብ ሳይጮህ ደግሞ ያው በጣም ሲመሽ ነው። ያም እንደየ ዋራቱ እና ወቅቱ ሊቀያየር እንደሚችል ዘንግተን ነው። ለምሳሌ የክረምት እና የበጋ ፀሐይ አንድ አይሆኑም እና። በሳይንሱ መሰረት ነው። የክንድ ሰዓት መጥቶ ሃብታሞች ወይም ትልልቆች/ ባላ ስራዎች ሲጠቀሙ ደግሞ ሰዓትን ለጌጥ እንጂ ለሰራ የሚጠቀመው ብዙም አይደል። በድሮ ጊዜ ኑሮ በጣም ይጣፍጥ ነበር። ሁሌ እረፍት ሁሌ ጨዋታ ስለነበር ለስዓር ብዙም ግድ አልነበረውም ። ዛሬ ግን ያው ኑሮ ባከና ስለሆን ሁሉም በሰዓት ሳይሆን በደቂቃ,  በደቂቃ ሳይሆን በሰከንድ መባከን ሆኗል። ልብ ብላችሁ ብታዩ እኛ ለምሳሌ በአለም አቀፍ ደረጃም ቢሆን የምናሸንፈው ሰፋ ያለ ጊዜ የሚጠይቀውን ማራቶንን (Marathon)ነው። ጊዜን በጣም መጠቀም በጣም እንፈራለን። ምክንያቱም መጣደፍ ወይም ችኩል ነው ብለን ስለምናምን ነው። አንድ ሰው ለምሳሌ ቶሎ ቶሎ ከተናገረ ለፍላፊ,  በጣም ሮጥ እሮጥ ካለ ደግሞ  ከውካዋ ብለን ስንጠራው ቀርፋፋውን ደግሞ እረጋ ያለ እያልን እናሞክሸዋለን። ግን አለማችን ዝግምተኛ ሳይሆን ከውካዋ እዬሆነች፣ እኛንም ነፍሳችንን ከውካዋ  እያደረገችው ነው። ለምሳሌ የእትዮጵያ ቡና ተጠጥቶ እስክሚያከትም ፫  ሰዓት ሲወስድ የአሜሪካው ኩባንያ Starbucks  (ባይኔ ያዬሁትን ነው) በሶስት ደቂቃ ሶስት ሰው ያስተናግዳል። ይህም ማለት በአንድ ሰዓት ከ60 ሰው በላይ ማለት ነው። ይገርማል። ሌላው የሰዓት ጥቅም የታወቀው በዚህ በስፖርት አለም ነው። ሰከንድም ሰው ሆና ሰውን ታራውጠው ጀመር። ዛረ የአሜሪካ (Team USA) ቡድን እኩል ለኩል የወጣው  ባለቀ ጊዜ ነው። ታዲያ ያች ደቂቃ ታሪክ ሰራች።  ጥያቄው እኛስ መቼ ነው? የአበሻ ቀጠሮ አቁመን የዘመኑን ቀጠሮ የምንጀመረው? እስኪ ዛሬውኑ ቀጠሮ ይያዙና ያሰው የሚድርስበትን ጊዜ ይመዝግቡ። በሰዓቱ ከደረሰ ሽልማት ስጡት።የሽልማቱን ነገር እራሳችሁ አሰላስሉት ግን የፈረንጅ ቀጠሮ አትበሉት።ለፈረንጅ ማን ሰጠው? ኤዲያ...

Group G Standing. Where are Germany, USA, Ghana and Portugal ?

Group G Standing  Where are Germany, USA, Ghana and Portugal ?

USA Scored a Freezing Goal

THE GOAL

Tim Howard: Man of the day

Timothy Matthew "Tim" Howard (born March 6, 1979) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for English club Everton and the United States national team.

Howard started his career with the North Jersey Imperials before making a move to the MetroStars. His appearances soon attracted the attention of Manchester United, who signed him in 2003. He enjoyed relative success with them as they won the 2003 FA Community Shield, the 2003–04 FA Cup and the 2005–06 League Cup. However, after United signed Edwin van der Sar, Howard went out on loan to Everton to play more first-team football and eventually signed permanently with them in February 2007. On January 4, 2012, Howard scored a goal, his first as a professional, against Bolton Wanderers. This made him only the fourth goalkeeper to score a goal in a Premier League match.[2]

Howard first represented the United States national team in 2002 and was an unused substitute for the 2006 World Cup. He later established himself as first-choice and started all of the United States' games at the 2010 World Cup as they reached the Round of 16.

He has a reputation for playing through the pain barrier. In September 2007 he accepted a call-up from the United States for a friendly against Brazil, and after an hour of the game his finger was dislocated in a collision. In March 2013, during an FA Cup game against Oldham Athletic he broke two bones in his back. In both incidents, he continued playing until the final whistle.

Ghana's Sulley Muntari hands out money to disadvantaged locals near team training area

RIO DE JANEIRO — The 2014 World Cup has been inundated with stories of racism, unruly fans and uneven officiating, but Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari is trying to make at least a couple positive headlines.

But on Thursday, two days before Saturday's 2-2 draw against Germany, Muntari got special permission from Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah to venture into the neighborhood of Trapiche (near the city of Maceio, where his team is staying and practicing) and started handing out money to disadvantaged locals. One report said he was handing out as much as R$350 (Brazilian reals), which is the equivalent of about $160 to each person he encountered.

Eventually, local police asked him to stop.

“It’s unforgettable,” a recipient named Edivaldo told Globo.com.

“I’ve lived in this poor community behind the Rei Pele Stadium for forty years but have never seen anything like this before. Not once has a soccer player come here. Brazil never gave me anything but Ghana did. I will support them up to the end.”

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Muntari poses for a photo with fans in Maceio after Ghana's draw against Germany. (GloboEsporte.com)

Muntari poses for a photo with fans in Maceio after Ghana's draw against Germany. (GloboEsporte.com)

“My 80-year-old mother and I received R$350 [Brazilian reals],” said Inês Corrêa, who went to check out the commotion when police surrounded Muntari. “I believe that he had R$5,000 but unfortunately the police put an end to his good work. In this area we only see politicians at election time.”

During the game against Germany, Muntari, who plays for AC Milan, gained worldwide attention after kindly escorting a Nazi-supporting pitch invader off the field. Then, after the draw, he took time to pose for pictures and sign autographs for fans in Maceió.

Muntari received a yellow card against Germany, his second of the tournament, and will miss Thursday’s game against Portugal.

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ክርስትያኖ ሮናልዶ የጋናን እና የአሜሪካን እድል በመዳፉ የያዘው ተጫዋች

ክርስትያኖ ሮናልዶ የጋናን እና የአሜሪካን እድል በመዳፉ የያዘው ተጫዋች
የዛሬው የአሜሪካና የፖርቹ ጋል ጨዋታ የትኞቹ ሁለት አገሮች ለሚቀጥለው ማጣሪያ እንደሚያልፉ የሚታዎቅበት ሳይሆን አይቀርም። በዚህ ምድብ ላይ ጀርመን፣ አሜሪካ፣ ጋናና ፖርቹጋል ሲገኙ ጀርመን ወደሚቀጥለው ዙር ማለፉን በመሪነት ሲግኘ ሌሎች ግን ገና ብዙ ይቀራቸዋል። ታዲያ የዛሬው ጨዋታ ለጋና በጠም ወሳኝ ሲሆን አሜሪካ በፖርቱጋል ከተሸነፈች ጋና የማለፍ እድሏ ሰፊ ሲሆን አሜሪካ ካሸነፈች ደግሞ ጋና በጣም ከባድ ግዜ ይንራታል። ለዚህ ወሳኙ ፖርቱጋል ሲሆን የዛሬው ጨዋታ እንዳያመልጥዎ።

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Argentina has clinched advancement. It wins the group by beating or tying Nigeria.

Nigeria advances a) if it ties or beats Argentina; b) if Bosnia-Herzegovina beats or ties Iran c) even in the event of a Nigeria loss and Iran win, if Nigeria wins the tiebreaker between the two. The tiebreaker order is: goal differential; goals scored; head-to-head result; and “drawing of lots.” Nigeria currently has a goal differential of +1 and has scored 1 goal, while Iran has -1 and has not scored. The two teams tied each other, 0-0.
Nigeria wins the group by beating Argentina.

Iran advances and Iran beats Bosnia in a combination of scores that allows Iran to win the tiebreakers against Nigeria. (See the Nigeria entry, above, for more detail.) Iran cannot win the group.

Bosnia-Herzegovina has been eliminated.

Group E

France has all but clinched first place, and fans of Ecuador and Switzerland will be nervously watching both their own game and that of the other country on Wednesday. 

Only a stunning turn of events would keep France from finishing first. Most simply, it wins the group by tying or winning its final match, against Ecuador. Even if France loses, only a highly improbable turn of events would keep it from winning the group. Its goal-differential is currently +6; to win the group, it merely needs to end up with a better goal differential than both Ecuador (now 0) and Switzerland (-2). To advance with a loss, France would have to have a better goal differential than only one of those two countries. (If goal differential is tied, the next tiebreaker is goals scored, followed by head-to-head results, following by “drawing of lots.”) As we said, France is in good shape.

The good news for Ecuador is that it probably needs only to match Switzerland's result to advance: win, tie or lose. The bad news is that Ecuador faces France. One silver lining: Because France will probably win the group no matter what, it may not give the match its full effort. As is the case with Switzerland, Ecuador can technically still win the group, in much the way that you can technically win the lottery.

Despite its dismal loss to France, Switzerland remains in a decent position. It will advance with a better outcome than Ecuador in the two teams’ final matches — and while Ecuador must play France, Switzerland faces relatively low-ranked Honduras. If Switzerland and Ecuador have the same result — win, draw or loss — Switzerland will probably be eliminated, because its goal differential is now -2 and Ecuador's is 0. To win the group, Switzerland needs one of the outlandish scenarios described previously in France's section.

Honduras isn't officially dead yet. But to have any chance at advancing, it needs to beat Switzerland and to have France beat Ecuador. Honduras would also need to win by enough to emerge from a three-way tiebreaker with Ecuador and Switzerland. Honduras cannot win the group.

Group D

The Italy-Uruguay match will probably be a highlight of the coming week. It's virtually a playoff between the two, with Costa Rica having clinched advancement. 

Costa Rica, which seemed doomed when it was placed in this group, has advanced. It will probably win the group, too. It would do so with a win or tie against England — or, regardless, if Italy and Uruguay tie. Even if Costa Rica loses, it will need to lose its current lead in goal differential (now +3) over the winner of the match between Italy (0) and Uruguay (-1). (For instance, if Costa Rica loses, 1-0, and Italy wins, 3-1, Italy will win the group on the tiebreaker of goals scored.)

Italy enters its match with Uruguay with a better goal differential, which means Italy will advance with either a draw or a victory. Italy can win the group, as discussed above, in some instances if it wins by at least two goals and Costa Rica loses.

Uruguay, a trendy pre-tournament pick to go far, now finds itself in the tough position of needing to beat Italy to advance. It can win the group only if Costa Rica loses and Uruguay routs Italy.

England has been eliminated.

Group C

Colombia has advanced, and the Ivory Coast is in the best position to finish second. But there are multiple possibilities, which will make Tuesday's simultaneous matches intriguing.

Colombia has clinched advancement. It will probably win the group, too. Only if it loses, the Ivory Coast wins and the Ivory Coast's goal differential (now 0) ends up better than that of Colombia (now +4) will Colombia fall into second. If Colombia and the Ivory Coast have the same record and same goal differential, the team with more goals will win the group; if they have the same number of goals, Colombia will win the group because it won the head-to-head match.

The Ivory Coast's clearest path to advancement involves beating Greece. The Ivory Coast would also advance with a tie if Colombia beats or ties Japan. If the Ivory Coast ties and Japan wins, the tiebreakers would come into effect: first, goal differential; then, goals scored; finally, their head-to-head match (which Ivory Coast won). As discussed above, the Ivory Coast can win the group only by a) winning, b) having Colombia lose and c) overcoming its current goal differential with Colombia and winning the tiebreaker.

Japan must win to advance. It also needs either a Greece win over the Ivory Coast or a Greece-Ivory Coast draw in which Japan wins the goal-differential or goals-scored tiebreaker over the Ivory Coast. (If Japan and the Ivory Coast are equal on both of those tiebreakers, the Ivory Coast advances because it beat Japan.) Japan cannot win the group.

Greece will advance if it beats the Ivory Coast and Colombia beats or ties Japan. If Greece and Japan both win, the two will be tied for second place. To advance, Greece would need to overcome its current goal-differential deficit with Japan; Greece is at -3 and Japan at -1. Greece cannot win the group.

Group B

The Netherlands and Chile have already clinched advancement to the Round of 16, but their match on Monday still matters. The team that fails to win this group and instead finishes second is likely to face Brazil, the tournament favorite, in the next round.

The Netherlands has clinched advancement. The Dutch have an advantage over Chile thanks to a better goal differential and will win the group by beating or tying Chile.

Chile has clinched advancement. It needs to beat the Netherlands to win the group.

Australia has been eliminated.

Spain has been eliminated.

Group A

Despite its disappointing tie with Mexico, Brazil remains in excellent position. The match between Mexico and Croatia is akin to a playoff, in which Mexico starts with a half-goal lead.

The short version is that Brazil advances by tying or beating Cameroon, one of the lowest-ranked teams in the tournament. But there are also some ways Brazil can advance even if it loses: if Mexico beats Croatia; or if Croatia beats Mexico and Brazil’s goal differential (now +2) remains better than Mexico’s (now +1). The easiest way for Brazil to win the group is to beat Cameroon and remain ahead of Mexico; Brazil will remain ahead if Mexico loses to Croatia, ties Croatia or wins but has its final goal differential trail Brazil’s. Unlikely as it is, Brazil would also win the group if it tied Cameroon, and Mexico and Croatia also tied.

Mexico enters its match with Croatia leading Croatia by a point in the standings and thus advances with either a win or draw. It can also advance with a loss in the improbable event that Brazil loses to Cameroon by at least two goals and Mexico ends up with a better total goal differential. Mexico wins the group by beating Croatia and having Brazil lose or tie Cameroon. Mexico can win the group if both it and Brazil win their final matches, and Mexico has a better final goal differential than Brazil.

Croatia needs to win to jump over Mexico in the standings, which would guarantee advancement. Croatia also advances by tying Mexico and having Brazil lose to Cameroon. Croatia wins the group by beating Mexico and having Brazil tie or lose.

Cameroon has been eliminated.

Today and through the weekend, we'll add analysis for all of the other groups as the results roll in.