World Cup 2014

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div id="LeftData" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3f3f3f; float: left; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; min-width: 155px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div id="sshow" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="cnt new_class3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; display: inline; float: left; margin: 3px 0px 0px 4px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 310px;"> <div class="padL3" id="bellyad" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3px;"> <div class="mainimg1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"> <div class="flL_pos" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <img alt="Mario Balotelli demands reward of kiss from Queen Elizabeth II" border="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" pg="" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/msid-36852756,width-300,resizemode-4/Balotelli.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Mario Balotelli demands reward of kiss from Queen Elizabeth II" vspace="0" width="300" /></div> <div class="zoomimg1 wd300 clearfix" pg="asStoryPic" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; bottom: 4px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; right: 4px; width: 300px;"> <div class="photo11" style="background-color: #eaeaea; border: 0px; color: #757575; font-family: georgia; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px;"> Balotelli had harmed England's hopes of progressing from Group D by scoring the winning goal in a 2-1 victory in Manaus last Saturday. (Reuters Photo)</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="new_class2" id="ftredcmt" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </div> </div> <div class="clearFix" id="inc_dec" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; height: 521px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <div class="Normal showpage1" id="artext1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="Normal" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> RIO DE JANEIRO: Italy striker Mario Balotelli joked on Thursday that if his side rescues England's chances of World Cup qualification by beating Costa Rica, he expects a kiss from British monarch Queen Elizabeth II.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Full Coverage: </strong><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/fifa-world-cup-2014" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #024d99; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">World Cup 2014</a> | <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/fifa-world-cup-2014/matchcenter.cms#/standings/149/en-US/305" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #024d99; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Points Table</a>| <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/fifa-world-cup-2014/matchcenter.cms#/fixture/149/en-US/305/0/0" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #024d99; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Schedule & Results</a><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />England's 2-1 loss to Uruguay in Sao Paulo left them on the verge of elimination and they need Italy to beat Costa Rica in Recife on Friday if they are to stand any chance of reaching the last 16.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />"If we beat Costa Rica I want a kiss, obviously on the cheek, from the UK Queen," Balotelli wrote in a tweet to his 2.36 million Twitter followers, moments after the final whistle in the England-Uruguay game.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Balotelli, who spent two-and-a-half years at English side Manchester City, has already harmed England's hopes of progressing from Group D by scoring the winning goal for Italy in a 2-1 victory when the sides met in Manaus last Saturday.</div> </div> </div> </div>

World Cup 2014

Balotelli had harmed England's hopes of progressing from Group D by scoring the winning goal in a 2-1 victory in Manaus last S...

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