Ottmar Hitzfield's precocious young Switzerland side travel to the World Cup with high hopes of progression. In this preview, I take a look at just how far they can go.
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World Cup finalists in 2010, the Dutch go to Brazil with a youthful looking squad under the guidance of Louis Van Gaal. I take a look at their prospects in this year's tournament.
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South Korea have reached each of the past eight World Cup finals and since reaching the semi-finals in 2002 nobody now expects anything other than a tough game against them now.
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At only their third World Cup few will expect much from a workmanlike Greek side but they will fancy their own chances of making the knockout rounds for the first time.
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Luiz Felipe Scolari's Brazil start the tournaments as favourites and, in many eyes, rightly so. I take a look at their squad's chances of more World Cup glory.
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BoyleSports Horse Racing Ambassador Robbie 'Puppy' Power is a successful National Hunt jockey with a string of accolades to his name including the Grand National, the BoyleSports Irish Grand National and the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Shane Dowling is a hurler for club side Na Piarsaigh and previously played at inter-county level for the Limerick senior hurling team. He currently appears on RTE and other media outlets as a hurling pundit.