Algeria have taken a huge step towards qualifying for the knockout round of the World Cup for the first time with a thrilling 4-2 Group H win over South Korea in Porto Alegre.
Teenager Divock Origi became the youngest player to score in this World Cup when he cracked in an 88th-minute winner to give Belgium a 1-0 victory over Russia and a place in the last 16.
Nigeria have beaten Bosnia 1-0 to record their first World Cup finals victory since 1998 and condemn the European team to an early exit in their first appearance at the tournament.
Germany striker Miroslav Klose came off the bench to score a record-equalling 15th World Cup goal and salvage a 2-2 draw against Ghana in a pulsating Group G game.
Lionel Messi saved Argentina's blushes with a brilliant curling stoppage time winner against unheralded Iran at the World Cup to give the South Americans a 1-0 victory and send them into the last 16.
A goal in each half from striker Enner Valencia gave Ecuador a 2-1 win over Honduras in World Cup group E to boost their hopes of making the last 16.
Free-flowing France blew away in-form Switzerland with a three-goal first-half barrage en route to a thumping 5-2 World Cup Group E win that virtually assures them of qualification for the second round.
Costa Rica have produced another huge upset to reach the knockout stages of the World Cup for the second time, with Bryan Ruiz's goal securing a 1-0 Group D win over Italy that also ensured England were eliminated.
Ten-man Greece held Japan to a 0-0 draw that will suit neither side in a Group C match which ended with boos ringing around the Dunas arena and sent Colombia into the last 16 of the World Cup.
Luis Suarez struck twice including a dramatic late winner to earn Uruguay a 2-1 victory over England in a pulsating World Cup Group D match.
Colombia moved to the brink of their first appearance in the World Cup knockout round in nearly a quarter of a century when they beat Ivory Coast 2-1 in another action-packed World Cup clash to take firm control of Group C.
Croatia gave themselves a fighting chance of reaching the World Cup knockout phase for the first time since 1998 when they thrashed toothless Cameroon 4-0, the defeat condemning the Africans to an early tournament exit.
Holders Spain were eliminated from the World Cup when their 2-0 Group B defeat by Chile brought an end to one of the greatest dynasties of the modern game.
A long-range strike by substitute Memphis Depay gave the Netherlands a 3-2 win over Australia in a thrilling World Cup Group B game but a brave, hard-charging Socceroos side had threatened to earn a famous victory.
While others cram into crowded bars or squeeze around the television set at home, Berliners can follow the World Cup from the comfort of their own sofas in a stadium-sized living room on a 700-inch screen.
Russia experienced despair then joy as Alexander Kerzhakov's stabbed equaliser made amends for goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev's terrible blunder in an untidy 1-1 draw with South Korea at the World Cup.
Hosts and World Cup favourites Brazil were held to a 0-0 draw by Mexico in an absorbing Group A match in the deafening cauldron of Fortaleza's Castelao arena.
Two goals in 10 second-half minutes by substitutes Marouane Fellaini and Dries Mertens gave Belgium a 2-1 comeback victory over Algeria after the north Africans had threatened a shock result in their World Cup Group H match.
Australia will take the fight to the Netherlands in a World Cup David and Goliath clash, even if they go down swinging to the heavier Dutch blows, coach Ange Postecoglou said.
Wayne Rooney has criticised sections of the media who questioned his form and speculated that the England forward had been relegated to training with the reserves at their base in Brazil.
