World Cup Daily Brief: The Luis Suarez (alleged) bite heard 'round the world

Throughout the tournament, we'll begin each day with our World Cup Daily Brief, bringing you all the highlights from the previous day's matches and news cycle, while also looking forward to what you can expect from the day ahead.

Greece moved on to the last 16 with a 2-1 win over the Ivory Coast after a last-minute controversial penalty. England and Costa Rica played to a draw, and Colombia easily beat Japan, but they were into the next round already. Yes, it was a fairly standard World Cup day. Nothing to see here ...

Oh fine, let's get to what you came here for. You want to know about the alleged bite.

Italy 0, Luis Suarez's teeth 1

OK, well, first off, Italy lost this game. Just to get that out of the way because no one is really paying attention to the actual result.

Late in the second half, Italy's Giorgio Chiellini was essentially minding his own business, until he collided with Suarez. It appeared to be innocent at first, but then Chiellini pulled down his shirt - and there looked to be bite marks on his shoulder. The replays also appeared to show Suarez go in for the chomp. However, the referee didn't see what happened, even though Suarez was rolling around on the pitch clutching his teeth. FIFA is now investigating.

For his part, Suarez said that he didn't do anything wrong, and that it was part of the game.

"These situations happen on the field. I had contact with his shoulder, nothing more. Things like that happen all the time," he told Uruguayan television, via the Daily Mirror.

Yes, they do happen when Suarez is around, at least. This is his third (alleged) biting incident.

The other matches

Costa Rica 0, England 0: Costa Rica finish top of Group D after draw with England
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is your 2014 England World Cup squad.

Japan 1, Colombia 4: Martinez scores twice as Colombia tops Group C
Colombia will now face Uruguay in the next round. In the famous words of Ren McCormack: Let's DANCE.

Greece 2, Ivory Coast 1: Greeks advance to knockout stage for first time
You need to check out this controversial penalty. Did they really deserve that last goal?

What you need to know

Your Group E and Group F scenarios
We do all the thinking so you don't have to.

Everyone is resigning
Well, not everyone. But Italy manager Cesare Prandelli decided to retire after his team's loss on Tuesday, and Ivory Coast coach Sabri Lamouchi also announced his exit.

Faryd Mondragon becomes the oldest player to compete at a World Cup
The Colombian 'keeper is 43, and a machine.

Ghana's players get $3M in cash...so, about that boycott?
Ghana was thinking about boycotting their match against Portugal on Thursday because the football association hasn't paid them yet for their time in Brazil. But then the FA sent them $3 million in cash. So maybe everyone is happy now?

This person made good on their bet that Luis Suarez would bite someone at the World Cup
They are definitely a time traveller.

Coming up

Bosnia-Herzegovina is already on the outs, but they could make life hard for an Iran squad that came close to drawing Argentina. Group E is looking messy: Basically, win and you're in. For others, like Honduras, you need to win by a lot to be in. France basically has the top spot on lock, unless they have a gigantic meltdown.

DATE	TEAMS	CHANNELS	TIME
June 25	Nigeria vs. Argentina	ESPN, CBC	12 p.m.
	Bos-Herz. vs. Iran	ESPN2, CBC	12 p.m.
	Honduras vs. Switzerland	ESPN, CBC	4 p.m.
	Ecuador vs. France	ESPN2, CBC	4 p.m.

What everyone is talking about today

The Uruguayan FA has until 5 p.m. (Brasilia time) to put together evidence in response to FIFA's disciplinary charges against Suarez. One Spanish report says part of their defence will be to claim that the photos are Photoshopped, but many of the bite-mark images circulating on social media are from wire services like Reuters.

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