World Cup

In a stunning and unexpected development, Brazil has been eliminated from the World Cup after losing in the quarter-finals for the fourth time in the last five tournaments. The pre-tournament favorites lost in a penalty shootout to Croatia after playing...

Team USA has been knocked out of the World Cup by the Netherlands during the Round of 16 and is now eli The match, in which Van Daal's team defeated Greg Berhalter's team 3-1, came after two ties and a...

The US team beat Iran at the World Cup amidst a rush of controversies that made playing and winning even harder than it needed to be. The own goal by their federation’s social media team, the Iranians’ great umbrage at...

The victory of Saudi Arabia against Argentina in the World Cup was thus far the biggest upset of the tournament. Lionel Scaloni’s men went into the match on an unbeaten streak of 36 games and went ahead thanks to a penalty...

Stranded World Cup fans who hoped to stay in "fan villages" are being offered full refunds by the Supreme Committee in charge of organizing the event, according to ESPN. The "fan villages" were constructed to allow World Cup fans to attend...

For the first time in eight years, the United States men’s national team has scored a goal in a World Cup game and the feat was accomplished  by a local sports figure, straight-out-of Brooklyn, Tim Weah. The great Pele congratulated United States forward for scoring...

Non c’era l’ambasciatrice USA Linda Thomas-Greenfield ad assistere al Palazzo di Vetro alla prima partita degli Stati Uniti contro il Galles (1-1), ma era quasi piena la grande sala dell'ONU dove i diplomatici, funzionari e giornalisti si incontrano di solito...

This is the first tournament since Diego Maradona’s death two years ago this week and as The New York Times reminds us, the first World Cup without the presence in some form of the man who defined it for Argentina: as...

The Qatar World Cup, which begins on Sunday, will have female referees officiating at a men's World Cup for the first time. Rwanda's Salima Mukansanga, Yamashita Yoshimi of Japan and Frenchwoman Stephanie Frappart along with three female assistant referees have...