JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — World Cup organizers repeatedly failed to follow their own concussion protocol and then failed to take advantage of...
NESHA STARCEVIC, AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The World Cup title for Joachim Loew and his “golden generation” crowned a process that was...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — FIFA President Sepp Blatter has criticized the way discrimination incidents were dealt with at World Cup matches. Blatter says “I...
(USA Today) – The beautiful game’s biggest tournament is under way in Brazil. Here is the schedule and TV listings for today. Wednesday, July 9 4...
CHRIS LEHOURITES, AP Sports Writer BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — With Neymar out injured, just about everyone in Brazil knew it would be tough against Germany....
MATTIAS KAREN, AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil and Germany are two of the most decorated teams in football, with eight World Cup...
TALES AZZONI, AP Sports Writer FORTALEZA, Brazil (AP) — With tears streaming down his face after being kneed in the back, Neymar was carried off the...
RONALD BLUM, AP Sports Writer RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — Now that the U.S. has survived the so-called “Group of Death,” it’s time for sudden death: the...
Joshua Goodman, ASSOCIATED PRESS RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The taste of soccer glory is still fresh for Andre Rodrigues de Principe, even as his...
JENNY BARCHFIELD, Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Lucky students in Chile went home early, many Brazilian offices and stores went dark, and across the...
GERALD IMRAY, AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The younger brother of Ivory Coast players Yaya and Kolo Toure died on Thursday, the same...
STEVE DOUGLAS, AP Sports Writer BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Starved of the World Cup action for 16 years, Colombia — and its fanatical traveling supporters —...
KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — As teams battle for football glory at the World Cup in Brazil, the biggest winners from the...
(ESPN) NATAL, Brazil — It is easy to forget, for all its breathlessness about love and unity, that the World Cup is a zero-sum game. That...
NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has a message for the World Cup: Let football be a showcase for teamwork and solidarity,...
SAO PAULO, Brazil (The Washington Post) — Antonio da Silva sat atop a dilapidated wooden throne in the middle of the city. Below him a man...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The brightly painted Haitian minibuses known as tap-taps are getting even more colorful in the lead-up to the World Cup. Although...
ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Protesters and police clashed in Sao Paulo Thursday, as demonstrations against the World Cup and rallies calling...
ROB HARRIS, AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Coca-Cola has disclosed contingency plans to adapt its World Cup sponsorship and soften its celebratory tone in Brazil...
[BBC] The two-legged tie has the makings of a classic with the Black Stars aware that they face a might battle against the continent’s football’s form...