After generations spent competing on the international stage for various iterations of Yugoslavia, after gaining…
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From Eduardo Galeano's classic, now available as an ebook. We'll have excerpts throughout the week.
Iran aren't a bad side. They won five of eight matches in the final round of their Asian World Cup qualifiers to…
Project Babb, the Telegraph's World Cup microsite, has created this handy Venn diagram sorting the 32 sides by their…
Nigeria come into Brazil with as much international tournament experience in the last few years as any team in the…
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We spend a lot of time talking about what a cartoonishly corrupt organization FIFA is, but sometimes it feels like…
Here's your Group E hub and open thread where you'll find our previews and predictions.
From Eduardo Galeano's classic, now available as an ebook. We'll have excerpts throughout the week.
Calling Honduras a minnow isn't fair. Sure, Honduras are likely to ultimately be outclassed and eliminated in the…
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Goddammit, Michael Wilbon.
If you're looking for a last-minute underdog to support, this is your team.
In theory and on paper, France are stacked. The spine of this team is ridiculous. Their keeper is incredible. They…
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Trick shot artist Rémi Gaillard has a new World Cup-themed video out, and oh man is this dude good at soccer trick…
FIFA has so many freaking rules about World Cup uniforms. Here are the six weirdest. [Fast Company]
When the World Cup groups were drawn in December, many of the top seeds—Brazil, Spain, Germany, Argentina—were…
Here's your Group D hub and open thread, where you'll find our previews and predictions.
The World Cup will go off on time. This was never in any doubt, despite the requisite doom-and-gloom stories…
From Eduardo Galeano's classic, now available as an ebook. We'll have excerpts throughout the week.
Do they have any shot? Not really. But that doesn't mean Costa Rica can't put the fear of God into the Group D…