Reddit user davemcgee2 has created this GIF, featuring the the 20 balls used for every World Cup from 1930 through…
Pope Emeritus Benedict resigned, somewhat shockingly, in February 2013. He did so earlier than he initially intended…
The T-shirts in question include one promoting Rio de Janeiro's famous beaches with a woman in a bikini and the…
With the world cup just six months away, The Guardian has put together a great set of charts comparing the relative…
Last month, defender Josip Šimunić celebrated Croatia's World Cup qualification by leading fans in a…
When the U.S. drew Germany, Portugal, and Ghana for its 2014 World Cup group, the immediate consensus was that we…
Here is the full World Cup match schedule. Start putting in now for your days off.
Hot off the presses from online sportsbook Bovada, each country's odds to win the 2014 World Cup, both before and…
FIFA is so hopelessly corrupt that today's lottery to determine World Cup round robin groups is a necessary evil. If…
The last four World Cups have been nightmares for American television viewers, with games kicking off at sunrise or…
Last Monday, the architectural firm behind the stadium being built for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar released a short…

This is just filthy. Uruguay's Edinson Cavani freezes the entire nation of Jordan on this marvelous free kick. Urugua…
Have you ever thrown an inanimate object or ripped off a jersey and set it on fire while watching sports and…
Statue of controversial incident elicits controversy. Who'd a thunk it?
FIFA's world rankings are, almost without exception, meaningless. This is that exception. The rankings released…
On Tuesday, 16-year-old Harry Wilson made his international debut for Wales in a World Cup qualifying match against…

This, from Mexico's Raúl Jiménez, came in the 85th minute, four minutes after Panama had just equalized and bummed…
There's almost no way the USMNT can earn a top seed at the World Cup: The top eight seeds for Brazil will be decided by this month's FIFA rankings, where the U.S. currently sit 13th. Even if they win both matches this week, moving into the top seven (host Brazil are automatically in) would require some unlikely… Read more