What exactly is it that makes the World Cup so alluring? Every four years, the tournament arrives like a massive religious ...

There have been 189 total red card incidents involving players in World Cup history. Some ejections were via straight red ...

The Americans are seeing red over the most controversial and consequential red card so far in the World Cup. While the United ...

Folarin Balogun leads the U.S. with three goals, but will miss the round of 16 match because of an automatic suspension for ...

The Americans are seeing red over the most controversial and consequential red card so far in the World Cup. While the United ...

For some Italians, their team’s absence from the biggest tournament in soccer is a metaphor for a broader national malaise.

Over the past two decades, FIFA World Cup championship prize money has more than doubled. See what it's worth in today's ...

Explore the ten greatest FIFA World Cup players in soccer history, from Pelé's three titles to Messi's goal-scoring record ...

Italy has lifted the World Cup four times (in 1934, 1938, 1982, and 2006), which puts the Azzurri among the most successful national teams in the history of the game. Yet the question of which ...

By Rohith Nair MIAMI, June 28 (Reuters) - Italy's 2006 World Cup hero Marco Materazzi has been stunned by Cape Verde's ...

While the rest of the world revels in the tournament, Italians are purposefully ignoring it; ‘I don’t give a f—.’ ROME—The ...

After winning Group D, the Americans now face Bosnia and Herzegovina in the round of 32 of their first World Cup on home soil ...