Watch out Spain: Chile and its star striker Alexis Sanchez are looking like a serious threat at the World Cup.   Carrying over his prolific form this season for Barcelona, Sanchez scored one...

Louis van Gaal, one of the game's greatest coaches, was criticized before the World Cup for being too defensive for a nation that loves attacking play.   His decision to field five...

Mexico overcame the torrential rain and two disallowed goals to beat Cameroon 1-0 on Friday, picking up the three points it needed to have any chance of advancing from a tough group at the World...

Former Germany great Franz Beckenbauer has been banned from all football activities for 90 days for not cooperating with an investigation into Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid.   FIFA says the...

Fullback Mattia De Sciglio will remain with Italy's squad even though he has been ruled out of the Azzurri's World Cup opener against England on Saturday due to a strained leg...

Mexico owes its place at the World Cup to an injury-time comeback by the United States. Cameroon needed a last-minute loan to end a player strike over bonuses and put the squad on a plane to...

Tipped by Pele as one of the tournament favorites and boasting its best ever squad for a World Cup, Chile must handle soaring and previously unseen expectations ahead of the team's opening match...

Spain and the Netherlands played out one of the most disappointing World Cup finals in history four years ago. They get a chance to make amends right away in Brazil.   In one of the...

Organizers may as well give the World Cup to Brazil right now, according to Croatia's Dejan Lovren, after the defender found himself at the center of a penalty controversy in his...

It wasn't meant to start this way for Brazil.   Defender Marcelo turned and stared off into the distance, his eyes wide open in disbelief after his own goal early in the opening game of...