Champions League   Valletta drawn to meet Qarabag FK of Azerbaijan       Local champions Valletta FC were drawn to meet Azerbaijan’s Qarabag FK in the second...

Spain will take on Australia in its final Group B match Monday in the knowledge that defeat will officially make its defense of the World Cup the worst in history.   Following two...

The Netherlands and Chile may have already qualified for the World Cup's round of 16, but both still want to win Group B and avoid the likely prospect of facing host nation Brazil in...

After England's World Cup fiasco, Roy Hodgson realizes the country is searching for a scapegoat, and accepts he's fortunate to have survived as coach.   Despite England failing to...

Fabio Capello hasn't entirely given up hope for his Russian squad at the World Cup in Brazil, even if he's already planning for 2018.   After losing 1-0 to Belgium on Sunday, Russia...

Teenage striker Divock Origi is Belgium's World Cup hero of the moment. Just last month, many of his teammates didn't even know who he was.   Yet Belgium has the 19-year-old Origi,...

Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said Sunday it would be "stupid" to think his team would consider playing deliberately for a draw against Cameroon in order to choose its second-round...

Portugal still has a chance to advance at the World Cup, albeit a really small chance.   But as Cristiano Ronaldo proved again on Sunday, anything can happen when the world player of the...

With Cristiano Ronaldo on the field, a one-goal lead is never safe.   The world player of the year rarely sparkled on a hot and humid night in the jungle, but his inch-perfect stoppage-time...

Teenage forward Divock Origi turned a listless Belgian performance into a late 1-0 win over Russia on Sunday, enough to qualify for the next round of the World Cup with two straight...