England captain Steven Gerrard will spend the summer deciding whether to retire from international football after the team's early World Cup elimination.   "It's not right to...

South Korea and Algeria have to put disappointing opening results behind them when they meet Sunday, each knowing a victory would leave them well-placed to qualify from a World Cup group...

With Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal still has a chance to reach the second round at the World Cup. Without him, the advantage might just switch to the United States.   Ronaldo has...

With the second round just one victory away, Belgium is sweating on the fitness of captain and defender Vincent Kompany ahead of its World Cup game against Russia.   After wearing down...

Having captured people's attention at the World Cup with some scintillating attacking football, France's players are now in unknown territory after raising expectations back...

The "fantastic four" didn't look so fabulous, so once again the magnificent one had to come to the rescue for Argentina.   Argentina is through to the second round at the World...

Italy boasted for weeks about its physical fitness preparation for this World Cup.   Coach Cesare Prandelli constantly said he wanted to bring not just 23 players to Brazil "but 23...

Striker Wayne Rooney says teams that succeed at the World Cup are nasty and cynical and England needs to play that way if it wants to win.   "You look at teams who have won the...

Miroslav Klose rescued a point for Germany, and equaled the World Cup scoring record in the process.   Germany was held to an entertaining 2-2 draw by Ghana on Saturday and needed...

Nigeria ended a 16-year wait for a victory in a World Cup match Saturday, beating Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 courtesy of Peter Odemwingie's first-half goal and knocking the tournament newcomers out of...