France is striking at the World Cup again, this time in a way the fans back home will approve of.   Four years ago to the day, France's players shamed the nation by going on strike at...

A little under a year after the sudden death of star striker Christian Benitez, Ecuador has unearthed a new goal-scoring dynamo.   Enner Valencia's two calmly-taken goals that secured a...

Costa Rica followed up its surprise win over Uruguay with another World Cup stunner on Friday, beating four-time champion Italy 1-0 to secure a spot in the next round and eliminate England in the...

Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella on Friday denied there was any power struggle going on with Lionel Messi ahead of the Group F match against Iran, saying he wasn't offended when his star player...

When Ecuador and Honduras meet at the Arena da Baixada on Friday, there's every chance they will play in the knowledge that defeat will end all hope of qualifying for the knockout stages...

Coach Didier Deschamps is trying to take the spotlight away from striker Karim Benzema heading into France's potentially decisive clash with Switzerland on Friday.   Whoever...

Costa Rica's 3-1 impressive win over Uruguay was one of the biggest surprises in the opening matches of the World Cup.   It certainly got Italy's...

The younger brother of Ivory Coast players Yaya and Kolo Toure has died in Britain, the Ivory Coast Football Federation says.   Ibrahim Toure died Thursday aged 28, the Ivorian federation...

A player has to perform very, very well for Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal to single him out for praise. His stock answer is that the team is more important than any individual...

An unexpectedly early World Cup exit has left Spanish football searching for a way to recapture its past success, while transitioning to a future without some of the players responsible for that...