Son Heung-min is part of a new wave of players aiming to enhance South Korea's status at the World Cup, no longer content with merely being Asia's most successful performer on football's...

Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has projected that Argentina will be the most likely opponent if the hosts can make it all the way to the World Cup final.   Scolari said Thursday he and his...

Brazil's goalkeeper in the 2002 World Cup has urged national team players to avoid getting caught up in the fan euphoria that is starting to take over the country.   Marcos said that as...

If he seizes this golden opportunity in the engine room of a France team sufficiently talented to surprise almost any opponent on a good day, this will be the World Cup that puts Paul Pogba's name...

Germany's World Cup injury problems are receding ahead of Friday's friendly against Armenia, the team's last game before departing for Brazil.   Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has...

Since Fabio Capello took over as Russia coach two years ago, he has revitalized the national team.   Capello is the third foreigner to lead the team, but unlike predecessors Guus Hiddink and...

Although Russia is a team with plenty of veterans, only one of them has seen World Cup action.   Alexander Kerzhakov came on as a substitute the last time Russia qualified for the World Cup...

Already with an eye on the 2018 World Cup it will host, Russia is headed to Brazil with the attitude that anything short of advancement from Group H will be a failure.   The Russians will be...

"Fighting boar" midfielder, senator, coach — Marc Wilmots will need the traits of all three of his careers, past and present, to turn Belgium's World Cup into a...

With only a few notable exceptions, Belgium has often been a team bigger than the sum of its players.   This time, after an absence of 12 years, the Belgians are back at the World Cup with...