There has never been a final act in soccer quite like Zinedine Zidane’s headbutt. The France great had been coaxed out of international retirement by coach Raymond Domenech to help his...

Mohamed Salah will be given until the last moment to prove he's fit to play in Egypt's World Cup opener against Uruguay on Friday. Salah injured his left shoulder on May 26 in the Champions...

A rampant Romelu Lukaku scored twice and set up a third goal as Belgium closed its World Cup preparations in style by demolishing Costa Rica 4-1 on Monday. Dries Mertens opened the scoring for...

Mohamed Salah was relaxing in his hotel room in Grozny when he was informed an important guest dropped in unexpectedly and was waiting for him in the lobby. When the Egypt star forward went down,...

Senegal scored two second-half goals to beat fellow World Cup contender South Korea 2-0 and end a four-match winless streak on Monday in its final warmup. South Korea defender Kim Young-gwon...

The heir to the Yugoslavia national team still struggles to live up to the legacy of “The Plavi.” Serbia, one of seven national teams created after the breakup of Yugoslavia, is yet...

Switzerland’s World Cup prospects are one of the hardest to predict, and also the most intriguing. Currently ranked No. 6, the Swiss have enough talented players in the peak years of their...

A quarterfinalist at the World Cup four years ago, Costa Rica has high standards to match in Russia. The Central American nation, with a population of just under 5 million people, won a group in...

Brazil is shaking off the embarrassment of losing 7-1 to Germany in its home World Cup. Since Tite took over as coach in 2016, the five-time world champions have become a winning machine again...

The path to glory can be a painful one. Ronaldo, one of Brazil’s greatest strikers, can attest to that. The big question at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan centered on Ronaldo...