A World Cup assistant referee resigned from duty after being caught taking a $600 cash payment in an undercover television sting. Aden Range Marwa of Kenya told FIFA he would not go to Russia,...

Panama's players will likely have a lump in their throats when they step on the field at the World Cup in Russia. Coming from a country best known for baseball players, they will be overjoyed...

Uruguay's priority will be keeping Luiz Suarez tamed at this year's World Cup. After the striker was expelled from the 2014 tournament in disgrace for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini,...

Mohammed Salah has the ability to light up any team, including Egypt. The Liverpool striker has been in superb form this season, but playing at the World Cup will be a new experience for him....

After dozens of coaching changes in the last 25 years, Saudi Arabia has a proven winner in charge for this year's World Cup. Juan Antonio Pizzi led Chile to the 2016 Copa America title, but it...

No Russian team has made it out of the group stage at the World Cup since the Soviet era and a spate of recent injuries is going to make it tough on the hosts again this year. Expectations have...

Mexico became the first country to stage the FIFA World Cup™ finals for a second time when football's greatest show returned to the site of Brazil's 1970 triumph, but this time it was Argentina...

Belgium showed flashes of its attacking prowess Wednesday, beating Egypt 3-0 in a World Cup warmup with the help of goals from Romelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard in a dominant first half. Substitute...

At their peak, Russian hooligans felt like gods. “We’re on Mount Olympus right now and it had to be done,” is how one veteran hooligan from Moscow recounts his part in brawls...

Nigeria will go into the World Cup on a five-match winless streak after losing its final warmup game to Czech Republic 1-0 on Wednesday. Czech defender Tomas Kalas scored after 25 minutes,...