Known as Russia’s “Window on Europe,” St. Petersburg is a city like no other. Imperial palaces line its network of canals, its stadium looks like a spaceship and some days the...

Four years after the good displays in Argentina, Italy, still led by Enzo Bearzot, defied the odds and after a slow start defeated Argentina, Brazil, Poland and West Germany to return to the top of...

The sports-crazed nation of Israel was in uproar Wednesday over Argentina's abrupt cancellation of a World Cup warmup match following pro-Palestinian protests, with some of the country's leaders...

Controversy and confetti. The 1978 World Cup in Argentina was awash with both. Twelve years after being awarded the right to host the World Cup, Argentina was a very different country. It had...

Visiting Sochi is a mouth-watering prospect for World Cup fans, with beaches, blue skies and arguably the best game in the group stage. Portugal and Spain meet on June 15 in Sochi, which hosted...

Russia will go into its home World Cup without a win in seven games after drawing 1-1 with an under-strength Turkey team on Tuesday. Alexander Samedov put Russia ahead in the 36th minute with an...

Russia looks set to pack fans into the stadiums for the World Cup. But what happens then? Several of the 12 stadiums look set to remain largely empty after the teams have left Russia and the...

If you have never heard of Saransk, you’re not alone — many Russians haven’t either. The provincial city of just under 300,000 people was a surprise inclusion as a World Cup...

The new president of the Spanish Football Federation says he's been able to cancel a previously arranged trip by officials to the World Cup that would cost nearly 2 million euros ($2.3...

FIFA has filed a criminal complaint in Switzerland against online ticket platform Viagogo in its crackdown on unauthorized World Cup sales at marked-up prices. FIFA said on Tuesday it joined...