Brazil’s northern Amazonia state ruled Wednesday that work could resume fully at the World Cup stadium in Manaus where a worker fell to his death over the weekend, media reports said. Construction at the site partially resumed on Monday, although not…
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Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi wants the African champions to use the United States as their pre-World Cup training base. Football officials had previously floated the idea of training in Argentina, Colombia or the United States. But Keshi said he has…
Bayern Munich’s Germany star Bastian Schweinsteiger has said he has no fear of missing the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, despite his on-going ankle problems. “I have not had a moment’s concern about missing the World Cup,” Schweinsteiger told SID, an AFP…
One person was killed Saturday in an accident at the Manaus Arena World Cup stadium in Brazil, falling some 35 meters, officials said. The accident came barely two weeks after two people died at the World Cup stadium in Sao Paulo which is scheduled…
Greg Dyke had an air of defeatism after the World Cup draw but you can only achieve the impossible if you have a go
• Bora Milutinovic, who stunned Scotland in 1990, talks of shock
• ‘England have good players but can they show it on the field?’
Brazil’s organisational reputation, already under fire in the run-up to the World Cup, suffered another blow Sunday when three spectators were seriously hurt in violent clashes at a league match. Police said that fans of Atletico Paranaense and Vasco…
World governing body FIFA on Friday conducted the draw for next year’s World Cup, when 32 national teams will converge on Brazil to compete for the sport’s most important prize. Six months and six days before the tournament opens with a game between…
As the 32 teams qualified for next year’s World Cup prepared to learn their fate in Friday’s draw, FIFA said Thursday the champions of the 2014 tournament will claim $35m. FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke also indicated that the runners-up would…
Nigeria may have flopped at their last two World Cups but expectations are high of a better showing in Brazil next year, irrespective of the first-round group they are drawn in on Friday. The Super Eagles have not won a World Cup finals match since…
Brazilian legend Pele said on Wednesday he hoped current Brazil star Neymar’s experience in Europe with Barcelona could give the Selecao a boost at next year’s World Cup. Brazil “shouldn’t fear anyone,” Pele said as he pinpointed next June as Neymar…
By Andi Thomas @andi_thomas on Dec 4 2013, 9:55a + Pour one out for our favorite national teams that won’t be at the World Cup this summer. The first World Cup had thirteen entrants. Due to the universal law of corporate bloat, this has expanded…
Fortified by home advantage, Brazil are bursting to set out in pursuit of their sixth World Cup and coach Luiz Felipe Scolari says he has a good idea of his starting XI. “Big Phil” Scolari already has the kudos which comes from having coached the Selecao…
If psychic diva Marcia Fernandes is proven right, millions of Brazilians will be sorely disappointed next July as she forecast a German victory in the final of the World Cup. “Germany is going to prevail,” the popular medium said in a highly anticipated…
Sixteen young Pakistani women will make history this weekend as they compete in the kabaddi world cup — the first time the conservative Muslim country has ever fielded an international women’s team in the sport. The traditional tag-wrestling sport…
Italy’s Dominik Paris won the first downhill of the men’s alpine World Cup season on Saturday, his time of 1min 49.90sec giving him the victory over Austrian Klaus Kroell. Kroell was second at snowy Lake Louise in 1:49.93, and France’s Adrien Theaux…
Updated Nov 28, 2013 5:45 PM ET SAO PAULO (AP) A safety engineer at the World Cup stadium where a giant crane collapse killed two workers allegedly warned his supervisor of possible problems with the operation, only to have his concerns brushed…