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A controversial foul call in Friday’s World Cup match between Brazil and Costa Rica would have awarded Neymar a penalty kick, but the foul did not stand after the play was reviewed. With the score tied 0-0 in the 81st minute, a Costa Rican …
Croatia stunned soccer fans across the world by jumping out to a 1-0 lead early in the second half against Argentina on Thursday, and the goal would not have been possible without an unforgivable goalkeeping mistake. Rather than safely sending a ball …
The Mexico Football Federation was hit with a $10,000 fine for what FIFA called “discriminatory and insulting chants” from fans during the team’s win over Germany. Mexican fans lobbed homophobic chants at Germany goalkeeper Manuel …
Russia may have overlooked one vital issue in its World Cup planning — an adequate beer supply. A number of Moscow restaurants and bars say they’re running low on beer as fans from across the world descend on the city to drink and …
Someone associated with the England soccer team has suffered a significant injury at the World Cup, but it’s not quite what you might think. England manager Gareth Southgate dislocated his shoulder on Wednesday in a jogging accident, and he met …
Argentina star Lionel Messi has often been criticized for his lack of success on the international stage, and his mother says it’s taken a toll on him. Celia Cuccittini told Argentine television network El Trece that her son puts immense …
Portugal’s Pepe will hear about his embarrassing flop against Morocco for a long time. During Wednesday’s group stage match of this year’s World Cup, Morocco’s Medhi Benatia had some words for Portuguese defender Pepe. As the …
Senegal fans proved that they are some of the most passionate in the world with the way they supported their team in Tuesday’s upset win over Poland, and they also showed that may be the most courteous. After they played music and …
Portugal got out to an early leads in their match against Morocco on Wednesday, and we’ll give you one guess as to who it was that got them on the board. Less than four minutes into the match, Cristiano Ronaldo scored on a beautiful header. …
As of Tuesday, every team at the World Cup has played at least one game, meaning we can start to draw some early conclusions about how things are going. It has certainly been an unpredictable tournament, with the favorites struggling and some …
Senegal may stand virtually no chance of winning the World Cup this year, but they can confidently say they are better than every team in the field in at least one category — celebrations. Following their 2-1 upset win over Poland on Tuesday, …
The opening round of the World Cup has been loaded with upsets and own goals, and the latter have been so frequent that we may be well on our way to seeing a new tournament record. On Tuesday, Senegal pulled off a victory over Poland thanks in part …
The road to the knockout stages will already be more difficult than expected for Brazil after a surprising draw with Switzerland on Sunday, and the outlook could get even worse if Neymar is unable to get healthy over the next several days. On …
There have already been a number of rather stunning upsets early in the group stages of the World Cup, and Japan pulled off another in their match against Colombia on Tuesday. Colombia was faced with some serious adversity, and Japan took full …
There’s a real chance Monday’s World Cup match in Volgograd, Russia will have some unwanted visitors. Various reports from the ground indicate that Volgograd Arena has been swarmed by small flies ahead of the first World Cup game the city …
Mexico pulled off a stunning upset over Germany in the group stages of the World Cup on Sunday, and some great advice from manager Juan Carlos Osorio may have helped put the team at ease prior to the big match. In his postgame press conference, …
