The World Cup website is set for a record-breaking 1.2 billion page views in the first week of the tournament alone, the ruling body FIFA said on Monday
Soccer enthusiasts in Indonesia's Lampung province would not miss the World Cup, the world's most watched soccer event, on televisions despite continued aftershocks that jolted the province almost every day.
Father’s Day came during 2006 World Cup. Chinese merchants decided to grasp the business opportunities created by World Cup, and Father’s Day seemed to have been ignored. Fathers were left out in the cold in their own festival.
The international soccer authority FIFA accepted Monday the right of Irish citizens to play on the Northern Ireland team, reversing a position that had angered Catholics across Ireland and triggered a government protest.
This World Cup could mark a turning point for English soccer fans who are shedding their reputation as hooligans, police and diplomats said on Monday
Ecuador's players are not the most pampered in international soccer but coach Luis Fernando Suarez nonetheless ordered his players to read a Colombian fable called "The Cow" to ensure there is no complacency in the ranks.
Referees will continue to have the final say on contentious goalline decisions at the World Cup until any technology to overrule them is perfected.
NuL,the French word that means both "a draw" and "awful" was among those used by the French press Monday to lambast the national squad's 1-1 World Cup result against South Korea
Togolese fans railed against their World Cup players on Monday and blamed the West African team's exit from the tournament on a disruptive pay dispute
Saudi Arabia coach Marcos Paqueta said steady rain and a slippery pitch hurt his team the same way stifling heat had troubled Ukraine against Spain last week
Fans danced and waved blue and yellow national flags in the rain in Kiev on Monday as Ukraine made amends for a terrible World Cup start by demolishing Saudi Arabia 4-0 in their second Group H match
Street cleaners in the World Cup city of Leipzig got a pleasant surprise on Monday morning when they discovered South Korean fans had done their work for them
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