Rio de Janeiro, July 12: World Cup 2014 hosts Brazil will put on a spectacular show as the event comes to South America for the first time in almost 40 years, organisers and President Luiz Inacio Lula

Johannesburg, July 12: Uruguay striker Diego Forlan was on Sunday surprisingly awarded the Golden Ball as the best player of the 2010 World Cup.

Atletico Madrid striker Forlan grabbed five goals at t

Johannesburg, July 11: One journalist’s adventurous journey here ended five feet away from the Soccer City turf on Saturday evening after a training session of the Dutch team.

A portly man armed with

Hamburg, July 11: Germans quietly celebrated third place of their World Cup team on a sweltering Saturday night amid hopes for more success in the future. The start of school holidays in several state

World Cup referees have got 96.75 per cent of their decisions right in 62 matches, the Fifa Referees Committee has revealed. Fifa arrived at the figure after a video analysis of all the matches prior

Johannesburg, July 11: Romario knows a thing or two about the World Cup trophy. He was the driving force behind Brazil’s triumphant run 16 years ago in the United States. But, now as he comes as a mem

Johannesburg, July 12: Contrary to his boy-next-door charms Andres Iniesta has a penchant for the spectacular. The 26-year-old twinkle-toed Barcelona midfielder sent Chelsea out of the Champions Leagu

Johannesburg, July 12: Football 1-cynicism 0. Glory to Spain, pain for the Netherlands. European champions Spain now have conquered the world for the first time in their history.

Andres Iniesta score

Johannesburg, July 11: The World Cup would have entered African shores four years earlier, if only the New Zealand delegate hadn’t gone against his pact and voted for Germany at the last moment, when

Port Elizabeth, July 11: Uruguay’s players heralded a new era for the two-time World Cup winners in the wake of their 2-3 defeat to Germany in the third place match here.

While the result was the sam