It’s been a bloodbath for English sport lately. In March, its rugby team lost out to Ireland in the Six Nations on mere point differential. Just recently the team went down to New Zealand for an Antipodean Winter tour and lost all three tests to the All Blacks. Its cricket team surrendered the Ashes back […]

After the thrilling finish between Chile and Brazil earlier in the day, it felt as if our collective hearts had just returned to their normal rates when it was time for the second game of the day to begin. Yesterday, the match between Colombia and Uruguay seemed to be for a rather dubious honor: That […]

For a very limited time, order an official USA World Cup jersey and receive 25% off your purchase. The secret promotion can be unlocked by following the following three steps. 1. Visit World Soccer Shop via the following USA World Cup shirt link. 2. Select the shirt size, quantity and any customization you'd like. 3. […]

Colombia and Uruguay battle in the second match of the Round of 16 games in the World Cup. The winner will play the winner of Brazil against Chile in the next round. Where to watch – For viewers keen to catch this game from USA, this is where they can tune in. • English language: ABC […]

Colombia showed their brilliance against Uruguay yet again Saturday afternoon when James Rodriguez scored his second goal of the match to put Colombia 2-0 in the lead, and one step away from a place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. While Rodriguez will go down in the score sheet, it was Juan Cuadrado who […]

Brazil may be through but Luis Felipe Scolari will be extremely worried about his team’s form. They came up against a fired-up Chile who could have easily dumped the hosts out of the tournament had Mauricio Pinilla’s effort had been a few inches lower. It was a magnificent effort by Chile but they will look […]

Colombia's James Rodriguez scored one of the goals of the World Cup so far with a brilliant piece of individual magic to put Los Cafeteros 1-0 in the lead against Uruguay. Rodriguez, who wears the number 10 shirt for Colombia and plays his club football for AS Monaco, chested the ball and then hit the […]

Brazil defeated Chile on penalty kicks to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. After a tense 1-1 game and 30 minutes of scoreless extra time in Belo Horizonte, the World Cup match went to penalty kicks to decide the winner between Brazil and Chile. In an advertisement from both teams of […]

The knockout round of the World Cup starts today, which means two things: (1) If you're recording the games, be sure to add time for extra time and penalty kicks, and (2) prepare yourself for some nailbiting games. With so much riding on the line, it's possible that the next eight games will be more […]

Uruguay kicks off its Round of 16 match against Colombia at 4pm ET/1pm PT today, with Uruguay missing its leading goalscorer and most famous footballer Luis Suarez after he was banned for the next nine international games and from all of soccer for the next four months due to biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini on the […]

Chile rocked Brazil with a goal in the 32nd minute by Alexis Sanchez to make the game 1-1. Chile capitalized on a poor mistake by Brazil when Hulk made a weak pass to Marcelo from a throw-in, which was picked up by Chile and into the path of Alexis Sanchez, who side footed the shot […]

Brazilian defender David Luiz scored his first international goal of his career, when he scored against Chile in the 18th minute of the Round of 16 World Cup game. Luiz scored the goal after the ball floated in to the far post. Luiz was "johnny on the spot" for Brazil as he reacted quickly to […]

Univision has announced their commentator assignments for the World Cup Round of 16 games from June 28 through July 1. Here they are: Saturday, June 28 Round of 16 — Brazil vs Chile, Noon ET, Univision, Univision Deportes Network & Univision’s Futbol website; Luis Omar Tapia, José Luis López Salido, Félix “El Gato” Fernández Round of 16 — […]

Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf ran a cartoon on the front cover of its newspaper today with Netherlands manager Louis Van Gaal wearing a sombrero that says "MexiGo Home," as well as wearing a poncho and toting two guns. The rest of the cartoon features Dutch stars such as Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben running […]

It's been a captivating group stage at this year's World Cup, with a Best XI of the first 48 matches required. While some names on this team were expected, others of course have been pleasant surprises to what has been an enthralling competition so far. Here's my best eleven: Goalkeeper Keylor Navas (Costa Rica): While […]