The reigning World Champions Spain ended their meek title defense on a winning note with a 3-0 victory over Australia on Monday.

An average of 7.1 million people watched Univision's broadcast of the World Cup game between Mexico and Croatia on Monday, which is the most-viewed World Cup Group Stage match in the history of Univision Deportes. Several key numbers stand out: • Univision Deportes coverage of Mexico vs. Croatia reached 12.6 million total viewers who tuned into […]

Costa Rica clinched the top spot in Group A following a 0-0 draw with previously eliminated England. This match which was played simultaneously with the Italy-Uruguay match ultimately was overshadowed by the multiple controversies in that game including the biting incident involving Luis Suarez.

A new, better camera angle of the disgusting incident of Luis Suarez biting fellow professional Giorgio Chiellini has been uncovered, which shows more graphic detail regarding how intentional the bite was. According to several different newspapers, Suarez may face a ban of two years that would prevent him from playing. Suarez bit Chiellini during the […]

If you were to ask pundits with some semblance of knowledge about the beautiful game beforehand to predict a winner of the World Cup, it would be unthinkable if they would have tipped anything else but a European or a South American country. Every final of the previous 19 World Cup tournaments has featured countries […]

Last month, if you would have come to me and said that during the World Cup Jermaine Jones was the US MVP after two matches while Michael Bradley was the goat of both games, AND the U.S. stood a good chance of advancing from the group, I would have had you committed. But this is […]

The United States faces possible elimination from the World Cup if they don't get at least a draw against Germany on Thursday. The USA's failure to close out Portugal in stoppage time has left the national team with everything to do against Germany. Assumptions are abound in the United States among some lazy pundits and […]

A spirited Japanese effort to save their World Cup tournament was duly bunted by a high flying Colombian team led by James Rodriguez and Jackson Martinez, as the playmaker's latest brilliance with the Porto man led his side to a 4-1 victory and a 100% record in the group stages. Alberto Zaccheroni's side had the […]

Georgios Samaras scored a late penalty in stoppage time to send Greece through to the Round of 16, while Ivory Coast will feel demoralized after being so close to advancing. Controversy surrounded this nerve-wrecking game in Group C as Greece snuck through to the second round of the World Cup finals after facing a more-fancied […]

In a post-match interview, Uruguay striker Luis Suarez brushed off the biting incident that became the main talking point of the Italy-Uruguay World Cup game. In an interview with Uruguay media, Suarez said: "These things happen in the box. We were in contact, chest against shoulder, and I got a knock to the eye." In […]

What an ending to the match between Greece and Ivory Coast! Greece defeated Ivory Coast in the last few minutes of the match to advance to the Round of 16 of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The winning goal came in controversial circumstances after Greece won a soft penalty when Georgios Samaras was allegedly fouled […]

Cesare Prandelli’s decision to resign in the wake of the Azzurri’s 1-0 defeat to Uruguay was a noble one, premised on the idea that he was responsible for Italy’s poor showing in the World Cup. Setting aside his tenure as the Italian coach this cycle, if we focus on this match, then it was the […]

After a controversial 1-0 loss to Uruguay Tuesday in the Group stages of the World Cup, Italian manager Cesare Prandelli has resigned from his position. His Italian squad came in third in the group after two consecutive losses against Costa Rica and Uruguay. In 2010, Prandelli replaced Marcelo Lippi as head coach of the Azzurri after […]

With Colombia already qualified to the next round, they face a Japan outfit who will be desperate to win to keep their own hopes of qualification alive. Where to watch – For viewers in USA, this is where they can catch the kickoff at 4 PM EST/1 PM PST – English language: ESPN and WatchESPN Spanish language: Univision, […]

With second place in the Group still up for grabs for both the teams, this might be a highly entertaining game. Where to watch – The match kicks off at 4 PM EST/1 PM PST, and this is viewers in USA can catch this game – English language: ESPN2 and WatchESPN Spanish language: UniMás, Galavision and Univision online Portuguese […]