Football The Goal

[...] to at least qualify for the World Cup.” The pressure from the fans also comes from the wealth of football at their fingertips, with [...]

[...] Confederations Cup. Nothing has given soccer in the States a bigger popularity hike than this World Cup and the Stars and Stripes’ 2-1 win over Ghana in their 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ curtain- [...]

[...] . I felt left out. It hurt me,” he said, the ache still somehow fresh. Four years later, his World Cup dream ended dramatically again. Costa Rica fell short of direct qualification through CONCACAF [...]

[...] The first draw of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ came on Monday afternoon, in the 13th match of the tournament. While that number brought [...]

[...] FIFA has announced the referees for the FIFA World Cup™ matches 33 to 36, the final matches in the preliminary round for Groups A and B. Proceedings [...]

[...] FIFA has announced the referees for the FIFA World Cup™ matches 24 to 26. Enrique Osses will referee the match Italy-Costa Rica, two teams who meet [...]

[...] 12 years to double his FIFA World Cup account. Alongside him is none other than Michael Laudrup, the Danish idol who scored goals [...]

[...] FIFA has announced the referees for the FIFA World Cup™ matches 27 to 29. Match 27, Argentina-Iran, will be overseen by Milorad Mazic from Serbia, [...]

[...] character. It is arguably the most talked-about fixture in the build-up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™, and will remain so right up until the action starts for real. The reason? It is a repeat [...]

[...] The day’s top performers in the hunt for the Hyundai Young Player Award here at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ both come from France. Paul Pogba and Raphael Varane impressed in Les Bleus’ 3-0 [...]

[...] THE DAY REPLAYED – The fourth Matchday of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ was in keeping with the three that preceded it, offering up plenty of goals, incredible [...]

[...] , after tests revealed Franjic had torn a hamstring and ruled him out of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™, McGowan finds himself as Ange Postecoglou’s first-choice right-back. Here, the [...]

[...] (Group C), Estadio Nacional, Brasilia, 13.00 (local time) Uruguay-England (Group D), Arena de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 16.00 (local time) Japan-Greece (Group C), Estadio das Dunas, Natal, 19.00 (local [...]

[...] declared himself “100 per cent” available to meet familiar faces in Sao Paulo this Thursday.  “I feel really great,” Suarez told FIFA. “I am really motivated to play again. I’ [...]

[...] the last 16, with the Mexico draw following their opening 3-1 win against Croatia in Sao Paulo. “In my opinion – it’s my own, not that of the critics – the team played better than [...]

[...] physically after the Germany game. Father-of-five Nuno Sousa, who is Portuguese but lives in Sao Paulo, brought three daughters and his son along to the training session to see Ronaldo in the flesh, [...]

Colombia gave themselves breathing space at the top of 2014 Group C after goals from James Rodriguez and Juan Quintero helped them to a 2-1 win over C [...]

FIFA has announced the referees for the FIFA World Cup™ matches 21 to 23. The match between Colombia and Côte d’Ivoire will be refereed by Howar [...]

One of the greatest sights at the FIFA World Cup™ is the meeting of cultures it brings. The opposing players on the field, coaching staff on the si [...]

Although no Hyundai Young Player Award candidates started their sides’ encounters on 18 June, four of them did see action and none disappointed. Aus [...]

[...] League editions of 2013 and 2014, the FIFA Club World Cup 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013, will be compared in order to detect potential deviations that may indicate an abuse [...]

[...] The stage was the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 and the hosts were taking on Mexico in their second group match. As the [...]

[...] against Uruguay. He refereed at the Olympic Football Tournaments London 2012 and the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013. Last year, Brych also handled three Brazil 2014 qualifiers for the, including Spain- [...]

[...] His first FIFA competition was the FIFA Club World Cup 2011, followed by two games at the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013. Björn Kuipers will take charge of the match between two European teams who have [...]