FIFA Faces Calls To Redo 2022 World Cup Vote After Qatari Corruption Bombshell
The chairman of the Football Association has called for Qatar to be stripped of the World Cup if it is proven that the Gulf state’s top football official paid millions of dollars to African...
View ArticleBrazil Has A Bunch Of Problems To Clear Up In The Last 10 Days Before The...
With 10 days to go to the World Cup, Brazil was rushing Monday to finish installing seats in stadiums and deal with threats ranging from violent protests to dengue fever.The count-down to the June 12...
View ArticleWhat São Paulo's Unfinished World Cup Stadium Looks Like 10 Days Before The...
With a week and a half to go until the World Cup, the 65,000-seat Itaquerão stadium in São Paulo is still not finished.The stadium held its final test event on Sunday — a game between Brazilian...
View ArticleCorruption-Plagued FIFA Should Not Be Allowed To Run The World Cup
The question is no longer whether Qatar should host the World Cup; it is whether Fifa should be allowed to survive in its present form.The real tragedy of the news that Fifa’s decision to grant the...
View ArticleThe 'Qatari Machiavelli' Spent $5 Million On Alleged Bribes During The 2022...
Influential figures in world soccer are voicing their support for a 2022 World Cup re-vote if FIFA finds that new allegations voters were bribed are true.The Sunday Times began publishing a bombshell...
View ArticleMichael Bradley Is The US World Cup Team's Best Player, And Its Only Hope To...
The U.S. men's national team has problems going into the World Cup.The defense is unsettled, with a hole at left back and zero central defenders with World Cup experience.The effectiveness of the...
View ArticleThe World Cup Groups Are Laughably Uneven, And It's Proof That FIFA's System...
Back in December, the draw for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil produced eight groups that vary wildly in difficulty.This is a problem.FIFA owes it to the soccer world to use a draw system that both...
View ArticleA Worrisome Photo Of São Paulo's World Cup Stadium Looking Half-Built 9 Days...
The Itaquerão stadium in São Paulo will host the opening game of the World Cup in nine days.It's not ready yet. One end of the stadium — a section of temporary seats that has yet to be approved for use...
View ArticleLearn How To Make The Perfect Caipirinha
The Caipirinha (kai-per-REEN-ya) is Brazil’s national cocktail, which makes it perfect for World Cup parties this June.For those wondering if they'd like the Caipirinha, the drink is similar to a...
View ArticleSeveral Brazilian Airports Won't Be Ready For The World Cup Surge Of Fans
Airports in several Brazilian World Cup host cities are not ready for the competition, and will not be before kickoff on June 12, Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo said. Folha reporters toured the...
View ArticleHere Are The Brand New World Cup Uniforms For All 32 Teams
All 32 teams at the 2014 World Cup redesigned their uniforms for this summer's tournament.Some teams with iconic kits (Brazil, Croatia) only made small tweaks, while others got radical overhauls...
View ArticleBill Clinton Was So Angry When Qatar Got The 2022 World Cup He Broke A Mirror...
Bill Clinton looked anything but happy as he strode into the Savoy Baur en Ville hotel in Zurich in December 2010. The receptionists could tell he was irritated, but had no idea just how angry he...
View ArticleThe Shockingly Awful Living Conditions Of Construction Workers In Qatar...
There are 1.4 million migrant workers in Qatar — the tiny, oil-rich Arabian peninsula that won the right to host the 2022 World Cup.Many of these workers came from poor regions of southeast Asia, and...
View ArticleRidiculous Neymar Backheel Pass Sets Up A Brazil Goal In A Dominant Pre-World...
Brazil showed everyone why they're the favorites to win the World Cup on Tuesday, beating Panama 4-0 in a pre-tournament friendly.The best goal came after a brilliant backheel pass from Neymar in the...
View ArticleWhy The 2022 World Cup Actually Might Not Be In Qatar After All
Nobody was ever particularly thrilled with Qatar winning the bid to host the 2022 World Cup — a decision that was met with a slew of criticism, for reasons ranging from the country’s unbearable heat to...
View ArticleUS Soccer Team Coach Makes A Blunt Kobe Bryant Analogy That Explains Why He...
In what was the most controversial roster move in U.S. soccer history, coach Jurgen Klinsmann left Landon Donovan off the team ahead of the 2014 World Cup.Donovan, the American record holder for goals...
View ArticleHere's The Best-Case Scenario For The US At The World Cup
Things aren't looking good for the U.S. men's national team heading into the 2014 World Cup. They're in one of the tournament's most difficult groups, with Germany (the second-ranked team in the...
View ArticleThe Temporary Bleachers At São Paulo's Unfinished World Cup Stadium Look...
Construction work continues on the Itaquerão stadium in São Paulo — the venue that will host the first game of the World Cup on June 12.The stadium was supposed to be finished in December 2013, but the...
View ArticleThis Awesome Street Art Is Popping Up All Over Rio De Janeiro
Brazil is a country that shows its feelings through art, and the most visible art form of all is graffiti. And as of 2009, it's also fully legal provided you have permission from the building owner. In...
View Article13 Surprising Facts About Brazil
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