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Sports Central
June 30, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup: Brazil vs. France What better way to end the quarterfinals than a repeat of the 1998 World Cup final? Brazil vs. France for the right to prolong a quest for the greatest title in all of sport.   |
Sports Central
July 6, 2006
Will Tidey |
World Cup: Zidane Bows Out on Top Zinedine Zidane, arguably the most extravagantly-gifted player of his generation, will showcase his mesmeric skills for the last time in Sunday's World Cup Final. |
Sports Central
July 8, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup: Italy vs. France The World Cup final is here. Italy and France will vie for global supremacy in the world's most popular sport. |
Salon.com
May 30, 2002
Andrew O'Hehir |
The greatest show on earth It's World Cup time again -- when more than a billion people will be enthralled not just by the joy of victory and agony of defeat, but also by the mystery and despair that is championship soccer... |
Sports Central
June 30, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup: England vs. Portugal The British are back in the quarterfinals for the second straight World Cup, and this time they will be looking to exact a measure of revenge against the Portuguese, who knocked them out of the quarterfinals in the 2004 European Championships. |
AskMen.com
June 12, 2002
Dennis O'Connell |
Top 10 Most Attended World Cup Games Pride is one thing, but facts and figures are another. This list looks at the most watched World Cup finals in terms of average attendance at each game. |
Salon.com
May 30, 2002
Andrew O'Hehir |
Get your World Cup scorecard! Everything you need to know about the players and teams... |
Sports Central
June 7, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group G There should be very little drama with who finishes at the top of Group G, but after that nothing is certain. |
AskMen.com
Andrew Jordan |
The World Cup From A to Z Comments on the games, country by country. |
Salon.com
June 12, 2002
Andrew O'Hehir |
Sacre bleu! Dios mio! It's the Bizarro World Cup! France fades into Sartrean nothingness, Argentina dances the tango of despair and the United States and Japan, titans of world baseball -- sorry, I mean soccer -- rise up. |
Sports Central
June 28, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup: Blame Begins With FIFA The referees have come under even more scrutiny in this World Cup than in previous ones, and that is truly saying something. But if you are looking to blame anyone, don't put it solely on the referees. |
Sports Illustrated
September 23, 2000
Grant Wahl |
Coming of age U.S. men's soccer joins ranks of the world's best... |
Salon.com
July 2, 2002
Andrew O'Hehir |
Ten things I learned about life and soccer from the 2002 World Cup There is a football God, and despite the wild twists and turns of this year's tournament, He's still Brazilian. |
Sports Central
May 9, 2014
Kevin Beane |
World Cup Preview, Groups E and F Groups E and F include Switzerland, Ecuador, Argentina, and more. |
Sports Central
April 12, 2012
Kevin Beane |
Euro 2012 Preview It's getting close to time for the second-biggest global soccer spectacle, the Euros. Spain are the defending champions, and solidified their hold as the best team in the world by following that up by winning the World Cup. |
Sports Central
July 10, 2006
Will Tidey |
World Cup: Italy Are World Champions For the Italians, a stuttering campaign caught fire in their thrilling defeat of Germany in the semifinals -- and it stayed hot with a thrilling victory over France. |
AskMen.com
Simon Kuper |
Race and European Soccer International soccer has been a place of diversity from the start, and despite the wistful musing of some in France, it's becoming ever more so. |
Sports Central
April 10, 2014
Kevin Beane |
World Cup Preview, Groups A and B With the World Cup scarcely over two months away, it's time to roll out the previews. In this first of a four-part series, I will be looking at groups A and B. |
AskMen.com
David Stoll |
Top 20: Soccer Players Of All Time Basically, a footballer who is a national hero or a club legend must obviously be considered one of the greatest. Read these players' biographies and decide for yourself whether they would be included in your top 20. |
Sports Central
May 12, 2006
Ray Leroy |
Soccer: The Beautiful Game June 9th will kick off the most watched sporting event in the world, as 32 teams from across the globe vie for professional soccer's 2006 World Cup. |
Sports Central
June 24, 2010
Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: France's World Cup "De"-Bacle France's 2-1 loss to South Africa mercifully ended arguably the most disgraceful performance in the history of the World Cup. How did the 1998 champions and 2006 finalists fall so stunningly from the top of international soccer? |
AskMen.com
Mark Simmons |
Is Zidane REAL-ly Worth It? The past couple of weeks saw an interesting event take place: Real Madrid agreed to pay 46 million pounds (roughly US$65 million) to Juventus for Zinedine Zidane... |
Sports Central
October 5, 2010
Mert Ertunga |
Guy Forget and France Face Big Challenge On the first weekend of December, Serbia and France will meet in Belgrade Arena for a showdown to determine the winner of 2010 Davis Cup. |
BusinessWeek
June 3, 2010
Roger Bennett |
The World Is Watching the World Cup A spectator's guide to the soccer tournament in South Africa. Whom to root for -- or against -- and who has the coolest uniforms |
Sports Central
May 13, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
The Idiot's Guide to the World Cup In less than one month, the grandest tournament on the planet kicks off -- the World Cup of football, or what Americans call soccer. |
Sports Illustrated
June 5, 2002
Grant Wahl |
Opening statement Much, perhaps too much, goes the American way in their first match of the World Cup. |
AskMen.com
October 28, 2013
Simon Kuper |
2014 World Cup Preview Possibly the four best teams on earth today -- Brazil, Germany, Argentina and Spain -- are intent on providing more attacking thrills than we've seen in many a tournament. |
Sports Central
June 6, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group F It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Brazil will win this group. The race for second, though, is anything but clear. |
Sports Illustrated
May 21, 2002
Grant Wahl |
Viva Italia 32 teams will clash in Japan and South Korea for soccer's utlimate prize. Here's how we see the field -- and why the Italians will have reason to celebrate... |
Sports Central
June 1, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group D Group D is about as straight-forward as you get: Two soccer teams (Portugal and Mexico) flooded with distinguished players, and two teams (Iran and Angola) who are clearly not. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2010
Jordan DiPietro |
Roundtable: Best World Cup Stocks Fool employees pick their favorite World Cup countries and the best stock from that country. |
BusinessWeek
June 10, 2010
John Glover |
France Suddenly Looks Risky Could France be the next to fall? |
Sports Central
June 4, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group E The United States finds itself smack dab in the middle of the second group of death in this World Cup. If the United States are to advance out of this group, it would be a monumental achievement of the highest order. |
Sports Central
May 20, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group A One of the weakest groups in this summer's World Cup features the host nation Germany, along with Poland, Ecuador, and Costa Rica. |
Sports Central
June 3, 2010
Kevin Beane |
Slant Pattern's 2010 World Cup Preview It's that time of the decade, where half of you (Americans) will take an interest in soccer for three weeks and then put it to bed for four years, and the other half will revel in your prideful ignorance. |
Sports Central
June 8, 2006
Piet Van Leer |
World Cup Preview: Group H This group should be pretty straight-forward, with Spain and the Ukraine leading the way -- but Tunisia could pose some potential problems. |
AskMen.com
Simon Kuper |
Euro 2012 Preview Despite the wide-open nature of this tournament, there's no doubt about the three best teams going into the tournament: Spain, Holland and Germany. |
Sports Central
June 30, 2009
Ross Lancaster |
So Close to Glory, But Getting Closer The US soccer team is the most skilled and talented than they have been in the past. |
Sports Central
May 22, 2014
Kevin Beane |
World Cup Preview, Groups G and H The author predicts the likelihood of success for teams from the USA, Germany, Portugal, and more. |
AskMen.com
June 9, 2012
Simon Kuper |
Euro 2012 Underdogs Of all the soccer competitions on earth, the European Championship is the underdog's paradise. |
Sports Illustrated
June 24, 2002
Grant Wahl |
A love letter to Korea From here on out, you can call me an honorary Korean-American. This is my 32nd straight day in this country, and it's still providing no end of amazements. Not just on the soccer field, either, but in everyday life. |
Sports Central
December 14, 2005
Jeff Pohlmeyer |
World Cup Group of Death? The greatest sporting event in the world is taking place just a few months from now. No, not the Super Bowl, not the Olympics. The World Cup of soccer. |
Sports Illustrated
September 19, 2002
Grant Wahl |
Unfamiliar refrain The Yanks are coming! The Yanks are coming! The U.S. is a decent side on the international stage now, one that has to be taken seriously by any team in the world. And that's a huge advance from what any European would have said before the World Cup. |
AskMen.com
July 9, 2014
Leo Moynihan |
R.I.P. Brazilian Flair: The Real Reason Brazil's Style Dried Up, As Told By The Locals Don't just criticize Luiz Felipe Scolari for suddenly taking the Cachaca out of the country's footballing Caipinrinha. The modern game and its day-to-day business is just as guilty as those choosing Brazil's tactics. |
Sports Central
January 10, 2007
Bill Hazell |
2006: Not a Year to Play Favorites (Pt. 2) With 2006 at a close, we can now say it was not a good year for Goliath. |
Sports Central
June 5, 2014
Kevin Beane |
The Father of U.S. Soccer U.S. men's soccer coach Jurgen Klinsmann raised some eyebrows in a New York Times profile today when he declared the World Cup unwinnable for the Americans in 2014. |
Sports Central
June 2, 2011
Kevin Beane |
2011 Gold Cup Preview Nearly a year has passed since the World Cup has passed, which is usually the beginning and the end of United States interest in soccer. |
AskMen.com
July 23, 2003
Mark Simmons |
Soccer's New Dream Team Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, Ronaldo, David Beckham. This quartet of footballers represents the most potent starting lineup to be assembled in any sport, at any time. When it soccer, this year's edition of Real Madrid is in a stratosphere of its own. |
AskMen.com
May 19, 2014
Simon Kuper |
The Only Way To Experience The World Cup Is By Actually Attending. Here's Why. Over time I've discovered the truth about the World Cup: The soccer isn't the best bit. It's the stuff that happens away from the stadiums that you really remember. |
Fast Company
Jul/Aug 2014
Neal Ungerleider |
Inside Google's World Cup Newsroom Google is trying its latest experiment: original sports journalism. While Google has not traditionally been interested in original content creation, the World Cup is the holy grail of Internet traffic. |
