No end in sight to All Blacks’ world domination
By Mitch Phillips Newly-crowned world champions New Zealand have already been installed as evens favourites to win a third successive title in Japan in four...
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Farrell stands tall amid rubble of England defeat
By Ossian Shine England coach Stuart Lancaster broke into a pained rictus on Saturday night as he picked over the wreckage of an England performance...
Russia orders cuts in World Cup spending
By Katya Golubkoca The Russian government has ordered 30 billion roubles ($560 million) in cuts in spending on the 2018 World Cup finals, Russian news...
World Cup insurers risk blizzard of claims, disputes over Russia, Qatar
By Carolyn Cohn World Cup insurers are likely to refuse to pay out on many cancellation contracts if Russia and Qatar lose the rights to...
Injured All Black Cruden faces World Cup agony
All Blacks flyhalf Aaron Cruden is almost certain to miss the World Cup after scans on Monday revealed the need for knee surgery that will...
Guptill rediscovers best form at right time for New Zealand
By Greg Stutchbury Martin Guptill could not have found a better time to rediscover his form as he scored a World Cup best 237 not...
No need for panic, says England captain Morgan
By Julian Linden The England captain Eoin Morgan insisted there was no reason to panic even after his team suffered a second humiliating loss at...
Qatar will not host World Cup – FIFA’s Zwanziger
The 2022 World Cup will not be held in Qatar because of the scorching temperatures in the Middle East country, FIFA Executive Committee member Theo...
If I unfollowed you, it’s because you tweeted about the World Cup
By Jack Shafer At the rate I’m going, the number of people I follow on Twitter will have dropped from 640 to zero on July...
At least 13 killed in bombing of Nigeria World Cup viewing venue
By David Dolan At least 13 people including young children were killed when a bomb tore through a venue in northeast Nigeria where fans had gathered to watch...
Mueller fires German rout of Portugal (updated)
By Neil Maidment Thomas Mueller’s hat-trick inspired Germany to a ruthless 4-0 mauling of 10-man Portugal in their opening World Cup Group G match on...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Only Brazil win can end World Cup curse on Cyprus
By Patroclos WE ARE extremely sad to report that prospects for a speedy settlement of the Cyprob have taken a big nosedive, as the public...
Brazil police, protesters clash as World Cup begins (Update 4)
By Brian Winter and Marcelo Teixeira Brazilian police and protesters clashed on Thursday before the opening game of the World Cup and five people were injured although the country...
World Cup braces for show and scandals
THE WORLD Cup kicks off in Sao Paulo tonight and will keep hundreds of millions of people all over the world glued to their television...
World Cup: the sense of anticipation has gone
By John Richards I WAS going through Brazil’s World Cup squad for the upcoming tournament the other day and I couldn’t help feeling rather cheated...
World Cup tickets stolen
A 26-year-old British man reported to police that 688 World Cup tickets worth around £120,000 (€148,000) were stolen from his car after it was broken...
Measles, a serious threat for the World Cup in Brazil
By Jon Kim Andrus The 2014 World Cup will be played next month in Brazil. It’s a fitting honor for a country that has won the...
Cyprus flavour to Carlsberg World Cup ad
By Alexia Evripidou CARLSBERG BEER and football’s role in bringing people together is the theme of a new ‘documercial’ which focuses on Cyprus as part...
Qatar World Cup will not be in summer, say FIFA
By Mike Collett The 2022 football World Cup in Qatar will not be played in the summer months, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said on...
World Cup draw opens door for game’s big guns
By Mike Collett The convoluted draw for next year’s World Cup finals in Brazil on Friday produced a set of groups in which most of...
