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Brazilian stadiums remain unfinished as Confederations Cup kicks off The official countdown for next year’s World Cup begins when the Confederations Cup kicks off from the 15th to the 30th of June. Maracanã Stadium in Rio de… 10/05/2013
Brazil evicts indigenous people close to World Cup venue Brazilian police have removed a group of indigenous people who had returned to an abandoned museum in Rio de Janeiro which is set to be demolished ahead of… 27/04/2013
Anit-hooligan ‘Fans Law’ for Russia A day after UEFA announced stricter measures to deal with racism in football, Russian officials announced the introduction of a new ‘Fans Law’ to deal with… 11/04/2013
Blatter dismisses calls for winter World Cup FIFA president Sepp Blatter insisted on Thursday that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will go ahead in June and July as planned despite ongoing speculation that… 21/03/2013
FIFA approves goal-line technology FIFA President Sepp Blatter said on Friday his organisation would have looked “foolish” had it failed to introduce goal-line technology ahead of the 2014… 01/03/2013
Goal-line technology to make World Cup debut Following rigorous testing and a successful trial period goal-line technology will be used at the 2014 World Cup after it was given the green light by world… 19/02/2013
Scolari back in charge of Brazil Former Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari has returned for a second stint as coach of the Brazil national side. The 64-year-old, nicknamed ‘Big Phil’… 29/11/2012
Hiddink to retire Dutch coach Guus Hiddink is to retire at the end of this season following an illustrious managing career that has spanned almost 31 years. The 66-year-old… 28/11/2012
Brazil sack Mano Menezes With just over a year to go before Brazil host the 2014 World Cup, the Brazilian Football Confederation have sacked national team coach Mano Menezes. The… 24/11/2012
Maracana Stadium getting ready for the World Cup 2014The site of the renovated Maracana Stadium for the 2014 World Cup and Rio 2016 Olympic Games is pictured during a press tour in Rio de Janeiro… 21/11/2012
Deschamps: ‘The players need to give more to the team’ After the French football team were knocked-out of the euro 2012 in the quarter final stages, manager Laurent Blanc stepped down to be replaced by Didier… 02/11/2012
France claim draw at the death in Madrid-Sweden come from four nil down to draw in Berlin. In the world cup qualifiers France grabbed a last gasp point in Madrid. The world champions took the lead thanks to Sergio Ramos and held it until the 94th… 17/10/2012
Road to Brazil Holders Spain continue their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign with an away trip to Belarus in Group I on Friday. Coach Vicente del Bosque will be without… 12/10/2012
Road to Brazil Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli is among six players recalled by Italy head coach Cesare Prandelli for their World Cup 2014 qualifying game against… 10/10/2012
Road to Brazil Germany will be looking for a third straight victory in their World Cup qualifying campaign when they lock horns with Group C rivals Ireland in Dublin on… 09/10/2012
FIFA reveals World Cup venues Russia and FIFA announced on Saturday the 11 cities which will host the 2018 World Cup. Moscow will have two venues – the 90,000-seat Luzhniki stadium and… 30/09/2012
Qatar could hold the World Cup in winter FIFA’s decision to hold the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has come under criticism on a number of grounds. For example there is not a large football following and… 16/08/2012
Brazil under the world cup cosh FIFA inspectors landed in Brazil this week amid increasing tensions between football’s world governing body and the 2014 world cup hosts. There have been… 08/03/2012
Free tickets for disabled fans at 2014 World Cup Former Brazilian football players Romario and Ronaldo, have announced that the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) will donate 32,000 tickets to disabled… 24/12/2011
Klinsmann in, Bradley out Former German international Jürgen Klinsmann made his first public appearance as coach of the United States football team on Monday. The 46-year-old, who… 01/08/2011
Japan wins Women’s World CupJapan’s players celebrate with the trophy after winning their Women’s World Cup final soccer match against the U.S. in Frankfurt July 17, 2011. Wolfgang… 18/07/2011
World Cup victory for Japan’s women in Germany Japan have won the women’s World Cup in Frankfurt after a stunning win over the much fancied United States on penalties. The game had everything the United… 18/07/2011
Mexico wins the U-17 World Cup Mexico’s Carlos Fierro holds the under-17 World Cup trophy after winning the final against Uruguay in Mexico City. REUTERS/Felipe Courzo 12/07/2011
Women’s football World CupSupporters of Germany cheer their team before the Women’s World Cup Group A soccer match against Nigeria in Frankfurt. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach 01/07/2011
Women’s World Cup: Nelly the elephant predicts German victoryYoung elephant ‘Nelly’ kicks a football during an event to predict the result of the upcoming Women’s World Cup soccer match between Germany and Canada, at… 24/06/2011
Rio gears up for 2014 World Cup As the 2014 World Cup nears, security is a big challenge for Brazil. Authorities in Rio de Janeiro have set up a major operation centre using all the latest… 04/05/2011
Angela Merkel opens women’s soccer exhibition in BerlinGerman Chancellor Merkel visits the exhibition “Women Write Soccer History” at Chancellery in Berlin ahead of the Women’s Soccer World Cup to be held from… 05/04/2011
Spanish national team manager Vicente del Bosque “Because football is a team sport, the next FIFA World Player of the year award should go to a Spanish player”. Vicente del Bosque is the man behind Spain’s… 04/10/2010
Doha forum seeks ways to use sport for the greater goodFormer French President Nicolas Sarkozy has made a rare public appearance along with other political and sporting figures in Qatar for the Doha Goals… 12/12/2012
Rio arrests scores of police in bribery probeMore than 60 police officers and a dozen drug traffickers have been arrested in Rio de Janeiro after a year long bribery probe. It comes as efforts continue… 05/12/2012
Football reaches out to the world’s homelessIt may not have been a conventional opening ceremony but the organisers of the 10th annual Homeless World Cup are hoping for a life changing result. Down… 07/10/2012
HRW: World Cup workers face abuse in QatarHuman Rights Watch, a leading international humanitarian watchdog is warning that migrant workers in Qatar face abuse sometimes amounting to forced labour. In… 15/06/2012
Brazil: Troops deployed as police strike sparks crimewaveSoldiers have been sent in to restore order to Brazil’s third biggest city where a strike by police has sparked an explosion of violent crime. The murder… 07/02/2012
French football team needs a vacationQuis enim aut eum diligat quem metuat, aut eum a quo se metui putet? Coluntur tamen simulatione dumtaxat ad tempus. Quod si forte, ut fit plerumque… 13/07/2011
North Korean women test positive at World CupTwo members of the North Korean squad have tested positive for banned substances during the Women’s football world cup in Germany. The players were… 08/07/2011
Back in the Day: Brazil and Pele set the football world on fireJune 29, 1958. Brazil beat hosts Sweden 5-2 to win their first FIFA World Cup, inspired by 17-year-old sensation Edson Arantes do Nascimento, to be known to… 28/06/2011
Back in the Day: Maradona and the ‘Hand of God’June 22, 1986. Diego Maradona scores a goal with his hand in Argentina’s football World Cup quarter final against England. The Tunisian referee awarded the… 21/06/2011
Great sporting moments of 2010As the year draws to a close, let’s look back at the outstanding sporting moments of 2010. This year has been marked by an array of important competitions… 27/12/2010
Russia, Qatar surprise FIFA World Cup picksFIFA has decided to go where no World Cup has gone before, Russia, with all its time zones and a sprawling event that is going to need a fortune in transport… 03/12/2010
Russian leaders hail winning 2018 World Cup bidIt is mission accomplished for the Russian 2018 World Cup delegation and the country’s leaders are delighted. “Hooray! Victory!” President Dmitry Medvedev… 02/12/2010
England wonders why World Cup bid was binnedThis was not the way it was supposed to end for England’s World Cup dreams. And fans gathered in London, even famous ones like Tottenham striker Peter Crouch… 02/12/2010
FIFA World Cup announcement dueFIFA is due to announce today who will host the 2018 and 2022 football world cups. But the decision process has been dogged by controversy. Two top… 02/12/2010
Brazil tightens control after slum violenceBrazilian security forces are tightening their grip on a violence-hit shanty town in Rio de Janeiro. A show of military might in Vila Cruzeiro, with… 26/11/2010
World Cup Octopus diesIt’s a sad day in the world of football… Paul the octopus, who ‘predicted’ the outcome of eight matches at last summers World Cup, has died at an aquarium… 26/10/2010
FIFA begins probe into votes-for-sale claimsFootball’s world governing body FIFA is to investigate claims that two of its executive committee members had offered to sell their votes in the contest to… 18/10/2010
Homeless World Cup gets underway in BrazilIt was a great atmosphere on Sunday at Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach as the eighth Homeless Football World Cup kicked off. The competition, aimed at… 21/09/2010
FIFA conclude Qatar inspectionA FIFA inspection Group concluded its visit of Qatar on Friday as they consider the Gulf Arab State’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup finals. The head of the… 18/09/2010
Thousands arrested in World Cup gambling swoopFive thousand people have been arrested across China and south-east Asia in coordinated crackdown on illegal betting on the football World Cup. Police in… 16/07/2010
Spain’s World Cup fiesta goes onSpain’s victorious World Cup squad have been given a heroes’ welcome on their return to Madrid as more than a million jubilant Spanish football fans… 13/07/2010
Madrid jumping for return of its football heroesOnly a bird can get the real scale of what happened in Madrid Monday evening. Unless one of their victorious footballers can. Perched high above the… 12/07/2010
A right royal welcome for the Spanish football teamThe victorious Spain squad have arrived back in Madrid after winning the World Cup for the first time. They got a hero’s welcome after their adoring fans… 12/07/2010
Paul, Prince of PunditsDiego Forlan may have won the Golden Ball award, Thomas Mueller the Golden Boot – but no-one is in any doubt as to who was the real star of the World Cup… 12/07/2010
Third time unlucky as Dutch despairThere were almost as many orange shirts on the floor overnight at Amsterdam Central station as there had been Dutch yellow cards on the pitch in Johannesburg… 12/07/2010
Spain wakes up to a dream come trueA man lay prostrate on a park bench. He is no down and out – like millions of fellow Spaniards he has just been celebrating a little too hard. A street… 12/07/2010
Total solar eclipse over South PacificIn the South Pacific, thousands of tourists and scientists have witnessed a total solar eclipse from Chile’s Easter Island. The population of the island –… 12/07/2010
Dutch fans trudge home in defeatIt was different story in the Netherlands as Dutch dreams of winning the coveted trophy were shattered by the Spanish goal. Around 180,000 dejected fans… 12/07/2010
Spain celebrates becoming World Cup ChampionsIt was party time in Barcelona as Spain erupted into celebrations after their football team won the World Cup. Thousands gathered in city centres all over… 12/07/2010
World Cup: Excitement builds for Spain and Dutch finalAfter 63 games, it all comes down to this. The Netherlands and Spain lock horns tonight at the Soccer city stadium and over 2000 Spanish fans arrived in… 11/07/2010
Oracle octopus predicts Spanish world cup gloryIt has been confirmed that Spain will be the 2010 football world champions, that’s if you believe in the predictions of soccer’s most consistent pundit, Paul… 09/07/2010
Paul faces sushi future?Paul may be a great picker of football results, but can the two-year old octopus have foreseen the fate many Germans have in store for him? After correctly… 08/07/2010
Spain parties while Germans rue defeatJuly is fiesta time in Spain anyway… but when their team reaches the World Cup final for the first time, the result was a cacophony of celebration. Madrid… 08/07/2010
‘Psychic’ octopus tips Spain to win semi-finalSpain will beat Germany in tomorrow’s World Cup semi-final. We know, because Paul the octopus says so. From his Berlin aquarium the tentacled mollusk has… 06/07/2010
Fans set for Germany-Argentina clashGermany and Argentina face off in the World Cup quarter-finals today and fans from Berlin to Buenos Aires have been getting in the party mood. 450,00… 02/07/2010
French coach faces MPs over World Cup fiascoOutgoing French football coach Raymond Domenech was given a grilling in parliament, but failed to take responsibility for his team’s chaotic World Cup… 30/06/2010
Football officials asked to explain French fiascoAfter a French fiasco at the World Cup, it is face the music time for the country’s soccer officials. Outgoing coach Raymond Domenech and Football… 30/06/2010
Spanish fans celebrate WC win over PortugalThere is nothing like a derby match to stir emotions and Madrid is used to hosting some of the most eagerly anticipated matches. Fortunately for Spanish… 30/06/2010
Debate to be reopened on technology in footballFIFA president, Sepp Blatter, has publicly apologised for bad refereeing decisions during the World Cup. The head of the football’s governing body said… 29/06/2010
Soothsayer octopus tips Germany to beat EnglandThere’s some good news for German football fans. An octopus, famous for tipping match outcomes, has forecast a win for Germany against England in their… 26/06/2010
Spain and Chile celebrate qualifying for next World Cup roundThere have been ecstatic scenes in Madrid, as Spain defeated Chile 2:1 in the first round of the World Cup. The team has advanced to the last 16 and fans… 26/06/2010
Time for an early bath – Italy mourns World Cup exitReaction to defending World Champions Italy’s World Cup departure has been vitriolic. “Shame” screamed one headline while others invoked the black of mourning… 25/06/2010
French footballers head home to face the musicThe French football team arrives back from its disastrous World Cup campaign today to a country furious at its behaviour both on and off the pitch. That has… 24/06/2010
French supporters heap scorn on football teamThe morning after the night before is often a time for reflecting on what might have been. But for French football fans, the hangover began moments after… 23/06/2010
Sarkozy sends a super sub to sort out Les BleusWith the feuding French world cup squad providing more entertainment off the field than on it, – for anyone not French that is- France’s president has stepped… 22/06/2010
Anelka stays silent on return to LondonA silent, sulking football star is hardly a rare sight in London but Nicolas Anelka’s surprise return from South Africa has sent shockwaves around the… 21/06/2010
French mutiny and refuse to trainArriving in training shoes for a preparation session was a bad sign in the French camp on Sunday, and it quickly became clear there was a player’s strike in… 20/06/2010
FIFA Fan ParksSouth Africa’s World Cup may have come too early for these Johannesburg youngsters to make an impact on the tournament. But they can still get their… 20/06/2010
South Africa weighs up the World Cup effectWorld Cup business is booming at the street market in the Newton district of Johannesburg. Fans are flocking to pick up shirts, scarves and anything else they… 18/06/2010
South Africans focus on the positiveOne week after the start of the World Cup, many are asking whether South Africans’ expectations are being met. In one Johannesburg market euronews visited… 18/06/2010
New clash in World Cup security disputeSouth African police have fired rubber bullets and a stun grenade to disperse disgruntled workers in a stadium security row that is embarrassing World Cup… 17/06/2010
Funeral for Mandela great grand-daughterWearing black and looking frail, Nelson Mandela has attended the funeral of his great grand-daughter. The 92-year-old campaigned tirelessly for the World… 17/06/2010
Brazil looks forward to the World Cup in 2014The World Cup is in full swing in South Africa, but thoughts are already turning to the next tournament in Brazil in four years time. An exhibition is on… 16/06/2010
Protesters brand World Cup waste of moneyHundreds of people have rallied in the South African city of Durban to protest against the way the government has spent money on the World Cup. The… 16/06/2010
Philosopher delivers scathing World Cup attackeuronews reporter Miguel Sardo spoke to sports philosopher Fabien Oiller as World Cup fever takes hold of the globe. Miguel Sardo: “The World Cup is… 14/06/2010
The horns of Africa cause a din at World CupLove it or hate it the traditional South African trumpet, the vuvuzela, is causing a rumpus in more ways than one. Players and broadcasters at the World… 14/06/2010
World cup workers clash with policeA rally by hundreds of world cup workers protesting over wages deteriorated into a confrontation with police outside the Moses Mabhida stadium in… 14/06/2010
England fail to give ‘soccer’ lesson to USAWorld Cup football provided the drama at London’s Apollo Theatre on Saturday night with a public screening of England’s match against the USA. After a good… 13/06/2010
Frankreich und Uruguay trennen sich torlosTristesse statt Raffinesse – so umschrieb manch ein Beobachter das Auftaktspiel der Franzosen gegen Uruguay. Doch unterm Eiffelturm ließ man sich den Spaß… 12/06/2010
WM: Oranje-Fans fahren durch ganz AfrikaEin Turnier der Fans soll die WM werden – und das haben sie ganz wörtlich genommen: Gerade rechtzeitig sind diese niederländischen Fans in Südafrika… 12/06/2010
World Cup mixes work and playFor South African businesses, the World Cup presents the problem of letting fans watch the action without productivity being too badly effected. Workers at… 11/06/2010
Family death keeps Mandela away from World CupA little girl’s death has cast a shadow over World Cup celebrations in South Africa and kept ex-President Nelson Mandela away from the opening match. His… 11/06/2010
World Cup hosts draw 1-1 against MexicoThe greatest sporting event on earth is underway: the World Cup has kicked off with hosts South Africa drawing against Mexico 1-1. Bafana Bafana took the… 11/06/2010
Mandela to miss World Cup opener after relative killedNelson Mandela will not attend today’s World Cup opening ceremony after the death of his great granddaughter in a car crash. Zenani Mandela, who had only… 11/06/2010
Mandela missing from S. Africa’s moment of prideNelson Mandela’s grief at losing his great granddaughter will stand in stark contrast to his pride as the father of a nation that today becomes the focus of… 11/06/2010
Mandela to miss World Cup opener after family tragedyNelson Mandela will not appear at the opening ceremony of the world cup this afternoon after the death of his great granddaughter in a car accident this… 11/06/2010
Mandela’s great-granddaughter killed in car crashNelson Mandela’s great granddaughter has been killed in a car crash on the way back from the pre-World Cup concert in Johannesburg. Thirteen-year old Zenani… 11/06/2010
Soweto concert kicks off World Cup in style“We are very happy to host the FIFA World Cup.” With those words, the South African President Jacob Zuma gave the signal for the party to begin. And just… 11/06/2010
World Cup party starts in South AfricaWhen you have waited six years for a party, you know its going to be a good one. South Africa won its bid to host the football World Cup in 2004, and what… 10/06/2010
Fans pour in to S.Africa for World CupThousands of fans continue to arrive in Johannesburg, as World Cup fever hits South Africa. The opening match on Friday is between Mexico and South… 10/06/2010
The favourites and the fancied for World Cup glorySpain and Brazil have been tagged as hot favourites to win the 19th edition of the World Cup, but there are a host of other title contenders in the mix. The… 09/06/2010
The party gets going in South AfricaEven though the opening match is not until Friday, the first big event of the 2010 football World Cup is underway in South Africa. Supporters of the… 09/06/2010
