Olivier Giroud believes he deserves to start for France in their World Cup opener against Honduras on Sunday after impressing in their three World Cup warm-up matches....
Defending champions Spain look set to win the World Cup thanks to the interlocking qualities of their squad, which will allow them to outgun Brazil, statisticians said Wednesday....
A first European win in a World Cup hosted in South America is highly unlikely, veteran Swiss coach Ottmar Hitzfeld believes....
Veteran German international striker Miroslav Klose heads into his fourth World Cup finals not content just with having become the all-time record national goalscorer but determined to leave Brazil as the record marksman in World Cup history....
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The fashion stakes will be high in Brazil for the next four weeks and it's not just the players wives and girlfriends who will be setting the pace at the World Cup finals....
They may have a combined age of 71 but Gianluigi Buffon and Andrea Pirlo are as hungry as Italy's young guns as they embark on a possible World Cup swansong this summer....
Images of a beaming FIFA President Sepp Blatter and a small blue certificate in the Chinese city of Zibo proclaim it as the birthplace of football, to the fury of English experts....
Despite yet another crushing defeat, Darfur United's goalkeeper is still upbeat about playing in an international soccer tournament near the snow-peaked foothills of northern Sweden....
Despite yet another crushing defeat, Darfur United's goalkeeper is still upbeat about playing in an international soccer tournament near the snow-peaked foothills of northern Sweden....
Football chief Sepp Blatter resisted calls to order a re-vote for the 2022 World Cup on Thursday, saying no decision could be taken until FIFA completes a probe of Qatar's winning bid....
Asia's top Olympic official on Thursday blasted accusations of corruption against Qatar's 2022 World Cup campaign as being "racist" attacks on Arabs....
The number of fixed football matches in Europe rose sharply last year and sporting authorities must take action urgently, a top organisation of betting firms said Tuesday....
Japan should forget about results at the World Cup and focus instead on laying down a style blueprint for the next 50 years, former Samurai Blue superstar Hidetoshi Nakata told AFP....
France winger Franck Ribery is suffering from a lower back problem which is severely hampering his preparations for this month's World Cup, a national team official confirmed to AFP on Monday....
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Montpellier have turned down an 8-million-euro ($10.8m) bid from Newcastle for France international midfielder Remy Cabella, officials from the French Ligue 1 club revealed on Friday....
France's 1998 World Cup winning coach Aime Jacquet on Friday visited Les Bleus training camp outside Paris to rally the troops ahead of their Brazil campaign....
France midfielder Mathieu Valbuena hopes his standout performance in Tuesday's 4-0 friendly victory over Norway can help propel him into a starring role at the World Cup in Brazil....