Jason Le Miere

Karim Benzema scored twice to give France an ideal start to their World Cup campaign with a 3-0 victory over Honduras in Group E.

Germany and Portugal will get their World Cup campaigns underway on Monday after buildups dominated by fitness concerns.

Gianluigi Buffon will miss Italy’s opening World Cup match against England in Manaus through injury.

Goals from Pablo Armero, Teofilo Gutierrez and James Rodriguez gave Colombia a 3-0 win over Greece to begin their World Cup campaign.

Pablo Armero and Colombia marked their goal against Greece with the World Cup’s best celebration to date.

Early goals from Alexis Sanchez and Jorge Valdivia sent Chile on their way to a 3-1 in over Australia in their opening match of World Cup Group B.

The Netherlands avenged their 2010 World Cup final loss to Spain with a thrilling 5-1 win over the holders in Salvador.

Despite two wrongly disallowed goals, Mexico got their World Cup off to a winning start, with Oribe Peralta’s goal giving them a 1-0 win over Cameroon.

Miguel Herrera has named Guillermo Ochoa as his goalkeeper for Mexico’s opening game of the World Cup against Cameroon.

Aided by a controversial penalty, two goals from Neymar and one from Oscar gave Brazil a 3-1 win over Croatia in the opening game of the 2014 World Cup.

England and Italy will meet in their opening game of Group D, with both teams knowing a loss could be fatal to their World Cup hopes.

Mexico and Cameroon will look to put their pre-World Cup problems behind them when they meet in Natal on Friday.

Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is eager for the World Cup hosts to get off to a winning start when they take on Croatia in Thursday’s opening game.

Brazil will be desperate for a positive start to their home World Cup when they face Croatia in the tournament’s opening match.

There will be some big teams going home early after the group phase of the 2014 World Cup.

Predictions for who will take home each of the individual awards at the 2014 World Cup.

The United States faces an unenviable, but not insurmountable, task against Germany, Portugal and Ghana in World Cup Group G.

Fans in the United States will be able to enjoy unprecedented coverage of the World Cup this summer.

Runners-up in 2010, the Netherlands could be set for an early exit at this World Cup, with Spain and Chile providing stern opposition.

Several players could earn big-money transfers behind their performances in Brazil.

The group also features Croatia and Cameroon.

Manchester United have reportedly been quoted a massive price to bring Paul Pogba back to Old Trafford.

Several big names have been linked to Arsenal in this summer’s transfer window, but who are the realistic targets for Arsene Wenger’s side?

The FIFA bribery scandal surrounding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is yet another distraction for Brazil.

Rafael Nadal closed in on Roger Federer’s record haul of Grand Slams after beating Novak Djokovic in the final of the French Open.

The No. 1- and No. 2-ranked tennis players in the world will meet for the 42nd time when they battle for the French Open championship on Sunday.

England will play their final pre-World Cup friendly when they meet Honduras in Miami on Saturday.

Mexico’s likely starting lineup to begin the World Cup will get a trial run when they take on a Cristiano-Ronaldo-less Portugal in Massachusetts.

Mexico has had far from ideal preparations in its attempt to finally make it back to the World Cup quarterfinals.