Germany and Portugal will get their World Cup campaigns underway on Monday after buildups dominated by fitness concerns.
The French enter the 2014 World Cup as a dark horse.
Ivory Coast scored two goal over three minutes to beat Japan.
The 25th meeting between two of the sport’s global superpowers did not disappoint.
A quarter-finalist in two straight World Cups, Argentina begins Group F play against first-time qualifier Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Costa Rica stage a three-minute comeback to put Uruguay in early danger.
The winner of Group C is expected to come out of this match unscathed.
The U.S. begins the 2014 World Cup against rival Ghana on Monday.
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.
At least 10 people have been killed as torrential rainfall has not stopped for a week, according to Weathernetwork.com.
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.
Luis Suare is expected to miss Uruguay's first Group D match Saturday against Costa Rica.
The Netherlands avenged their 2010 World Cup final loss to Spain with a thrilling 5-1 win over the holders in Salvador.
Robin van Persie's goal in the closing minutes of the first half tied Holland with Spain 1-1.
Inflammation in Arturo Vidal’s right knee following surgery to repair his meniscus last month has left his status for the opening match up in the air.
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.
A rematch of 2010’s rough championship when a record 13 yellow cards and one red were issued over 120 minutes of play,
Poor officiating has already plagued the World Cup.
The 2014 World Cup got underway amid concerts and samba music in Brazil.
In a rematch of the 2010 World Cup Final, Spain and Netherlands will tangle in Salvador.
Miguel Herrera has named Guillermo Ochoa as his goalkeeper for Mexico’s opening game of the World Cup against Cameroon.
Both teams will reportedly get a chance to test the turf at the stadium during practice sessions Friday night.
A day marked by star-studded entertainment, a thrilling and controversial win for the home team and, of course, the ubiquitous protests.
Jurgen Klinsmann’s claim that the United States can’t win the World Cup has caused much controversy, but was he just being realistic?
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.
Brazil caught a break against Croatia in the second half.
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.
The Argentine has had great club success, but has done little in previous World Cups.