WORLD CUP

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,

Racists took to social media to share their offensive views during Friday's World Cup match between Mexico and Cameroon

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.

Fans around the world are voicing their anger at the Japanese ref's questionable calls during the Croatia-Brazil World Cup match.

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?

Twitter users let loose on the referees during the Brazil-Croatia World Cup game Thursday afternoon, using the #BrazilPenalty hashtag to organize their anger.

The 2010 finalists meet in the opening Group B match Friday at Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, Brazil.

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.

Brazil defender Marcelo threw the nation in a funk with an own goal in Thursday's 2014 World Cup match against Croatia.

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 full scale spectacle will highlight Brazil's beauty and history.

Ahead of USA's run in the 2014 World Cup, presumed-starlet Freddy Adu is without a team.

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

Germany, Portugal, the United States and Ghana make up arguably the toughest group of the 2014 World Cup.

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.

The World Cup 2014 is out of this world.

Jermaine Jones, Fabian Johnson, Timmy Chandler, John Brooks and Julian Green are all German-Americans, raised in Deutschland.

Nigeria plays against Iran in its first game on June 16 but intelligence reports have led officials to ban its screening.

Tickets for Thursday’s opening game sold out quickly but most were given away through promotional activities to fans, and to sponsors.

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.