Football

Chilean provided a soccer feast with the whirlwind performance in their 3-1 win over Australia at Cuiaba on Friday.

The French defender will join City for the club's preseason tour in the United States after the World Cup in Brazil.

The two teams are widely seen as being on equal footing. And the group itself, which also includes Greece and Colombia, has no clear favorites to get through to the knockout stages.

One game into the World Cup, and the referees are already receiving unwanted attention.

After a long wait for the biggest mega event of this year, the 2014 FIFA World Cup kicked-off with a bang.

Defending champions Spain arrived here on Thursday in readiness for their World Cup opener against 2010 runners-up the Netherlands, on Friday.

After years of underachieving and failed promise, France have a midfield to be proud of again.

Spain begin their bid to retain the trophy in a Group B encounter against the Netherlands on Friday and Silva is pushing for a starting spot in the side.

The Dutch national team's line-up for the FIFA World Cup Group B match against Spain seems almost clear except for one spot in the midfield.

Spain may have won the World Cup in South Africa four years ago but last year they were humbled 3-0 by hosts Brazil in the Confederations Cup final.

Former Golden Boot winner Salvatore "Toto" Schillaci has tipped Italy striker Ciro Immobile to emulate his heroics and be the surprise star of the World Cup in Brazil.

With England and Italy making it three former world champions in the group, every match looks enticing and it is a tough call to predict who will go through.

Kevin-Prince Boateng and Jerome Boateng will be one of several pairs of brothers to line up at the World Cup finals, but unlike the others they will be on opposing sides.

A late Dries Mertens goal gave Belgium a 1-0 victory over Tunisia in their final World Cup warmup friendly on Saturday.

Brazil didn't play well in a 4-0 win over Panama and also struggled in the 1-0 victory over Serbia, when the crowd loudly jeered the team.

Spain beat El Salvador 2-0 in a final tuneup, with Costa showing no hitch in his step from the strained right hamstring.