We looked at previous 22 winners to decide the key metrics behind predicting which team will win - and got a familiar ...

Interim Italy coach Silvio Baldini has raised eyebrows, and closed eyes, by getting the Azzurri to train blindfolded ahead of ...

Get free access to the most comprehensive World Cup coverage in The Athletic app. A thousand matches. Many of them life-changing, several history-changing. All of them part of the story. After 96 ...

Italy will face Belgium in the Under-17 European Championship Final after beating Spain on penalties, with goalkeeper ...

Niccolò Pisilli has drawn a striking parallel between Italy interim coach Silvio Baldini and his Roma boss Gian Piero ...

There was great expectation that Brazil could, at the very least, repeat the spectacle of 1982, when it delivered great ...

Brazil's quest to regain World Cup supremacy from their European rivals has led to them handing the reins to a European, with ...

Brazil may lead the historical count, but Argentina arrive as defending champions and remain one of the dominant forces of ...

It is 24 years since the Selecao last won the World Cup. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The World Cup arrives Thursday in L.A., and culture lovers can get in on the action at a variety of local museum watch ...

Coach Telê Santana had his second opportunity with the Brazilian National Team at a World Cup. After leading the team to play enchanting football in 1982, he wanted to go further and win the title at ...