Perhaps like many of you, I was watching yesterday’s Uruguay vs. Italy World Cup match when, with just a few minutes to go in a 0-0 game that Uruguay needed to win in order to advance, I was shocked to…
My (unrealistic) hope for a controversy-free World Cup lasted all of 71 minutes in the first match of the competition, when a Brazilian player hit the ground in apparent pain after minimal contact from his opponent. The referee was deceived…
The draw for the 32 participants in the 2014 World Cup will be held December 6 in Brazil, the host country responsible for the massive event that will begin just over six months from now at twelve venues across the…
