The 1974 World Cup was an extreme example of the ways that politics of historically intersected with soccer's biggest ...

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Haiti is back in the World Cup for the first time in 52 years, and co-captain Ricardo Adé knows what that means. Born and ...

Brazil eyes redemption in Group C, seeking their first World Cup since 2002, while Morocco aims to build on their historic ...

The latest World Cup presents an opportunity to make history, and North America's expanded tournament this summer could be ...

Just before the start of the World Cup, Brazil is mourning the loss of a member of the 1974 World Cup team: Leivinha, born ...

Congo is still hoping to play its World Cup warmup against Chile after the mayor of the Spanish city of La Linea de la ...

Ireland and Lions rugby great Fergus Slattery dies aged 77 - Slattery started all four Tests on the unbeaten Lions tour to ...

ARCHIE MacPHERSON’S commentary on Archie Gemmill’s 1978 World Cup goal was reproduced for a sex scene in the Trainspotting ...