For the World Cup — with eight games and a week-and-change to go — has gotten seriously dirty. Soccer’s nickname as the “beautiful game” has rarely seemed more tongue-in-cheek than it ...

The 2018 FIFA World Cup draw takes place Friday, Dec. 1, in Moscow, with the 32 teams who qualified being placed into eight groups. Here's everything you need to know for the event.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicks off this week in Russia. Here's the nitty-gritty and a few stories to watch as 32 national soccer teams begin their pursuit of the copa mundial.

The group stages of the 2018 FIFA World Cup have already made this the best World Cup of the modern era — which, for Americans, began in 1990 when the full tournament was aired on U.S ...

Here is what you need to know about the 2018 World Cup. 1. As Host, Russia Received an Automatic Bid. Getty Russia earned an automatic bid for being the host country for the 2018 World Cup.

The 21st edition of the World Cup kicked off June 14 in Moscow with host Russia’s 5-0 rout of Saudi Arabia, and concluded with France’s 4-2 title-winning triumph over Croatia on July 15 in the ...

The World Cup begins in Russia on June 14. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Roger Bennett and Michael Davies, hosts of the podcast and TV show Men in Blazers about their expectations for the games.

By any definition, it’s time for the 2018 World Cup! Over one month of action will feature 64 games as an array of teams across the world compete for the title of champion. Back in 2014, Germany ...

Soccer's biggest spectacle, the quadrennial men's World Cup, kicks off June 14 in Russia. As part of our lead-up including the full tournament schedule, group previews and more, here is a look at ...

With the U.S. sidelined for the 2018 World Cup, there have been plenty of suggestions about which teams Americans should instead pull for. But that list could rightly be 32 teams long. Here is one … ...

The 2018 World Cup is only 64 matches, so it’s unlikely that our model will be perfectly calibrated over such a small sample, but we’re confident that it’s well-calibrated over the long run.