FIFA World Cup

Brazil beefs up security for Confederations Cup

1 day ago

Planes, helicopters, and patrol boats will be used to stop drug trafficking, arms smuggling and other crimes, as well as the entry of illegal immigrants during the June 15-30 World Cup warm-up...

Tour clarifies World Cup role for Northern Ireland

3 days ago

"If he chose to play in the World Cup there could be Olympic ramifications for McIlroy, who has been asked repeatedly if he would play for Britain or Ireland in the Olympics.

Beckham's role after retirement to remain global

4 days ago

This was the same Beckham who, although ruled out of the tournament through injury, insisted on traveling to South Africa to support his teammates at the 2010 World Cup.

Donovan left off roster for World Cup qualifiers

4 days ago

Landon Donovan has been left off the 29-man U.S. roster for a training camp ahead of a trio of World Cup qualifiers next month.

Swiss to crack down on business, sports bribery

5 days ago

The Cabinet on Wednesday proposed changing the law to include bribes paid during the selection of hosts for major sporting events like the FIFA World Cup or the Olympics.

Royal Melbourne to host World Cup in November

9 days ago

The International Federation of PGA Tours said in a statement Sunday that the World Cup will be held from Nov. 21-24 at the sand-belt course which hosted the 2011 and 1998 Presidents Cups.

Gil LeBreton: For Team USA, it's a bumpy, snowy road to the World Cup

20 days ago

The objective in World Cup qualifying, therefore, is to win all of your home games and hope to sneak away with a random victory or a draw somewhere on the five-match road.

The latest news from the USOC - April 30

20 days ago

MADDEN CROWNED CHAMPION AT FEI WORLD CUP FINALAboard Simon, Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, N.Y.) emerged as the champion of the 2013 Rolex/FEI World Cup Final, held April 25-28 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

`Clumsy' Sepp Blatter cleared of any wrongdoing

20 days ago

Labeled "clumsy" for his part in one of soccer's biggest corruption scandals, FIFA President Sepp Blatter was cleared of any criminal or ethical wrongdoing in a case involving millions of dollars...

Bocanegra dropped from US roster for qualifiers

63 days ago

Midfielder DaMarcus Beasley, a veteran of three World Cups, rejoins the team for the first time since an exhibition at Mexico last August.

Tina Maze ends WCup season with giant slalom win

64 days ago

Still, losing the World Cup slalom title to Shiffrin's thrilling second-run performance Saturday still burned for a skier who described herself as "addicted" to her sport.

Felix Neureuther wins final World Cup slalom

64 days ago

Hirscher already won the season-long slalom standings and ensured he finished on the podium in all nine World Cup races in the discipline.

Ted Ligety gets 6th World Cup giant slalom win

65 days ago

"Ligety acknowledged that he must get closer to his main rivals in slalom, which had nine scheduled World Cup events this season, to challenge for the overall title.

Ted Ligety leads 1st run of World Cup giant slalom

65 days ago

Ted Ligety of the United States showed his supremacy in giant slalom again on Saturday, taking a big lead in the first run at the World Cup finals.

Maze leads Shiffrin in World Cup slalom race

65 days ago

Maze clocked the fastest time of 57.67 seconds at the World Cup finals to sit 1.17 seconds ahead of the American teenager, who is fourth.

Injured Vonn retains World Cup downhill title

68 days ago

Injured Lindsey Vonn wasn't on the mountain, but she still won her sixth straight World Cup downhill title.

The latest news from the USOC - March 12

69 days ago

Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah) secured his fourth career Audi FIS Alpine World Cup giant slalom overall title with a wire-to-wire victory on March 9 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.

US ties Sweden 1-1 at Algarve Cup

70 days ago

Harris made her national team debut after starting for the Americans at the 2002 and 2004 Under-19 World Cups.

Kostelic wins WCup slalom; Hirscher takes globe

71 days ago

Ivica Kostelic of Croatia won a rain-drenched World Cup slalom Sunday while Marcel Hirscher of Austria clinched the season title in the event after his sole rival skied out in the opening run.

Northug, Kowalczyk win cross-country races

71 days ago

Petter Northug of Norway dominated a men's 15-kilometer classical race Sunday to gain ground in the overall cross-country World Cup standings, while Justyna Kowalczyk all but sealed the women's...

Shiffrin fastest in WCup slalom 1st run, Maze 2nd

71 days ago

World champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States was fastest in the first run of a World Cup slalom ahead of overall champion Tina Maze of Slovenia on Sunday.

Hirscher wins slalom title as Neureuther skies out

71 days ago

Marcel Hirscher of Austria has clinched the World Cup slalom title Sunday after his sole rival, Felix Neureuther of Germany, skied out in the opening run of the second-to-last event of the season.

Tim Howard likely to miss US qualifiers

72 days ago

Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard has two broken bones in his back and likely will miss the Americans' World Cup qualifiers against Costa Rica and Mexico this month.

Randall of US wins cross-country WCup sprint title

72 days ago

Kikkan Randall of the United States clinched the cross-country World Cup sprint title on Saturday by edging Norwegian world champion Marit Bjoergen at the line in the Lahti Ski Games.