Lukas Podolski A weird post-World Cup story out of Germany, where the agent for injured player Michael Ballack (who did not play in South...

After a generally well-played run-up to the final, Spain and the Netherlands played a listless, dull, uninteresting last match, with the Spanish winning, 1-0, on a goal by Andres Iniesta in the...

Paul, the octopus from a German aquarium who is 7 for 7 in picking World Cup matches, says Spain will beat the Netherlands in Sunday's final. Just award the trophy to the Spanish now.

Less than a month after a surrogate bore his child and two weeks after his team was bounced from the World Cup, Portuguese soccer star Cristinao Ronaldo was in New York City to shop and hang out by...

Never doubt the predictive powers of an octopus. Paul the Octopus lives in a German aquarium and was 5 for 5 in picking Germany's World Cup matches (he even got their 1-0 loss to Serbia correct)....

After an interesting round of group play games that saw teams like Italy and France get bounced and some new faces get in, the World Cup got really dull in the knockout round of 16. In fact, the...

The English media are going nuts as usual over another flameout by the English World Cup team. They've had a lot of experience, since it's been 44 years since the Three Lions did anything. English...

The blown goal in England-Germany The worst performance in Sunday's Round of 16 World Cup matches wasn't by England but by the referees. In...

Slovak hottie Kamil Kopunek This is shaping up to be the most enjoyable World Cup since I started paying attention to the event -- France...

No one can ever accuse Bill Clinton of not having a good time. From Luke Winn's Twitter feed is this shot of Clinton with U.S. captain Carlos Bocanegra in the locker room following the U.S. win...