The UK online bookmaker William Hill (WillHill.com) was probably the first bookie to release betting odds for the 2014 World Cup. The day after the final game between Holland and Spain the World Cup betting odds for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil were available on the William Hill website.

The 2010 World Cup Golden Ball nominees were announced on July 9 by FIFA’s General Secretary Jerome Valcke along with adidas CEO Herbert Hainer. The Golden Ball trophy is awarded to the best player of the World Cup tournament. The 10 players who were nominated were chosen by FIFA’s Technical Study Group, which includes soccer [...]

While the World Cup Final is going the come down to the wire on July 11, it looks like the Golden Boot award for the tournament’s top striker probably will too.
At the moment, Spain striker David Villa and Holland midfielder each have five and will of course be facing each other in the final on [...]

Spain dominates Germany to reach World Cup Final
Spain completely dominated Germany over 90 minutes to earn a 1-0 victory in Durban on July 7 and book a trip to World Cup Final for the first time in the country’s history. Defender Carles Puyol scored the winner with a powerful header in the 73rd minute.
Spain played [...]

Italian Fabio Capello will remain as England’s national soccer team manager even though the team had one of its worst World Cups in recent history. England managed to place second in Group C after drawing 1-1 with the USA, 0-0 with Algeria and then beating Slovenia 1-0 for five points. However, their luck ran out [...]

It’s no secret the two football teams don’t really like each other, but Germany and Argentina definitely respect each other when they meet on the pitch.

Spain and Paraguay aiming for their best ever World Cup finishes
Paraguay will be attempting to reach the semi finals for the first time in team history while Spain is aiming to at least equal their best ever finish of fourth place at a World Cup when the two meet in a quarterfinal clash at Johannesburg [...]

The English Football Association announced on June 28 that it told national team manager Fabio Capello that it will let him know in two weeks time if he will remain in the job. Capello met with Dave Richards, and FA board member Dave Richards and told him that he definitely wants to remain with [...]

FIFA is keeping a close eye on the situation in France after the national football team was eliminated from the World Cup in the first round amid a storm of controversy. The governing body of soccer warned that it wouldn’t think twice about suspending the 1998 World Cup champions if it finds out the French [...]

The USA’s habit of giving up early World Cup goals cost them dearly as Ghana sent them tumbling out of the tournament with a 2-1 win in extra time in Rustenburg on June 26. Not only did the Americans fall behind early in the game, they also gave up a goal right after the extra [...]