Posted by Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Splits in FIFA's plan to fight discrimination at the World Cup have been exposed after reported incidents involving fans went unpunished.
The public divide was revealed on Thursday at a briefing involving the chairmen of FIFA's task force against racism, Jeffrey Webb, and its disc...
Posted by espn staff
A Russian politician has called on Fabio Capello to resign following the national team's early exit at the 2014 World Cup, branding the former England manager "greedy" and a "thief."
- Yokhin: Time up for Capello, but Italian will cling on
- Yokhin: Assessing Russia's failure
Russia failed to qualif...
If you were regular readers of my posts about Russia during the past couple of months, you will not be surprised to see them exit meekly at the group stage.
Firstly, it was clear that injured Roman Shirokov's absence would prove disastrous for the team. Without the only player capable of sending ...
Russia have bowed out of the World Cup in the group stages and ESPN FC blogger Michael Yokhin gives his verdict on the brighter points of the campaign as well as what went wrong.
One sentence, World Cup recap
A disastrously lifeless performance, finishing winless in what looked like a very manageab...
Posted by ESPN Stats & Info
With a 1-0 defeat to Germany and a 2-1 Portugal win over Ghana, the United States advanced to consecutive World Cup knockout rounds for the first time in its history. The Americans will play Belgium, the winner of Group H, on Tuesday in Salvador (coverage begins at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN).
ESPN's Socc...
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