June 12, 2014

Indian children with faces painted in colors resembling those of the Brazil’s flag place the ball on their faces as others watch, during a game of soccer in Bangalore, India on Tuesday. Soccer fans around the world are gearing up to watch the World Cup soccer tournament that kicks off Thursday in Brazil.

June 12, 2014

Farashganj SC finish runners-up beating Agrani Bank 2-1

Farashganj SC finished runners-up in the Premier Bank Bangladesh Championship League beating Agrani Bank by 2-1 goals in the last league match at Bangabandhu National...

Football

June 12, 2014

Pele worried about great expectations for Neymar

AFP, Rio De Janeiro : Brazil star Neymar is under too much pressure to deliver the hosts with a sixth World Cup trophy, football legend...

Argentina's Lionel Messi (right) fights for the ball with Slovenia's Rajko Rotman during their international friendly soccer match in La Plata, Argentina on Saturday. Argentina's team is leaving June 9 for Brazil to compete in the World Cup.

Football

June 9, 2014

Argentina make Falklands protest before World Cup

AFP, La Plata :Argentina inflamed their rivalry with England on the eve of the World Cup on Saturday, unfurling a banner claiming sovereignty of the...

Football

June 9, 2014

Stalemate as England held by Honduras

AFP, Miami :England manager Roy Hodgson breathed a sigh of relief after his team emerged unscathed from a bruising goalless draw with Honduras on Saturday....

Football

June 9, 2014

Russia and Capello head out for Brazil

AFP, Moscow :Russia’s World Cup squad, headed by their Italian manager Fabio Capello, set off for Brazil on Sunday to appear in their first finals...

Football

June 9, 2014

Wheels come off ‘Rolls Reus’ World Cup hopes

AFP, Mainz :Germany suffered a major blow ahead of the World Cup finals on Saturday as an ankle injury ruled midfielder Marco Reus out of...

Football

June 9, 2014

Players ruled out of World Cup

AFP, Paris :Players ruled out of the World Cup finals because of injury in the past week following the announcement on Saturday Germany’s Marco Reus...

Netherlands soccer team coach Louis van Gaal (front right) briefs his team before a training session in Rio de Janeiro Brazil on Saturday. The Netherlands play in group B of the 2014 soccer World Cup.

Football

June 9, 2014

Netherlands soccer team coach Louis van Gaal (front right) briefs his team before a training session in Rio de Janeiro Brazil on Saturday. The Netherlands play in group B of the 2014 soccer World Cup.

Fans cheer on the United States team during the second half of an international friendly soccer match between the United States and Nigeria in Jacksonville, Fla on Saturday. The United States won 2-1.

Football

June 9, 2014

Fans cheer on the United States team during the second half of an international friendly soccer match between the United States and Nigeria in Jacksonville, Fla on Saturday. The United States won 2-1.

Members of the Afghan Club team pose for a photo after winning the final against the Maihan team in the Kabul Women's Premier League at the Football Federation Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday. In a nation where most women remain second-class ci

Football

June 9, 2014

Members of the Afghan Club team pose for a photo after winning the final against the Maihan team in the Kabul Women’s Premier League at the Football Federation Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday. In a nation where most women remain second-class citizens, many cloaked from head-to-toe in burkas, one group has broken down formidable barriers by forming an Afghanistan women’s football league.

Football

June 9, 2014

Premier Football: Russell KC manage 1-0 victory over MSC

Sheikh Russell KC managed 1-0 goal victory over Dhaka Mohammedan SC in the last 2nd phase match of the Nitol-Tata Bangladesh Premier Football League at...