The FBI’s investigation of FIFA, the apparently corrupt-as-hell governing body of world soccer, will include a review of the bidding process that awarded the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar, an anonymous U.S. law enforcement source told Reuters. Good.
You may have just seen this headline, or a related one: “Sepp Blatter Re-elected as FIFA Boss Despite Charges” What does it mean? Which of those words are nouns, which are verbs, and which refer to human beings? Allow me to guide you, non sports fan.
According to The New York Times, Swiss authorities in Zurich* have arrested several top FIFA officials in a dramatic early-morning raid connected to federal corruption charges soon to be filed in the United States.
When Singapore legalized casinos back in 2005, it also established a National Council on Problem Gambling to produce educational messages about the devastation gambling addiction can cause to lives and families. Leading up to the World Cup, the Council released a heartbreaking PSA to discourage football fans from…
After defeating Argentina 1-0 in a dramatic World Cup finale, pop star Rihanna celebrated her championship with a slew of unrecognizable German men. I have no idea who any of these people are but they look very happy for Rihanna, who took home her first ever World Cup with a sparkling goal in the 113th minute.
The guy who tried to steal Germany's World Cup spotlight by streaking across the field during yesterday's final is actually Russian YouTube prankster Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, also known as Vitalyzd.
Allow this very stoked bearded dog in sunglasses remind you that the last event in the 2014 World Cup will begin at 3 p.m. EST today. The World Cup Final, between Germany and Argentina, is the last ever soccer you have to feel obligated to watch for another four years. Enjoy! Image via AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo
Here's yet another highlight reel of Germany's dominant 7-1 performance against Brazil in the World Cup semifinals. Sure, you've seen it all before, but this version has some minor touchups that only really detail-oriented viewers will appreciate.
It's a been a tough week for blonde teenagers who pose for Facebook photos with dead African animals. First, 19-year-old big-game hunter Kendall Jones had her photos of trophy leopards, elephants and rhinos scrubbed from Facebook after an internet backlash. Now the career of a 17-year-old Belgian model, discovered in…
The New York Times gets in on the World Cup honey-shot action.
Germany's 7-1 defeat of Brazil in last night's World Cup semifinal match was so brutal, so extreme, that viewers couldn't resist comparing it to two things: the Holocaust (classy!) and humiliating public sex.
An overpass collapsed onto a busy highway this afternoon in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, trapping a yellow bus and other vehicles. At least two people were killed and 19 others were injured.
If Wikipedia says it, it must be true: Tim Howard, who stopped approximately 14,000 shots on goal in the U.S. Men's National Team's narrow World Cup loss to Belgium last night, is the USA's acting Secretary of Defense.
The latest edition of Jimmy Kimmel's Lie Witness News asks soccer "fans" what they thought about about the World Cup performance of Landon Donovan — who was cut from the team before the cup even began.
Team U.S.A. bandwagoner, we've traveled far and wide together. From the giraffe-free shores of Ghana to the sleazy nightclubs of Portugal and into the hellnest of Germany, where the U.S. Men's National Team skated by on a technicality for an advancement we didn't exactly earn. And now we're meeting with Belgium and I…
Clam the psychic clam, who has accurately predicted every U.S. victory in the 2014 World Cup, has reached deep into the psychic aether and emerged with a prophecy: The United States will beat Belgium in today's knockout World Cup game.
Robert De Niro, in town filming his forthcoming movie The Intern, reportedly just joined some unsuspecting World Cup fans at their home in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn to watch the U.S.-Germany match.
UPDATE: Or the best! Don't let Simmons hear you mocking "pantheon" though.
There is always a breakout star of each World Cup, and this year the candidates are numerous. There's Jermaine Jones, who scored America's most stunning goal. There's Luis Suarez, who has been banned for biting an Italian player. There's this guy's dick. And then there's Rihanna, who has inflamed American Twitter by…
Clam, the psychic clam who has never incorrectly predicted a World Cup match in which the U.S. won, has applied his (their?) psychic talents to today's match against soccer powerhouse Germany—and is predicting a surprise U.S. victory!
