Alongside their flags, jerseys and songs, fans coming the World Cup matches will bring along their yerba mate

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are among the soccer royalty gracing the World Cup in north America but there's real-life aristocracy in Sweden’s squad

Tunisia fires coach Sabri Lamouchi after 1 match at the World Cup and appoints Herve Renard

The teams that are ranked 61st, 67th and 85th in FIFA’s world rankings all were heavy underdogs in their first matches at the World Cup

The coach of Iran’s World Cup team says it was ordered to leave the U.S. and return to its training base in Mexico only a few hours after opening its politically charged tournament by playing to a 2-2 draw with New Zealand

Iranian American demonstrators amassed outside Iran’s first World Cup match, waving the pre-revolutionary lion-and-sun flags banned inside the stadium and calling for change in Tehran

Lionel Messi and Argentina are ready to defend their World Cup title

A World Cup video review official says his hand gesture resembling a white supremacist sign was caused by an involuntary twitch

Iran opens its politically charged World Cup by playing to a 2-2 draw with New Zealand