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Togo national soccer team captain Emmanuel Adebayor, front, stands with unidentified Togo team members on Friday following a deadly attack by gunmen in Cabinda, Angola. (TPA/Associated Press) World Cup organizers are confident that the fatal bus …

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CHICAGO — The U.S. soccer team may play an exhibition at home against El Salvador on Feb. 24 as the Americans prepare for their sixth straight World Cup appearance. The United States opens its 2010 schedule Jan. 23 against fellow World Cup qualifier Honduras in Carson, Calif., then meets the

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Seoul. South Korea has declared its bid to host the World Cup finals in 2018 or 2022, the Korea Football Association (KFA) said at a statement on Tuesday, Xinhua News Agency informs. “South Korea has notified FIFA of its intention to host the 2018 or …

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TOKYO, Feb 3 (Reuters) – Undeterred by the global financial crisis, Japan is eager to host some of the world’s biggest sports events over the coming years. Japan is bidding to stage the 2015 rugby World Cup, the 2016 Olympic Games and the soccer …

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BERNE: Up to 10 bids from across three continents are expected to compete for the hosting rights to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups as the deadline approaches for countries to put their names forward. Barring any surprise late entries, world soccer’s …

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Joe Hamilton, 22, and Rob Atha, 25, beat 500 players from 36 countries before meeting Germany in the final of the Inter national Table Soccer Federation World Championships.

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TOKYO, Feb 3 (Reuters) – Undeterred by the global financial crisis, Japan is eager to host some of the world’s biggest sports events over the coming years. Japan is bidding to stage the 2015 rugby World Cup, the 2016 Olympic Games and the soccer …

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Washington  – The United States is bidding for the World Cup in 2018 and 2022, hoping to raise the profile of football in a country that still has many other sporting priorities, the US Soccer Federation announced Monday. US Soccer President Sunil …

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BERNE, Switzerland, Feb 2 – The number of candidates bidding to stage the 2018 or 2022 World Cup rose to 12 on Monday when Egypt and South Korea made late entries. World soccer’s governing body FIFA said Egypt became the first African country to put …

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Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Soccer officially announced its interest in hosting the World Cup in either 2018 or 2022, attempting to bring the world’s most-watched sports event back to the U.S. for the first time since 1994. Univision Sports …

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