The first Englishman to make it to the World Cup final since 1974 will take to the pitch on Sunday in the form of Yorkshire-born referee Howard Webb.

The Irish hopes of qualification will all hinge on the final two games of the group in October

Parts from the roof of a World Cup stadium in Brazil fell on to the pitch during a storm, just hours before a regional championship.

The Republic of Ireland squad has arrived in southern Italy ahead of tomorrow night's World Cup qualifier in Bari.

The United States Women's soccer jersey has become the number one best-selling soccer jersey, men's or women's, ever sold on Nike.com in a single season.

Britain's Prince William today led England’s 2018 World Cup presentation to FIFA by telling members: “I love football, we English love football and it would be an honour for us to host the World Cup.”

Stadium staff struggled to deal with a serious failure in security measures before Spain’s World Cup match against Chile at the Maracana.

FIFA’s executive committee has agreed unanimously that an “appropriate” form of the Garcia report into World Cup bidding should be published.

Paraguay's Roque Santa Cruz has acknowledged that the Republic of Ireland are "unlucky" not to be in the World Cup next month.

Warren Gatland has vowed to lead Wales at the next World Cup, despite revealing he is considering several offers to leave the post following the tournament.

Ireland will play Scotland in Murrayfield in the first of its Rugby World Cup warm-up games in August next year, it was announced today.

Fabio Capello believes his England players are capable of creating history at this summer’s World Cup finals in South Africa.

Ireland's Jessica Kurten will not be competing in the Rolex FEI World Cup Final in Geneva, Switzerland this weekend, following a fall from a horse at her yard in Germany at the end of last week.

The Boys in Green can expect a tough test in tomorrow's friendly at Thomond Park, according to Australia manager Pim Verbeek.

Brazil’s hopes of reaching next summer’s World Cup finals suffered a huge blow with a 2-1 defeat to arch-rivals Argentina in Buenos Aires.

WORLD CUP: Former England captain Lewis Moody insists Martin Johnson is the right man to leadEngland to the 2015 World Cup.

MUNSTER fans are sweating over the future of All Black legend Doug Howlett with the province after the New Zealander admitted he has unfinished business at international level.

Britain said Europe should consider boycotting future World Cups if Sepp Blatter doesn’t quit as head of soccer’s governing body over a corruption scandal, while Swiss authorities denied they would soon question the newly re-elected Fifa president.

Rugby World Cup chiefs have warned fans not to buy tickets from unofficial sources after it emerged a single ticket for the final had been advertised for £59,000.

Stars like Andre Schurrle helped Chelsea earn more than $1 million from the 2014 FIFA World Cup.