Unbelievable! Could the defending champions fail to make the second round?

Pape Bouba Diop gave Senegal a surprising 1-0 win over defending World Cup champion France as the curtain came up Friday on the World Cup finals in the South Korean capital.

And so, it begins… not with a whimper, but with a bang.

Playing on a global stage, chances are Mathis will create a buzz around US team

Can Mathis help the US to make it to the second round? His record sure says that it might be possible.

He can’t exactly tell you how it happens. It just happens. The amazing hat trick against the Kansas City Wizards last year. The 60-yard mouse-in-a-maze run against Dallas. The touchdown pass to Josh Wolff against the Mexicans. The two goals against the Germans in March.

Sounds good to me! Now, let’s see you do it against Portugal next Wednesday!

The World Cup starts today.

Well, it’s time for the world to whip up its quadrennial fit of nationalistic passion and watch the only true world championship in all of sport, the [[World Cup]]. It’s taken four long years, and many matches for these 32 teams to qualify, and now’s the time for each to show what its made of.