Tag: Soccer

Beltway Confidential

President Obama: World Cup schedule is affecting my foreign policy moves

Ashe Schow · June 26, 2014 9:57 pm

World Cup fuels longshot dreams for Brazil’s poor

Joshua Goodman · June 26, 2014 1:47 pm

Brazil's Willian watches as Cameroon's Vincent Aboubakar heads the ball during the group A World Cup soccer match between Cameroon and Brazil at the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

BRAZIL BEAT: Keep quiet Dad

The Associated Press · June 26, 2014 12:46 am

An Iranian supporter holds up a team banner before the group F World Cup soccer match between Argentina and Iran at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Saturday, June 21, 2014. (AP/Fernando Vergara)

Beltway Confidential

Women defy Iranian regime to watch World Cup matches in public

Blake Seitz · June 25, 2014 3:36 pm

FILE - In this June 22, 2014 file photo, Portugal's Bruno Alves kicks the ball above United States' DaMarcus Beasley, lower right, during the group G World Cup soccer match between the United States and Portugal at the Arena da Amazonia in Manaus, Brazil. For U.S. fans without cable television, there are more apps and options than ever to watch "the beautiful game." (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Review: How to follow World Cup beyond live video

Mae Anderson · June 25, 2014 3:24 pm

Italy's Giorgio Chiellini displays his shoulder showing apparent teeth marks after colliding with the mouth of Uruguay's Luis Suarez during the group D World Cup soccer match between Italy and Uruguay at the Arena das Dunas in Natal, Brazil, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Soccer’s bad boy bites opponent at World Cup

Jim Vertuno · June 25, 2014 4:18 am

UnitedÃÂ States' Jermaine Jones controls a ball during a training session in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday. (AP/Julio Cortez)

Beltway Confidential

Tight security shelters US soccer team as it arrives for Germany match

Charles Hoskinson · June 24, 2014 8:49 pm

In this May 24, 2014, photo, men and women from various tribes dance in the Tatuyo indigenous community near Manaus, Brazil. The community of thatched palm roofed houses is home to nine families who moved to the riverside plot some 15 years ago from deep inside the rainforest. While they normally wear the shorts, t-shirts and flip-flops that are standard fare throughout Brazil, the villagers change into their ceremonial finest to receive tourists. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

World Cup visitors sample Amazon life at village

Jenny Barchfield · June 23, 2014 4:07 am

This May 20, 2014 photo, the Teatro Amazonas is seen as dusk in Manaus, Brazil. The theater is the symbol of Manaus, a city carved out of the rainforest, still so remote it can only be reached by plane or boat even though it has grown to over 2 million inhabitants. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Not just jungle: opera in Brazil’s Amazon Cup city

Jenny Barchfield · June 20, 2014 4:03 am

Masked protesters carry a banner and roses while marching in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, June 19, 2014. The protest in Sao Paulo, Brazil's biggest city that is hosting a World Cup match, was called by the Free Fare movement, the group that was behind the first protests last year that sparked roiling anti-government demonstrations across Brazil. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Protest draws 2,000 in Brazil on Cup match day

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · June 19, 2014 11:01 pm

The Trejo family from Los Angeles poses outside of the Arena Castelao before the group A World Cup soccer match between Brazil and Mexico in Fortaleza, Brazil, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. A great number of fans that have come to Brazil to cheer for Mexico do not come from Mexico but rather from cities in the U.S. and entering Brazil with American passports. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Many fans of Mexico at World Cup come from US

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · June 19, 2014 6:28 am

Rampaging Chile World Cup fans bust into Rio venue

Washington Examiner · June 19, 2014 12:21 am