Tag: World Cup 2026

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

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said the student loan billÃÂ would be paid for by closing a tax loophole that would have all individuals earning more than $1 million annually to pay a tax rate of at least 30 percent. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

When it comes to importing diseases, Chuck Schumer sees the tree, misses the forest

Becket Adams · June 24, 2014 12:04 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

Rampaging Chile World Cup fans bust into Rio venue

Washington Examiner · June 19, 2014 12:21 am

Conservatives shouldn’t hate soccer just because Europeans like it

David Freddoso · June 18, 2014 9:51 pm

Gay rights groups target Cup for spotlight

Washington Examiner · June 18, 2014 4:52 pm

14 dead in bombing of WCup view site in Nigeria

Washington Examiner · June 18, 2014 4:01 pm

Red Alert Politics

‘Bachelorette’ broadcasts discrimination drama

Morgan Chalfant · June 17, 2014 5:00 pm

Amazon boat trips beckon World Cup visitors

Jenny Barchfield · June 17, 2014 4:21 am