Tag: World Cup 2026

File - In this Dec. 6, 2013, file photo, Mexico's head coach Miguel Herrera listens to a question during a press conference at the national team's training center in Mexico City, after the final draw in Brazil for the 2014 World Cup. Herrera, who said last May 2014, that he expects his players to refrain from any horizontal samba during their stay in Brazil, where the monthlong tournament opens next week. (AP Photo/Christian Palma, File)

A World Cup quandary: sex or abstinence

Joshua Goodman · June 4, 2014 4:02 am

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, center, puts a hat during the inauguration of the BRT Transcarioca (Rapid Transit Bus) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, June 1, 2014. The corridor has 39 kilometers long, cutting through 27 neighborhoods and will serve 320 thousand people every day, reducing in 60 per cent the average time of the commute. The corridor will connect the International Airport to the subway, which takes the passengers to the Maracana stadium. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil opens Rio bus system planned for World Cup

Associated Press · June 2, 2014 1:53 am

Chile's soccer players warm up for a training session in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Chile will play a friendly match with Egypt in Santiago on Friday prior to competing at the World Cup in Brazil in June. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)

Chile miners seek to give boost to World Cup team

LUIS ANDRES HENAO · May 28, 2014 10:42 pm

In this May 14, 2014 photo, a horse walks in a field near the Jaguari dam, which is part of the Cantareira System, responsible for providing water to the Sao Paulo metropolitan area, in Braganca Paulista, Brazil. The worst drought in more than 80 years is hitting Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city just as it prepares for the tens of thousands of foreigners expected at the tournament opener. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Energy and Environment

Drought headaches in Brazil’s WCup opener city

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · May 28, 2014 5:12 pm

Lifting World Cup can boost country’s stock market

Pan Pylas · May 28, 2014 3:47 pm

Brazil prosecutors try to halt government WCup ads

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · May 27, 2014 10:52 pm

FILE - In this May 8, 2014 file photo, guests wade in the pool at Hotel Portobello where Italy's soccer team will train and reside during the World Cup in Mangaratiba, Brazil. A Brazilian consumer defense agency said Monday, May 26, 2014 it's found past-expiration food at Hotel Portobello as well as the Royal Tulip Hotel where England's team will stay during the World Cup. The Rio de Janeiro state agency said that the inspections were part of an effort to enforce food safety codes ahead of next month's tournament. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Brazil: Old food found at World Cup team hotels

Washington Examiner · May 27, 2014 3:40 pm

In this May 13, 2014, photo,This aerial view shot through an airplane window shows the Maracana stadium behind the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As opening day for the World Cup approaches, people continue to stage protests, some about the billions of dollars spent on the World Cup at a time of social hardship, but soccer is still a unifying force. The international soccer tournament will be the first in the South American nation since 1950. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

AP PHOTOS: Brazil in countdown for World Cup start

Washington Examiner · May 26, 2014 4:28 pm

Brazil World Cup song fails to strike right tone

LUIS ANDRES HENAO · May 25, 2014 6:28 pm

Demonstrators protest against money spent on the preparations for the upcoming World Cup, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, May 24, 2014. The Sao Paulo police department said on its Twitter page that no violent incidents had been reported and that about 250 protesters took part in the demonstration which began outside the city's Roman Catholic cathedral. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Anti-World Cup protest rally in Brazil

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2014 11:16 pm

Brazil’s weak service makes World Cup Tweets unlikely

LUIS ANDRES HENAO · May 24, 2014 4:30 am

Police helicopter hovers in front of the National Stadium during a practice for security operations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, May 22, 2014. The football stadium is a multi-purpose arena that will host games during the 2014 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament that starts in June. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil sets aside $856M for World Cup security

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2014 1:43 am