No sporting event comes close to the atmosphere of the World Cup.
Craig O’Donoghue
Now that all 48 teams have played in this World Cup we look at who made some massive strides on the biggest stage in our early World Cup winners.
Jake Santa Maria
The retailers, television stations, brewers and betting houses that make up capitalism’s starting XIare an ageing and injury-prone lot. For some, this could even be their last tournament.
Socceroos coach Tony Popovic says a repeat of Australia’s heroic performance against Turkey will not be enough against USA in Seattle, and his side need to up the ante against the World Cup co-hosts.
Ben Smith
US star Christian Pulisic’s fitness continues to dominate the lead-in to their mouth-watering World Cup clash with the Socceroos in Seattle, while coach Mauricio Pochettino praised opposite number Tony Popovic.
The injured star could not believe his own eyes and the rival who caused it was in serious distress.
Glenn Valencich
Socceroos boss Tony Popovic could well spring more selection surprises ahead of a high-stakes World Cup clash with co-hosts the United States.
Anna Harrington
The West Australian’s soccer expert Ben Smith explains how Australia can virtually guarantee top spot in their group should they beat the United States.
The deliberate ploy helped the Three Lions score the opening goal.
Ben Sutton
The venues say opening outside of hours was ‘commercially unviable’.
Rhianna Mitchell
United States star Christian Pulisic has been training solo and appears in serious doubt to start, or even play at all, against the Socceroos at the World Cup.
For a pair of Australians who ply their trade at New York FC, bragging rights - and a little bit more - are on the cards for Aiden O’Neill and Kai Trewin ahead of the Socceroos’ much-anticipated clash with USA.
Socceroos goalscoring ace Mohamed Toure wants to get to the top, and he's ready to seize his opportunity at the World Cup.
Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane has scored twice to steer England to an entertaining 4-2 opening win at the World Cup over Croatia in Dallas.
Staff Writers
Another shock has rocked the World Cup as the DR Congo held fancied Portugal, with Cristiano Ronaldo in their ranks, to a 1-1 draw.
The former Woodvale Secondary College student starred in Australia’s historic win over Turkey last Sunday.
Liam Murphy
Portugal are among the favourites for the tournament, while an experienced Colombia are no slouches - but neither are underrated Uzbekistan and DR Congo.
The Socceroos have been on the receiving end of barb after barb from American pundits in the months leading up to their World Cup clash — and now, their chance to respond is only days away.
Josh Kempton
A Lionel Messi hat-trick against Algeria has got Argentina off to the perfect start as they attempt to defend their World Cup crown in North America.
Socceroos defender Alessandro Circati is ready for a repeat of the physical battle that characterised their last meeting against USA when Australia take on the World Cup co-hosts in Seattle.
The United States insist they are more aggressive than the last time they faced the Socceroos ahead of their bumper World Cup clash.
Players were blindsided after their opening game and they haven’t got the response they wanted.
Jim Vertuno and Seung Min Kim, AP
Socceroos boss Tony Popovic appears ahead of the curve with how he has handled the drinks breaks introduced at this year's World Cup finals.
Graham Arnold’s Iraq will face some tough opposition in Group I at the World Cup, which also includes the runners-up of the last edition of the tournament France and dark horses Norway and Senegal.
