World Cup News

The FIFA World Cup is the pinnacle of sports!  The quadrennial event is the most watched event in the world and to win the World Cup is the dream of all soccer players.  The World Cup was the idea of Frencham Jules Rimet and was first played in 1930.  The tournament is hosted in a different location and in different region every 4 years.  Follow all the World Cup news with Soccer365.

  • How preliminary WC draw works

    How preliminary WC draw works

    Friday, 29. July, 2011

    The 53 European countries will be drawn into nine qualification groups - all made up of six teams apart from one of five teams.

  • World Cup – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    Wednesday, 14. July, 2010

    The 2010 World Cup has kicked off with 32 teams battling to be world champions. The four week tournament with 64 soccer games produces only one winner but within each match there are many sub-plots and Soccer 365 looks at some of these moments in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly column.

  • 2010 World Cup Teams

    Thursday, 20. May, 2010

    Check out the groups, teams and team histories of all the teams in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

  • Africa Sides Look to Home Continent Advantage

    Wednesday, 19. May, 2010

    South Africa was awarded the 2010 FIFA World Cup after winning the May 2004 vote with the announcement starting celebrations in the streets of Johannesburg, Cape Town and throughout the entire African continent. The quadrennial tournament kicks off in June and Soccer 365’s Tyler Duffy looks at the chances of the African sides.

  • Les Elephants are Africa’s Best Hope

    Wednesday, 12. May, 2010

    The World Cup will be contested in Africa for the first time and Soccer 365’s guest columnist Akyereko-Frimpong Manson tips the Ivory Coast as the team from Africa most likely to go far in the quadrennial tournament.