We’re liveblogging the full 90 of the France and Portugal World Cup semifinal match. You can take part by leaving your comments before, during and after the match. Live: France 1-0 Portugal 65:12 France starting to pack it in a bit as they know that a clean sheet will mean a ticket to Berlin on July [...]

So we know that Cristiano Ronaldo is flashy, Thierry Henry may be the best striker in the world and Zinadine Zidane is brilliant if a step slow. But how do these countries stack up off the field, in the World Cup of Life? In a head to head competition, Portugal just barely beats out France as [...]

It is going to be tough to top the excitement of yesterday’s semifinal between Italy and Germany but today’s match does have a lot of intrigue. In addition to seeing two of a generation’s best players, Portugal and France both enter the contest with some impressive streaks on the line. Portugal have gone 17 [...]

Before the World Cup kicked off, much attention was paid to the young players who were expected to make a name during the competition. While some have lived up to their hype and some have fizzled, it is two grizzled veterans who are left to battle it out in today’s semifinal between Portugal and [...]

Football can be the cruelest of games. One minute you are on top of the world and the next you are completely gutted. Such has been the spectrum of emotions here in Germany during the past week. After their team won a dramatic penalty shoot out against Argentina, many Germans had to be [...]

We are liveblogging the full 90 of the Germany and Italy World Cup semifinal. You can join us by leaving your comments before, during and after the match. Live: Germany 0-0 Italy 31:29 Italy continues to attack and gets another corner. Italy looking to be the more dangerous team. Lippi on the sideline looking [...]

A few kilometres away from where I am typing this people are already starting to gather for today’s semifinal between Italy and Germany even though kickoff doesn’t start for another six hours. By some estimates, close to one million people will watch the game together at the Fan Fest in Berlin. One million [...]

If you are having trouble deciding who you want to win today’s semifinal between Italy and Germany, the Pope has a novel solution for you. The German-born Benedict XV will support his native land for one half and his adopted land for the other half. While we don’t believe for a second that [...]

If you are fan of one of the 28 teams no longer playing in the World Cup, you are faced with a tough decision. Do you adopt one of the four teams that are left or do you simply enjoy the action from a neutral point of view? Of the four teams that [...]

And then there were four. We’ve worked our way down from 32 teams to just four, each a mere two wins away from lifting the World Cup trophy in Berlin on July 9. Some of you nailed your quarterfinals predictions from last week, while others were off the mark. The vast majority [...]