The 2014 FIFA World Cup has brought some of the most unforgettable moments in soccer history for fans across the world. LatinPost.com ranks the 10 biggest goals of the tournament leading up to the finals.
Sara Carbonero decided to make a negative experience a positive one. Sara Carbonero did not have the best World Cup. Between accidentally becoming the butt of a joke after she released the World Cup Wi-Fi password and Spain losing in the first round, it was certainly not a great time for Carbonero.
The first team to win three straight major tournaments. The first European side to win the World Cup outside of Europe. One of just three World Cup Champions to not concede more than two goals in a tournament. A run of 10 knockout games without conceding a goal. The lowest scoring World Cup champion ever. Six unprecedented years of success.
Spain will take on Chile in a Group B game with extreme championship implications. Let's see who needs to come up big for which team and who's got the advantage in this contest.
The first game to be played in Group B will feature Spain and the Netherlands. These two teams met in the 2010 World Cup Championship. Here is a preview of the game, along with how to watch.
The bets are on and the favorites to win the FIFA World Cup this summer have been placed. The top five teams expected to win are as follows: Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Spain and Belgium. Spain is the current defending champions and despite being the team placed with the fourth best chance of winning, there are a number of arguments that could be made in La Furia Roja's favor. Here are those reasons.
Sara Carbonero is ready to head back to work after giving birth almost five months ago. Sara Carbonero made headlines last World Cup when her boyfriend Iker Casillas, the goalkeeper for Spain, kissed her in the middle of an interview.
The World Cup is a showcase for some of the best teams in the world, but also one in which the major stars make get a chance to express themselves to billions of people. The 2010 World Cup featured a number of brilliant superstars playing their best soccer. Uruguay's Diego Forlan managed to win the Golden Ball for a sizzling performance as he led his nation to the semifinals. Wesley Sneijder was the star behind the Netherland's finals berth while Thomas Muller was a major breakout star for Germany in their third place finish. But the performance of the tournament would go to Spain's top goaltender Iker Casillas who became the backbone of a team that won with a team-first mentality.
On Tuesday May 13, Spain's manager Vicente del Bosque announced his preliminary squad for the national team. The roster featured most of the mainstays from last year's Confederations Cup roster.
The last time a World Cup champion won back-to-back tournaments was in 1962, when a Pele-led Brazil managed the feet. That generation of players was widely considered the greatest international team of all time. However, another team has managed to enter into that conversation after being the first team to win three straight international tournaments in a row. That team is the current defending champion Spain, which enters the tournament after winning the 2008 and 2012 Euro Cups and the 2010 World Cup. Can Spain make history by winning its second straight World Cup and its fourth straight major tournament?
Arsenal midfielder Santi Carzola revealed that the Gunners are interested in acquiring Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who is facing an uncertain future at Bernabeu.
Iker Casillas has turned the page on the possibility of leaving Real Madrid. The netminder has not only confirmed that he will remain with the club for the remainder of 2013-14, but also sees himself playing for Los Blancos in 2014-15.
