Tantrums, trickery and tragedies at the FIFA World Cup games over the years.
Coaches, players and fans of Beijing Enterprises Football Club paid tribute to Cheick Tiote, the player from Cote d'Ivoire who died suddenly on Monday.
At least two people were injured - one seriously - after an all-in-brawl between rival football fans who invaded the pitch during a match in Brazil on Sunday.
Two people were killed and several others injured in Santiago when a car slammed into street revelers celebrating host Chile's triumph in the Copa America soccer tournament, local radio Bio-Bio reported on Sunday.
Argentina's Boca Juniors soccer team will play no further role in this season's Copa Libertadores, South America's premier continental club competition, as a result of the attack on River Plate players on Thursday.
South African Judge Thokozile Masipa began reading her verdict in the 6-month murder trial of Paralympic and Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius on Thursday, in a detailed ruling expected to conclude the following day.
A 26-year-old Chinese woman loses her unborn baby after staying up for four consecutive nights to watch World Cup matches broadcast from Brazil.
At least three Chinese fans have reportedly died after staying up to watch the on-going World Cup.
An Argentine fan in Brazil for the World Cup was shot in the leg during a bar fight over rival soccer clubs, security officials said on Wednesday, heightening concerns about possible violence if Argentina meets Brazil in the tournament's final match.
A police officer can be seen on an Associated Press video firing what appeared to be a live pistol round at anti-World Cup protesters Sunday near Rio de Janeiro's Maracana soccer stadium.
By the time the dilapidated RV hauled away, by the time everyone came down from the trees, by the time the horns and drums were lugged off the beach.
The former neighbor of Oscar Pistorius testified at the athlete's murder trial on Tuesday, giving evidence on the night he shot his girlfriend dead, saying he heard a man crying loudly and that he called the security of the housing estate for help.
Just 40 days before the country hosts the World Cup, the ugly side of Brazilian soccer was on view on Saturday after a fan died when he was struck by a toilet bowl thrown following a match in the host city of Recife.
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