When it comes to the World Cup, so much of a national team's successes and failures are determined some seven months before the first ball is even ... Luck out and draw the weakest Pot 1 team ...

(MORE: 2014 World Cup draw simulator: USMNT destined for tough group) Like last time, I couldn’t help but have a few clicks on simulating the draw myself and, well, this World Cup is going to be ...

The World Cup draw was unfair to several teams, including the United States, but there’s a better way. See for yourself in our interactive simulator. The United States has drawn one tough World ...

"I think we have the quality, if we play our best ball, to get out of ... knockout stage after Friday's draw. Brazil starts its campaign for a sixth World Cup title with an opener against Croatia.

The Brazuca will be used in every game at this summer’s 2014 World Cup in Brazil. When designing the ball, the company wanted to improve on many of the criticisms they faced during the 2010 ...

You need to be prepared before the craziness of the 2014 World Cup draw begins. For those unaware, all 32 teams in the competition have been drawn into one of four pots. Pot 1 features the seven ...

That meant the ball was knuckling much more often. In 2010, the speed for knuckling was even higher. Leading into the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Adidas addressed these issues with the new "Brazuca ...

The last major step in preparation for the 2014 World Cup was completed on ... Overstating the importance of the World Cup draw is impossible. As we saw on Friday, it can make the difference ...

When Brazil and Croatia kick off the first game of the 2014 World Cup they will use the Adidas ‘Brazuca’, the official ball of the 2014 World Cup. The name Brazuca comes from a fan poll in ...

University of Adelaide physics experts believe the new soccer ball created for the 2014 FIFA World Cup starting next week is a "keepers' ball". The new ball, called Brazuca, should be much more ...

Smoke highlighted by lasers visualizes air flow around the ball The official 2014 World Cup game ball should make players happy, NASA said after its own aerodynamics testing showed the new design ...