100 facts about the World Cup – CBC News (Soccer News)

Tuesday marked the 100-day countdown to the World Cup. In celebration of the tournament being 100 days away, CBCSports.ca presents this special feature: 100 facts about the World Cup, each fact related to a specific number, one through 100. 1 Learn more

The hype and hoopla surrounding Club football is certainly going to take a back-seat..at least for a month when all eyes will be on the “Biggest Show on Earth”..The 19th FIFA world cup.. The best and the biggest names in world football are going to Learn more

Yet, against Cameroon the other night, Italy fielded only four players who featured in the Berlin final – Fabio Cannavaro, Daniele De Rossi, Gennaro Gattuso and Andrea Pirlo. Of course, this was because Gigi Buffon, Gianluca Zambrotta, Fabio Grosso Learn more