Football World CupPaul Lewis: Luis' return leaves game with a gnawing problemPoor, old Luis Suarez. The more you see the biting incident in this otherwise terrific World Cup, the more you fear for the guy's mental health.28 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandInnocents cop Kiwi ref's abuseThe Peter O'Learys of the world are crying foul over abuse being meted out to them instead of a controversial Kiwi referee with the same name.28 Jun 05:00 PM
Football World CupFootball: Arjen is Robben the limelightAlways appearing older than he is, 30-year-old Arjen Robben seems to have been around, fully formed, for years. But what we are seeing at this World Cup is a player at last coming of age.28 Jun 05:00 PM
All WhitesFootball: British trio in hunt for NZ coaching jobA former England captain, an ex-Premier League manager and the architect of one of the most famous FA Cup upsets in history have all been linked with the vacant All Whites coaching role.28 Jun 05:00 PM
FootballFootball: US battlers winning over fansUnderdog status is not one that sits well with American sport but this US side are battling through a World Cup that sparkles with far more gifted teams.27 Jun 05:00 PM
Football World CupNo All Whites, no worries for puntersThere may be no All Whites this time but that hasn't slowed the willingness of Kiwis to take a punt on the Fifa World Cup.27 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionSam Malcolmson: Major powers about to fully test upstartsThe spirit of unity among the remaining World Cup contenders will be vital in the knockout stage.27 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionWorld Cup wrap: Three questionsWith half of the World Cup teams heading home, we look back on the group stage of the 2014 World Cup and which teams and players stood out.27 Jun 02:25 AM
OpinionScotty Stevenson: Rugby could storm the Windy CityThey call it the "June gloom" - the early summer haze that clogs the LA air and makes you feel like you're living in a world that has been crop-dusted.26 Jun 09:30 PM
Football World CupFootball: On yer bike - gloomy England check outEngland staff were still dismantling the team games room and meeting room at their hotel yesterday but the hotel clearly anticipated their early early departure from the World Cup.26 Jun 05:00 PM
Football World CupFootball: Smiling assassin a gift for fans but not for defencesLionel Messi did something that we had not seen from him before at this World Cup. Not the two goals, or the casual match-winning brilliance.26 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionWorld Cup day 14: Five things we learnedHerald on Sunday's Michael Burgess looks at five things we learned from day 14 of the FIFA World Cup.26 Jun 04:51 AM
Football World CupUruguay captain: Bite victim 'cry-baby'Luis Suarez faces being thrown out of the World Cup after Fifa officially charged him with biting Giorgio Chiellini - but his captain is standing behind him.25 Jun 07:34 PM
Football World CupFifa World Cup: Pretty boy Neymar becomes a footballer for the peopleWhen street protests erupted in Brazil a year ago, Neymar issued a statement that enhanced his hero status.25 Jun 05:00 PM
Football World CupFifa urges to get tough over SuarezGiorgio Chiellini demanded that Fifa show the "courage" to ban Luis Suarez from the World Cup after becoming the third opponent to be bitten by the controversial Uruguayan striker.25 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Time to stop Chewy LuisThree bites and you are out, writes Chris Rattue. That should be football's response to a third Luis Suarez biting scandal in four years, this one damaging the image of the World Cup.25 Jun 05:00 PM
Football World CupFootball: Old Cup rivalries get loud and insultingThe video circulating around a gleeful Argentina has not been lost on the long-suffering Brazilians, just across the eastern border.25 Jun 05:00 PM
Football World CupFootball: Jogo Bonito casts magic spellIt's taken 64 years for the World Cup to return to Brazil but, in just over a week, it feels like football has regained some of its true essence.25 Jun 03:33 AM
RetailGerman World Cup jersey sales to hit recordAdidas predicts it will sell a third more Germany jerseys this year than when the country hosted the World Cup eight years ago as fans worldwide get behind the team in Brazil.25 Jun 02:12 AM
FootballCollege Sport: Kiwi teen on World Cup journeyNot many 16-year-olds can say they have been to two World Cups in the same year.24 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionFrancesco Ricatti and Mauro Valeri: Super Mario - black, proud and a target for racistsMario Balotelli is already an international football star and could become one of Italy's greatest ever strikers.24 Jun 05:00 PM
