Ayrton Senna da Silva was a celebrated race car driver -- born in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 21, 1960.

Despite suffering a grueling knee injury in January, Colombian National team striker Radamel Falcao was recently given good odds of being ready for the summer tournament in Brazil.

FIFA has announced that there will be no speeches during the opening ceremony of the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.

Arouca suffered racism from fans calling him monkey and telling him to return to the jungle. .

Cristiano Ronaldo set the all-time Portugal scoring mark with two goals in Wednesday's 5-1 victory over World Cup participant Cameroon.

Manchester United could be without Javier Hernández in their next BPL match against West Brom after the 25-year-old bruised his knee in El Tri's recent draw with Nigeria.

Despite struggling to crack the Manchester United rotation on a consistent basis, Javier Hernandez recently praised Mexico coach Miguel Herrera for giving him a chance to play in the upcoming friendly against Nigeria.

Find out when and where to watch Mexico battle Nigeria from Georgia Dome in friendly between 2014 World Cup opponents.

El Tri head coach Miguel 'El Piojo' Herrera has responded with surprising elegance to the barrage of criticism from Atlas manager Tomas Boy.

Find out when and where to watch the United States men's national team battle Ukraine in a key international friendly three months ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Giovani dos Santos has been taken off El Tri's lineup for the match against Nigeria next Wednesday due to a leg injury. el

After suffering an ACL injury last month in AS Monaco's Coupe de France win at Monts d'Or Azergues, Colombian striker Radamel Falcao says he hopes to be ready for the upcoming World Cup in Brazil.

With four months remaining before the start of the 2014 World Cup, El Tri boss Miguel Herrera says he'll wait until May to announce his club's final roster.

Brazilian hackers from the international hacking group Anonymous are threatening aggressive action during the World Cup.

Former player and Argentine National Soccer coach Diego Armando Maradona announced plans to serve as post-match analyst for Venezuelan TV network Telesur throughout 2014 World Cup.

With the World Cup approaching, El Piojo has invited 8 players for the upcoming friendly against Nigeria including Javier Hernández and Giovani Dos Santos.

With the 2014 World Cup in Brazil approaching, Mexico recently announced plans to face Portugal and Bosnia-Herzegovina in exhibition matches.

Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte bring the heat up in the streets of Fort Lauderdale, turning them into a Rio-like carnival to shoot their music video for "We Are One (Ole Ola)" the official World Cup 2014 song.

Mexican polling firm Mitofsky has revealed a surprising lack of confidence from Mexican fans in El Tr with only a quarter favoring Mexico's post-group chances.

Police in Rio de Janeiro have arrested a man in connection with an explosion during a protest on Friday which seriously injured a journalist.

Hoping to add to the hype of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, EA Sports announced that "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil" will be released for PS3 and Xbox 360 in April.

Carlos Vela, one of Mexico's football stars, will not be playing in the World Cup in Brazil this summer.

Brazilian filmmaker Eduardo Coutinho died on Sunday, Feb. 2 after his son stabbed him multiple times.

Two politicians from Norway submitted Edward Snowden, the ex-NSA analyst turned whistleblower, as their nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize.

With the 2014 World Cup in Brazil quickly approaching, fans of the Colombia National team are monitoring the situation concerning striker Radamel Falcao.

Christ the Redeemer, the iconic statue overlooking Rio de Janeiro in Brazil has been struck by lightning.

Infamous whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg has spoken to Brazilian newspaper 'Folha' in support of former NSA analyst Edward Snowden.

Brazilian diver Ian Matos announced recently that he is gay, noting that British Olympic diver Tom Daley was a major inspiration in his disclosure.

Latin America has featured prominently on the New York Times' annual list of top places to travel. Indeed, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Brazil and Belize all featured on the paper's list of top destinations.

El Tri's pre-World Cup friendly matches have been announced and the Mexican team will be facing Nigeria, South Korea and Ecuador in the lead up to the World Cup in Brazil.