2018 World Cup TV Ratings Are Down 44% From 2014

Bloomberg–15 hours ago

Through the first round of games in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, TV viewership from the U.S. has dropped about 44 percent compared with the …

Wall Street Journal–1 hour ago

Because if the World Cup’s recent history has shown us anything, it’s that it doesn’t take long for the head wearing the crown to end up in the …

Bloomberg–Jun 20, 2018

Few people consider used plastic to be a valuable global commodity. Yet China has imported 106 million tons of old bags, bottles, wrappers …

Bloomberg–Jun 21, 2018

Artem Dzyuba, No. 22 on the Russian national soccer team, has scored a goal in each of of Russia’s winning games against Saudi Arabia and …

Bloomberg–10 hours ago

President Donald Trump, it is clear, presides over a regime of untruth and personally inhabits a realm of fantasy. But some of his critics have …

The Players’ Tribune–Jun 21, 2018

he moment my dad took them out of the box, my brother and I knew.… We were never going to take them off. Of course, when the box first …

Wall Street Journal–Jun 20, 2018

When the U.S. failed to qualify for the World Cup on a damp night in Trinidad and Tobago, …. —Anatoly Kurmanaev contributed to this article.

New York Times–18 hours ago

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia — Surely it couldn’t get worse for Argentina. In its opening World Cup game, against tiny Iceland, a game in …

Wall Street Journal–20 hours ago

Costa Rica has a long reputation as an unlikely rabble rouser in the World Cup. But its hopes of creating havoc in this tournament were crushed …

Bloomberg–4 hours ago

But the 2018 World Cup has been surprisingly different (with a few exceptions). The improvement probably comes down to a single rule …