Lionel Messi

The stench of corruption is settling over world soccer like a poisonous fog, and players are paying the price. Not so the organization that runs the sport around the world.

Argentina’s tiny, drooping maestro is distinctly unnatural—the greatest player in an equally freakish era of genius football which is about to pass.

Wayne Rooney breaks his World Cup jinx, as an Uruguayan by way of Liverpool crushes England’s prospects.

Its economy might be in the tanks, but the country known for Evita and giant steaks is exporting some pretty impressive goods these days, writes David Kaufman.

From pop rocks with an audio track to abstract art drizzled in syrup, restaurants are taking dessert way beyond coffee and cake. Jennie Yabroff on the new frontier in after-dinner indulgence.