DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Morocco players fell back on defense and patiently watched as Spain kept passing the ball around midfield during their round of 16 match at the World Cup. Side to side, from one ...

All great teams eventually meet their nemesis. The all-conquering 1961-62 Yankees, which included Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and Yogi Berra, turned into the 1965-67 Yankees, which failed to win ...

When Spain completed their unprecedented hat-trick of major tournament wins back in 2012, it seemed as though they had cracked the code for non-stop success in international football. Their 4-0 ...

We are all familiar with the tiki-taka style made famous by Spanish football as they went on to conquer the world of football in 2010 and Barcelona with talismanic Leo Messi dominated the club games.

Germany have taken the "tiki-taka" passing game so intrinsically used by Spain to another level at the World Cup in Brazil, by adding ruthless efficiency to the possession philosophy. Germany are one ...

David Pizarro points out the Spanish so-called ‘tiki-taka’ style of football shouldn’t be copied. “In Italy you need to actually score goals.” The Chilean midfielder was at Roma and Manchester City ...

Johan Cruyff was the father of tiki-taka football. He was also Barcelona's most successful coach ever, with 11 trophies, until his pupil Josep Guardiola surpassed that. Cruyff was the father of the ...

The public approval rating of Spain's national football team has run an entirely predictable course since 2008—the year they began their tiki-taka takeover of the world. At UEFA Euro 2008, the ...

PHOENIX — Celebrity chef Richard Blais is set to debut his latest restaurant concept at the Grand Hyatt Scottsdale Resort. Tiki Taka will start serving creative tapas-style dishes inspired by Japanese ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Morocco players fell back on defense and patiently watched as Spain kept passing the ball around midfield during their round of 16 match at the World Cup. Side to side, from one ...