The Brazil World Cup kicked off with an opening ceremony from the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo for the 2014 event and ESPN.com and WatchESPN had the coverage and the ceremony can be seen online ahead of the start of the World Cup.
Brazil and Croatia open up the tournament and that Group A matchup will be on Thursday at 4 pm ET and is the first match of the games. The second day of the tournament has Spain and the Netherlands playing along with Chile, Australia, Mexico and Cameroon. The matches on Saturday are great and it has England and Italy going at it and it will be one of the biggest of the tournament.
Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull played in the main ceremony and now the tournament is set to begin and coverage has everyone excited. ESPN has coverage for all the games and now the soccer tournament starts. Protests have happened everywhere and the government is cracking down.