Newly declassified diplomatic documents in South Korea show that in 1994, Japan's then-Foreign Minister Kono Yohei unofficially proposed that the two countries co-host the 2002 soccer World Cup.

Mexico coach Javier Aguirre said he's still "paying consequences" for a tactical error in the 2002 World Cup that led to a stunning 2-0 loss to the United States in ...

However, in 2002, ICC modified the tournament's structure to a round-robin + knockout format, similar to a World Cup but on a smaller scale. The name was changed to the ICC Champions Trophy to ...