Twitter and Facebook hoping to ride World Cup wave

Both Twitter and Facebook hope to kick up usage a few notches by appealing to fans of the world’s biggest sporting event, the World Cup.

Twitter launched a #WorldCup and #WorldCup2014 timeline that compiles tweets about the big soccer tournament from people you follow, teams, players, coaches, reporters and fans. There’s also a new match timeline that focuses on specific matches, keeping track on goals, saves and fouls.

Meanwhile, Facebook has also launched its own Trending World Cup page, which includes relevant posts, scores, highlights and links to team pages. There’s also an interactive map showing where the fans of top World Cup players live.