DOHA, Qatar — Morocco’s improbable, history-making run at the World Cup is about to get its ultimate test. Africa’s first World Cup semifinalist is playing defending champion France…
Read more Moroccan World Cup ‘dream’ faces biggest test against FranceAL KHOR, Qatar — American soccer writer Grant Wahl was honored with a tribute from FIFA on the desk where he was due to work Saturday at the…
Read more Memorial to American writer Wahl placed at World Cup gameIRPIN, Ukraine — Ukrainian video-game vendor Roman Kryvyi, fresh from a soccer game on a snow-blanketed field in suburban Kyiv, sat up close to a TV in a…
Read more In Ukraine, seeing World Cup, playing soccer pose challengesDOHA, Qatar — FIFA’s threat of on-field punishment for players forced World Cup teams to back down Monday and abandon an anti-discrimination campaign aimed at host nation Qatar.…
Read more European teams abandon plan to wear armbands at World CupDOHA, Qatar — The political situation back home has been a regular line of questioning for Iran ahead of the team’s opening Group B match against England at…
Read more Politics precedes England’s match against Iran at World CupDOHA, Qatar — Bukayo Saka has put the racist abuse he experienced at last year’s European Championship behind him, England teammate Aaron Ramsdale said Friday. The Arsenal forward…
Read more Saka ready to thrive at World Cup after racist attacksThe Hand of God. Zidane’s headbutt. Gazza’s tears. Many of soccer’s most iconic moments have taken place at the World Cup, the latest edition of which starts in…
Read more AP PHOTOS: Soccer’s most memorable World Cup momentsBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — In the middle of the concrete jungle that is Argentina’s bustling capital, a huge mural has emerged of Diego Maradona wearing a national team…
Read more A giant Maradona emerges in Argentina, days before World CupPolice fire tear gas into a crowd of soccer fans, who panic and rush for the exits. There are so many trying to escape and some of the…
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