SEOUL (AP) — Former Germany great Jurgen Klinsmann was hired Monday to coach South Korea’s national soccer team. The 58-year-old Klinsmann, who won the World Cup as a…
Read more Klinsmann hired to coach South Korea’s national soccer teamISLAMABAD (AP) — On Islamabad’s outskirts, burly men bind together in a scrum on a rugby pitch that has seen better days. The sign bearing the club’s name…
Read more Sports pitch for level playing field in cricket-mad PakistanThe unspoken deal between sports fans and their favorite teams and players has been, in theory: Sure, there are billions of dollars being thrown around, but at the…
Read more Sports unraveled, collided with politics, racism in 2022By JAMES ROBSONDecember 15, 2022 GMT DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The chances of the winning the World Cup might have gone for Croatia and Morocco, but “immortality” is…
Read more Croatia, Morocco target third-place medal at World CupBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s national carrier scheduled two extra flights from Buenos Aires to Qatar to take soccer fans to the World Cup final. Both Aerolíneas…
Read more Argentina airline adds 2 more flights for World Cup finalDOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar is still bustling with life just days before the end of the first World Cup in the Middle East. At Katara beach in…
Read more AP PHOTOS: Qatar bustles with life as World Cup nears endDOHA, Qatar (AP) — The World Cup in Qatar has become a political lightning rod, so it comes as no surprise that soccer fans’ sartorial style has sparked…
Read more Fans’ wild World Cup fashion draws praise, scorn in QatarDOHA, Qatar (AP) — As Brazil’s big-time player made his return to the World Cup in Qatar, the superstar of South Korean soccer made his exit. Son Heung-min…
Read more Son exits World Cup without showing his best for South KoreaDOHA, Qatar (AP) — In a dusty neighborhood on the outskirts of Qatar’s capital, guards stand duty at a gated compound ringed with razor wire, carefully checking passports…
Read more World Cup fans find booze at hotels, Qatar’s 1 liquor storeArgentine professional footballer Lionel Messi, who played the 1,000th game of his career on Saturday, has gone past Diego Maradona and Cristiano Ronaldo in scoring the most goals…
Read more FIFA World Cups: Lionel Messi scores most goals, overtakes Maradona, Cristiano RonaldoDOHA, Qatar (AP) — Of the seven stadiums Qatar built for the World Cup, one will disappear after the tournament. That’s what the games’ organizers have said about…
Read more Built to disappear: World Cup stadium 974SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian soccer great Pelé is responding well to treatment for a respiratory infection and his health condition has not worsened over the latest 24…
Read more Pelé responding well to treatment for respiratory infectionThe Round of 16 matches of the FIFA World Cup 2022 will start today. The Netherlands will face the USA in the first match, while Argentina will play…
Read more World Cup 2022: Round of 16 starts with Netherlands-USA, Argentina-Australia matches; when & where to watch live telecastDOHA, Qatar (AP) — Christian Pulisic became an American star with the winning goal — and the injury he got while scoring it — that lifted the United…
Read more World Cup Viewer’s Guide: Americans face the NetherlandsNEW YORK (AP) — The United States’ 0-0 draw against England in the World Cup drew 19.98 million viewers for English- and Spanish-language broadcasts, the third-most watched men’s…
Read more US-England World Cup game seen by 19.98M on US televisionGerman football team, who is facing a second consecutive World Cup first-round exit, will take on its arch-rival Spain on Monday on day eight of the FIFA World…
Read more FIFA World Cup 2022: Spain vs Germany match; timing, player names, live-streaming, other detailsCurrent defending champions France, on Saturday, will take on Denmark in the FIFA World Cup 2022. At the global tournament, France and Denmark belong to Group D, along…
Read more FIFA World Cup 2022: All about France vs Denmark match; teams, live-streamingDOHA, Qatar (AP) — Aside from the competition for the World Cup title, one of the most hotly contested issues in the tournament in Qatar is over rainbow…
Read more Rainbow struggle playing out on sidelines of World CupDOHA, Qatar (AP) — Travel at this World Cup was supposed to be easy in the tiny host nation of Qatar, after fans had to take long flights…
Read more World Cup fans put off by prices, beer limits commute by airAL KHOR, Qatar (AP) — For scores of foreign soccer fans, the road to the World Cup in Doha starts every morning at a barren campsite in the…
Read more Remote desert camps house World Cup fans on a budget
