GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa had said Luis de la Fuente's Spain play "exquisite" football. "Much more beautiful than what I've achieved," Bielsa said ahead of this decisive ...

In 2012, Maram Hammadi arrived in Washington as a refugee from Iraq. He wanted to become a lawyer, but learned quickly that the jobs available to “people like him” — that is, refugees who didn’t speak ...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The U. S. Men's National Team capped off its stellar group stage at the 2026 FIFA World Cup by losing 3-2 to Turkiye in front of a sold-out crowd in Inglewood, California. Goals ...

Turkiye beat a heavily changed United States 3-2 with a late Kaan Ayhan winner in an action-packed dead-rubber clash that gave the 2026 World Cup cohosts their sternest test so far ahead of the ...

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IRVINE, CA — If this were a previous World Cup, the U.S. men's national team match against Turkey on Thursday would still have something on the line. The USMNT would still be the favorite to win Group ...

Boston is a city of landmarks. And at this point, there’s no denying it: The “Cop Slide” has become one of them. Between the World Cup, the country’s 250th birthday, and the Tall Ships arriving, ...

England may have a good-luck charm for this summer’s FIFA World Cup: Since Joseph Fox opened the Slide In Pub in Shelburne in late March, the teams he and his close friends support have all won ...

ATLANTA ― World Cup players are cutting holes in their socks, leading to one question: Why? The answer is not as strange as you think. If you've been watching this year's tournament, then it's not ...

Goal-line technology demonstrated at the Fifa Museum’s temporary exhibition in Vancouver, Canada ahead of the 2026 World Cup. Xinhua/Alamy Goal three of Fifa’s strategic objectives (2023-27) is to ...

The transcript explains why natural rubber is still critical for tires, aircraft, transport, healthcare, and industry, despite decades of synthetic alternatives. It warns that South American leaf ...