World Cup
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Sports
Messi and Argentina Advance as Mexico Is Eliminated
DOHA, Qatar — It was an odd and unprecedented scene. After a 2-0 victory over Poland at Stadium 974 in Doha on Wednesday, Argentina and its top star, Lionel Messi, celebrated having won Group C and advanced to the knockout stage. But Poland was also ...
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Sports
Tunisia’s World Cup exit was a wild ride. Denmark’s was a frustrating one.
As World Cup drama goes, it was a remarkable couple of minutes. A last stand by Tunisia. A late goal by France. A lead lost. A result overturned. And then a video review, and it all flipped back in a moment. And none of it mattered. Tunisia went out ...
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Newyork
The U.S. World Cup Win Offers a New Chapter in a Growing North American Soccer Story
For the first time since 2014, the United States men’s team has advanced to the knockout stage at the World Cup, with a 1-0 victory over Iran. It is part of a special moment for North American soccer, because for the first time in the World Cup’s ...
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Sports
Canada has one more game before turning its focus to 2026.
AL RAYYAN, Qatar — After the final whistle, after Canada had been eliminated from the 2022 World Cup with a 4-1 loss to Croatia on Sunday, its ...
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Sports
For Mexico, an Unlucky Seven
DOHA, Qatar — Of all the soccer playing countries in the world — and there are many — only two can boast of advancing out of the group stage at ...
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News
Why Big Business Can’t Get Enough of the World Cup, Scandal and All
When the opening game of the World Cup kicked off in Qatar on Sunday, Mohamed Jaidah was in prime position. The Qatari executive sank into a ...
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World
The BBC should have spoken out more about Russia during the 2018 World Cup, its soccer commentator says.
The BBC should have spoken out more about Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and its human rights record when the country hosted the World Cup in ...
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Sports
On Fox Sports, Viewers Get a World Cup Scrubbed of Controversy
Early in Fox Sports’ coverage on Sunday of the opening game of the World Cup, between Ecuador and the host nation of Qatar, the studio host Rob ...
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Newyork
Eastern Europe Was the Crucible of Modern Football. Now It’s a Wasteland.
There is a theory that, other than Uruguay at the inaugural tournament in 1930, every World Cup winner has been in some way influenced by the ...
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Sports
U.S. Rugby Team Fails to Qualify for World Cup
In a stinging setback for American rugby, the U.S. men failed to qualify for the 2023 World Cup, after a hard-fought 16-16 tie with Portugal in ...