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The Netherlands will have goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen and top scorer Memphis Depay ready for their World Cup opener. Coach Ronald Koeman says his entire team is fit for the Group F game against Japan on Sunday in Dallas. Verbruggen's status was uncert...
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The opening lyrics couldn’t be plainer: “I am from Bosnia; take me to America.” But by rewriting their classic “USA,” the Bosnian band Dubioza Kolektiv has transformed a song about disillusionment with the American Dream into a viral anthem powering....
Australia coach Tony Popovic has signed a contract extension through early 2027 on the eve of his team’s World Cup opening match against Turkey on Saturday. Football Australia said the 52-year-old Popovic’s deal now extends through the Asian Cup, whi...
Netherlands goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen is uncertain for his team's World Cup opener against Japan on Sunday. He hurt his hip in a match against Uzbekistan. The first-choice keeper for coach Ronald Koeman was replaced by Mark Flekken in that friendly....
The World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States after arriving in Miami and subsequently dropped from the tournament by FIFA had been set to make history for his country. Omar Artan was due to be the first referee from So...
At 41, Cristiano Ronaldo realistically gets only one more shot at a World Cup trophy to cap an already illustrious career. A five-time Ballon d’Or winner, Ronaldo has more international goals than any other men’s player, with 143 in 226 matches for P...
European champion Spain and South American powerhouse Uruguay highlight World Cup Group H. The group also includes a Saudi Arabia team that upset Lionel Messi’s Argentina four years ago and tiny newcomer Cape Verde. The only group match outside of th...
Can three-time World Cup runner-up the Netherlands finally win soccer’s greatest prize? The Dutch are one of the tournament’s great nearly men, having lost back-to-back finals in 1974 and 1978 and then again in 2010. The Netherlands has been drawn ag...
Four-time World Cup champion Germany and newcomer Curacao sit at opposite ends of the global soccer spectrum. In June they will be facing each other in Group E, which also includes Ivory Coast and Ecuador. Germany will be under pressure not to fall a...
Five-time champion Brazil faces African powerhouse Morocco in Group C, which also includes Scotland and Haiti — two teams returning to the World Cup after long absences. Scotland is back in the tournament after nearly three decades. Haiti is returnin...
