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Millions of soccer fans are expected to congregate across 11 U.S. cities for the World Cup, and security planners have been coordinating with state, local and federal law enforcement agencies to monitor unprecedented security threats. The expanded to...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A record 1,248 players representing 48 nations are on the final World Cup rosters released by FIFA. The rosters include Lionel Messi of Argentina, Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Guillermo Ochoa of Mexico, who will be competing in the World Cup for...
The stadiums that will host World Cup matches are removing all traces of their usual corporate sponsors in anticipation of the tournament that is starting next week. At AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys, workers on Tuesday....
An artist has filed a federal lawsuit against soccer's international governing body over the destruction of his giant mural of swimming whales on a building in Dallas as it prepares to host World Cup matches. The civil suit filed Monday by the artist...
The World Cup will feature star-studded opening ceremonies in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Italian producer Marco Balich, known for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, will create the shows. Each ceremony will celebrate sports and soccer, reflecting....
