PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Neymar is expected to return from a right calf injury and play for Brazil in its final World Cup group match, coach Carlo Ancelotti said Friday night, June 19. Neymar missed Brazil 's first two games of the tournament, including Friday 's 3-0 win over Haiti....
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico took advantage of a defensive blunder by South Korea to win 1-0 and become the first team to advance to the knockout stage of the World Cup on Thursday, June 18, sending fans onto the streets across the country to celebrate. It marks a major triumph for a team...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Hey, Jude, you and Harry didn 't let England down. Harry Kane scored twice to equal the English record for World Cup goals, and Jude Bellingham put England in front for good two minutes into the second half of a 4-2 victory over Croatia on Wednesday, June 17. Martin...
HOUSTON (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo delivered a pretty forgettable performance in the first match of his sixth World Cup. After Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland all scored in their opening matches, the 41-year-old Ronaldo couldn’t find the net Wednesday, June 17, in Portugal 's...
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (AP) — Kylian Mbappé passed Pelé on the World Cup goal-scoring list and moved into first in the record books for France 's national team. Mbappé scored his 13th and 14th World Cup goals on Tuesday, June 16, in France 's 3-1 tournament-opening victory...
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) — Lionel Messi delivered his first World Cup hat trick while matching Miroslav Klose 's career tournament scoring record Tuesday night, June 16, giving thousands of Argentina fans packed inside of Arrowhead Stadium for a match against Algeria a moment they will...
DALLAS, Texas (Jiji Press) -- Supporters of the Japanese national soccer team have won admiration for their cleanup activity at a recent FIFA World Cup match in the United States, showing the Japanese custom of leaving a place cleaner than they found it. The supporters filled plastic bags with...
Doubts over Neymar 's debut at the World Cup continued Monday, June 16, after the Brazil forward underwent new tests on his injured right leg. There had been hope that Neymar could return to training on Monday, but the Santos player did not join his teammates and instead went to a clinic for...
HOUSTON (AP) — Germany 's seven-goal rout of Curaçao in its World Cup opener on Sunday, June 14, was the perfect outcome to overshadow a close first half and boost the team after consecutive group-stage exits for the four-time champions. Kai Havertz scored two goals as Germany pulled away...
VANCOUVER, B.C. (AP) — Nestory Irankunda and Connor Metcalfe scored and Australia spoiled Turkey 's return to the World Cup for the first time in 24 years with a 2-0 victory on Saturday night, June 13. Goalkeeper Patrick Beach made eight saves for the Socceroos in their group opener as FIFA...
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Folarin Balogun fired his second goal into the top far corner of Paraguay’s net and then led his American teammates to the corner of their home stadium, reveling in the frenzy created by their historic first half at their World Cup opener. The world’s biggest soccer...
NEW YORK (AP) — If there is a saving grace from the bedlam that is about to ensue in New York City on Saturday, June 13, with the Knicks on the verge of a championship and Brazil taking on Morocco in the World Cup, it is that Game 5 of the NBA Finals is on the road. Of course, that won’t stop...
