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World Cup 2022
Messi and Putellas voted best players at FIFA awards again
PARIS ((DailyNews)) — World Cup champion Lionel Messi edged Kylian Mbappé again, this time to take FIFA’s best men’s player award on Monday.The best...
Sports pitch for level playing field in cricket-mad Pakistan
ISLAMABAD ((DailyNews)) — On Islamabad’s outskirts, burly men bind together in a scrum on a rugby pitch that has seen better days. The sign...
Scandals highlight lack of women coaches at top of US soccer
Twila Kilgore knew her career path when she was just 12 years old, thanks to a youth soccer coach who used to drive her...
Witness: Bribes helped Fox execs get soccer TV rights
NEW YORK ((DailyNews)) — The U.S. government’s star witness in a corruption trial over the broadcasting rights to some of soccer’s biggest events testified...
Pelé’s family gathers at hospital in Sao Paulo
SAO PAULO ((DailyNews)) — Family members of Brazilian soccer great Pelé are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where the 82-year-old...
Millions jam Buenos Aires streets to celebrate World Cup win
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina ((DailyNews)) — A parade to celebrate the Argentine World Cup champions was abruptly cut short Tuesday as millions of people poured...
Messi, Mbappe give Qatar the perfect World Cup ending
DOHA, Qatar ((DailyNews)) — When it comes to soccer, money can buy the world.It can pay for the World Cup. And the world’s best...
FIFA mostly wins big but loses some trust at Qatar World Cup
Even before an epic final won by Lionel Messi and Argentina, FIFA president Gianni Infantino was calling it “the best World Cup ever” in...
Messi wins World Cup, Argentina beats France on penalties
LUSAIL, Qatar ((DailyNews)) — Lionel Messi, wearing a black Qatari robe over his blue-and-white Argentina shirt, kissed the World Cup, shuffled toward his teammates...
Croatia beats Morocco 2-1 to take 3rd place at World Cup
AL RAYYAN, Qatar ((DailyNews)) — Luka Modric high-fived and embraced his Croatia teammates after what was likely the midfield great’s last appearance at the...