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The Latest: Denmark fined for sexist banner at World Cup

The Latest on Sunday at the World Cup (all times local): 7:10 p.m. FIFA has fined Denmark's soccer federation 20,000 Swiss ...

Cristiano Ronaldo

Kickoff: Spain, Portugal can't coast to World Cup 2nd round

Portugal and Spain opened up their World Cup campaigns with an entertaining draw. Now each team wants a routine victory to ...

Salah in better shape before Egypt's last World Cup match

Egypt striker Mohamed Salah's shoulder injury appeared Sunday to have significantly improved before the Pharaohs' last World ...

Uruguay defender Gimenez ruled out of final group match

Uruguay defender Jose Maria Gimenez has been ruled out of the team's final World Cup group match because of a right thigh ...

Heat, history overcome as England moves into WCup last 16

In humidity usually so debilitating for England, the goals flowed freely. A 6-1 rout of Panama on Sunday — led by Harry ...

Serbia FA complains of 'biased' referee in Switzerland match

A day after being put under investigation by FIFA for complaining about the refereeing of their 2-1 World Cup defeat by ...

Column: Like Pele, Mbappe's World Cup timing is perfect

The delicate move was ballet worthy of the Bolshoi. Having shaken off his marker, Kylian Mbappe spotted N'Golo Kante haring ...

Seeing red: Iceland promises Croatia grueling group finish

Iceland defender Kari Arnason isn't afraid to see red if it means stopping one of the World Cup's most creative sides when ...

Smolov back in Samara, where he scored his 1st club goal

Russia forward Fyodor Smolov is back in Samara, the city where he scored his first league goal in 2008. He's not very ...

Messi is running out of time to save Argentina's World Cup

For Lionel Messi, the time is now. Time to score at the World Cup. Time to save Argentina from another crushing ...

Messi birthday overshadowed by Argentina's World Cup crisis

In any other context, the gesture would have gone unnoticed: Lionel Messi received birthday greetings from Argentina coach ...

Oleg Semyonov

Russia's World Cup fixer deals with scams and injuries

Oleg Semyonov is Russia's World Cup fixer. The call center he runs for fans is a hubbub of talk in several languages, ...

Germany's message after stunning winner: "We're still alive"

In the aftermath to one of the most memorable victories in Germany's long history of success, Toni Kroos and Marco Reus had ...

Kickoff: Tiny Panama stands in way of England advancing

For an England team that came to the World Cup with reduced expectations, things are setting up nicely. The younger, ...

Tim Cahill

Needing goals, Australia could call upon veteran Cahill

Needing a win and plenty of goals to stay in contention at the World Cup, Australia could finally call upon veteran Tim ...

With last-gasp winner, Germany adds to comeback collection

World Cup watchers, write off Germany at your peril. Once again, Germany dug deep Saturday to eke out a late victory to keep ...

Bad news for Messi, Argentina as Croatia threatens rotation

They are hardly the words Lionel Messi and Argentina wanted to hear with their World Cup future hanging in the balance.

Tactical changes get Nigeria's World Cup back on track

Coaches often get the criticism when things go awry on the pitch, and arguably don't get enough of the credit when things ...

Sweden has a lot to be upset about after last-minute loss

A last-minute goal. A non-called penalty. A disrespectful celebration. Sweden had a lot to be upset about when the final ...

Correction: WCup-Panama-Henriquez story

In a story June 7 about Panama's national soccer team, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Henriquez was killed ...

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