10+ hour, 12+ min ago  (464+ words) INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Lamine Yamal said he thinks France should be afraid of Spain with the European giants headed to a World Cup semifinal showdown on Tuesday. "I believe if France has to fear anyone, it should be us, in my…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (840+ words) INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Mikel Merino is Spain's World Cup hero once again, and even he finds it hard to believe. A mere four days after Merino scored a clutch goal as a substitute in injury time to beat Portugal, he found…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (669+ words) MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- More World Cup teams. Same World Cup story. This edition started with 48 teams; it's now down to eight, with six of those from Europe. Unless Morocco pulls off a series of surprising outcomes over the final two…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (433+ words) MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- All that Vozinha wanted out of this World Cup was for his mother to see him play. He got that -- and so much more. Cape Verde didn't win a match at the World Cup, and somehow, that…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (406+ words) CAIRO, Egypt -- Egypt Coach Hossam Hassan waved a Palestinian flag on the pitch after his team's victory over Australia in the World Cup, saying he was dedicating it to both Egyptians and Palestinians. "My heart and soul are with them,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (1002+ words) In the shadow of Tennessee's Signal and Lookout mountains, 8-year-old Beckham has been balancing on a fence for more than three hours, gripping a handwritten note and waiting for Spain's national team to emerge. "I love you and I look…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (826+ words) ATLANTA -- So much for a supersized World Cup diluting the quality of soccer's biggest tournament. Tiny Cape Verde, making its debut at the World Cup, pulled off a stunner, holding heavily favored Spain scoreless in a 0-0 draw on Monday. "This…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (653+ words) BARCELONA, Spain -- Police in Spain searched the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party on Wednesday as part of an investigation into possible financial wrongdoing linked to three former party members and other individuals accused of trying to influence police and…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (738+ words) MADRID -- Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, where health officials have said they will perform careful evacuations. The vessel is expected…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (680+ words) BARCELONA, Spain -- Israeli authorities said Friday they were taking two high-profile activists who led an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, and who were captured by Israel in international waters of the Mediterranean Sea, to Israel for questioning. The governments of…...