1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (789+ words) It was a ridiculous match, really, like watching 11 men in red desperately trying to pry the lid off a stubborn jar of jam. It was everything that American soccer haters have screamed about for decades. Make the goals bigger! End…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (756+ words) The images are almost impossible to believe. Incredibly, that baby was Lamine Yamal, now a 19-year-old soccer phenom for Barcelona who is starring for Spain in this World Cup. And as fate would have it, Messi and Argentina are set…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (583+ words) The official opening at midnight on Tuesday, after a border fence was removed, allows a new freedom of movement under a historic treaty between the European Union and the United Kingdom. It came after years of post-Brexit wrangling. The contested…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (587+ words) A day after his 19th birthday, Yamal was denied a goal on a close offside call that came soon after Porro’s give-and-go with Dani Olmo in the 58th minute had put Spain up 2-0. But it was Yamal’s smart play against a veteran…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (259+ words) Cara Delevingne has confirmed she was romantically “entangled” with Amber Heard during the actress’ high-profile divorce with Johnny Depp. “I think he was pretty driven crazy by jealousy,” the supermodel said. “Nothing was happening at that point. Later, after they…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (164+ words) Here’s who is playing in the 2026 men’s World Cup for Saturday, June 27, with simultaneous kickoffs on the final day of the group stage. MORE: 2026 men’s World Cup standings, scores, brackets Group L: Croatia vs. Ghana, 5 p.m. ET, 2 p.m....

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (155+ words) Here’s who is playing in the 2026 men’s World Cup on Friday, June 26, with simultaneous kickoffs in the final phase of the group stage. MORE: 2026 men’s World Cup standings, scores, brackets Group I: Norway vs. France, 3 p.m. ET, noon PT,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (915+ words) For the second day in a row in the Canary Islands, the American pope insisted on the inherent dignity and rights of migrants and demanded they be welcomed and integrated into society, in some of his strongest comments on the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (798+ words) So you’re confused by the oversized, intimidating World Cup, which starts on Thursday with a deceptively simple 90-minute match between host Mexico and South Africa. You have serious questions, and also some stupid questions. Well, we are here to answer…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (496+ words) By DAVID BILLER and SUMAN NAISHADHAM “You go onto social media — they want to dynamite the boat. They want to sink the boat,” a Spanish man said. He says he worries about being stigmatized as a viral vector to be…...