4+ hour, 42+ min ago  (150+ words) WNWN-FM Soccer-Pulisic suffered fracture, bone bruise in US defeat by Belgium NEW YORK, July 9 (Reuters) " U. S. forward Christian Pulisic suffered a microfracture and "bone bruise in his right leg during the United States" defeat by Belgium in the World Cup round…...

2+ hour, 32+ min ago  (552+ words) MIAMI, July 9 (Reuters) " The six decades since England's lone World Cup triumph will come into sharper focus as they head towards Saturday's quarter-final against a Norway team with one of the best strikers in the game but happy to embrace…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (133+ words) EAST RUTHERFORD, N. J. , July 5 (Reuters) " Erling Haaland scored twice late in "the second half "as Norway stunned five-times champions Brazil 2-1 in the World Cup round of 16 "on "Sunday to "reach the quarter-finals. " "Haaland headed in Andreas Schjelderup's cross after 79 minutes to…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (573+ words) MEXICO CITY, July 4 (Reuters) " On Sunday afternoon, as England and Mexico meet in a World Cup showdown at the Azteca Stadium, the fault line between two football cultures will run straight through a British pub in the heart of Mexico…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (431+ words) IRVINE, California, June 29 (Reuters) " A confident United States team eyeing a deep World Cup run face a Bosnia and Herzegovina side looking to spoil the co-hosts" party in a last-32 clash in Santa "Clara on Wednesday. The U. S. won their opening…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (460+ words) FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts, June 26 (Reuters) " World Cup winner and TV pundit Bastian Schweinsteiger on Friday rejected claims his comments on African football were racist, saying he was merely delivering an analysis of a playing style, with Germany's "state broadcaster backing him....

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (118+ words) WNWN-FM Soccer-Qatar FA sends message of support to Canada's Kone June 19 (Reuters) " The Qatar Football Association sent a message of support "to Canada midfielder Ismael Kone after he was injured during the teams' World Cup match on Thursday. Qatar "suffered…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (239+ words) June 4 (Reuters) " Soccer fans looking to bring the party to World Cup games will have to go without vuvuzelas, with "FIFA banning the plastic horns from "venues in the U. S. , Canada and Mexico in its stadium code of conduct. Vuvuzelas, a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (468+ words) TORONTO, May 30 (Reuters) " Alphonso Davies will play for Canada at the World Cup, the final squad announcement showed on Friday, relieving the nation's fears that the injured captain wouldn't be better in time. The televised announcement of the 26-man team…...