2+ hour, 36+ min ago  (149+ words) FOXBOROUGH, MA, July 9 (Reuters) " Captain Kylian Mbappe scored his eighth goal of "the tournament to inspire "France to a comprehensive 2-0 World Cup quarter-final win over Morocco on Thursday and set up "a "last-four clash with "Spain or Belgium. " "Mbappe found…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (674+ words) July 6 (Reuters) " FIFA suspended United States striker Folarin Balogun's automatic red-card ban on Sunday, clearing him to face Belgium in Monday's World Cup last-16 clash after U. S. President Donald Trump called on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to review the decision. Following…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (407+ words) HOUSTON, July 3 (Reuters) " Canada need to focus on staying aggressive at the back and ready to close down a Morocco side with "zero weaknesses" when they square off in the World Cup round of 16 "on Saturday, coach Jesse Marsch said…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (499+ words) ATLANTA, July 2 (Reuters) " Recriminations are expected to follow swiftly after Senegal's calamitous exit from the World Cup, with a schism apparent in the squad after they lost to Belgium in Seattle on Wednesday. The future of coach Pape Bouna Thiaw,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (820+ words) SANTA CLARA, California, July 1 (Reuters) " A 104-match, 39-day World Cup held across three countries might be a heavy slog for the players, but spare a thought for the broadcasters. The North American World Cup has smashed records with its revenue…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (484+ words) MIAMI, July 1 (Reuters) " By any measure, Cape Verde should have next to no chance of knocking Argentina and Lionel Messi out of the World Cup on Friday, but the Africans have huge confidence in their ability to defy the "odds…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (403+ words) INGLEWOOD, California, June 27 (Reuters) " Canada's captain Alphonso Davies is fit for Sunday's last-32 clash with South Africa, coach Jesse Marsch said. He has been recovering from a left hamstring injury picked "up in Bayern Munich's Champions League semi-final second leg…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (120+ words) INGLEWOOD, California, June 25 (Reuters) " U. S. winger Christian Pulisic starts on the bench "for a Group D "match in which the U. S. and Turkey make wholesale changes. " The Americans make nine changes "and "Turkey seven. " "The U. S. retain "only Ricardo Pepi and Weston Mc…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago  (556+ words) IRVINE, California, June 24 (Reuters) " Long before visitors reach the United States" World Cup base camp in Orange County, they can see the marker rising above Irvine"s Great Park " a bright orange balloon stamped with the U. S. Soccer crest. The tethered…...

1+ mon, 11+ hour ago  (456+ words) LOS ANGELES, June 9 (Reuters) " Former United States captain Landon Donovan said success for the U. S. team at the home World Cup should be measured both by results and by the kind of iconic moments that can "accelerate soccer's growth in the…...