World Cup last 16 bracket predictions: Picking biggest shocks, best games and who wins
The last 16 of the World Cup is set and some of soccer’s biggest sides are still fighting…
Spain turned up. Should they be favourites? Re-ranking the 48 World Cup teams after day 22
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How Canada got good at soccer: From 122nd in the world to last 16 of the World Cup
It was the lowest point in modern Canadian soccer history. On October 16, 2012, Stephen Hart, then the…
Iva Jović, the rising American tennis star with World Cup soccer fever at Wimbledon
ALL ENGLAND CLUB, London — As Iva Jović dismantled Tatjana Maria, the grass-court savant, to reach the Wimbledon…
Is this the best USMNT ever? Are World Cup win-or-go-home games bringing back the fun? Day 21 recap
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The anatomy of a World Cup implosion: 40 minutes that broke Senegal and revived Belgium
Nobody inside the stadium could foresee the most preposterous of World Cup comebacks. Well, nobody except, perhaps, Belgium…
USMNT into World Cup last 16 after beating Bosnia; Controversial red card clouds Balogun’s heroics
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The U.S. men’s national soccer team charged into the World Cup’s round of 16…
World Cup predictions round of 32: France vs Sweden, Mexico vs Ecuador and rest of matchday 20
Welcome to The Athletic’s daily World Cup Predictions. This article gives you the lowdown on all today’s games,…
Mexico into the top six: Re-ranking the 48 World Cup teams after day 20
With just under half of the matches in the round of 32 now completed, the last 16 is…
We have a World Cup favorite, plus 2 NBA stars on the move
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Mauricio Pochettino isn’t a typical soccer coach, and it’s not just the lemons on his desk
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World Cup ‘hydration breaks’ have changed how soccer is played
While Gianni Infantino insists that the mid-half hydration breaks are purely for player welfare and not broadcasting purposes,…