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Like a phoenix, the 30-foot-tall foam-board cutout of the soccer star Lionel Messi rises from a river running through lush green hills in the southern Indian state of Kerala, a towering symbol...

Brian Cashman said this many years ago, and it never changes: Desperation drives free agency. A team wants — needs — a player so badly that it will spend whatever it takes...

SAN DIEGO — Aaron Judge’s record-smashing year is ending with one more big swing. Like his others, it is sending the Yankees smiling into tomorrow.Nine months after declining a $213.5 million contract...

DOHA, Qatar — And then there were eight. In a little more than two weeks, the World Cup has whittled its field from 32 hopefuls to eight genuine contenders, most of whom...

There are only five serious Super Bowl contenders left in this season — six if you count the Minnesota Vikings, though you really shouldn’t.The Buffalo Bills (9-3), Cincinnati Bengals (8-4), Dallas Cowboys...

LUSAIL, Qatar — By the fourth goal, even Cristiano Ronaldo, standing and clapping in front of the Portugal bench, could not complain. After the fifth, he only offered a wry smile. Portugal...

Dec. 6, 2022, 8:41 a.m. ETDec. 6, 2022, 8:41 a.m. ETBrazil’s starters, reserves and its coach all celebrated Richarlison’s goal against South Korea on Monday.Credit...Alex Pantling/Getty ImagesThere was a time, not all...

Half the people who finish an Ironman cross it off their bucket list and never do it again. XCers, meanwhile, always seem to be training for the next race, and the race...

SAN DIEGO — Three days after saying goodbye to Jacob deGrom, the Mets are saying hello to Justin Verlander.The club and Verlander, the unanimous 2022 American League Cy Young winner, agreed on...

DOHA, Qatar — Even the coach was dancing.Dressed in a dark suit as he stalked the grass in front of Brazil’s bench, Tite allowed himself to be engulfed by his players as...