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DOHA, Qatar — Watching players perform their pregame warm-ups on the field is one of the more delightful World Cup rituals. They’re skipping, they’re lunging, they’re sashaying. They’re stretching and sprinting. Some...

There’s much to celebrate now. And yet, as Armstrong and anyone else who cares about American soccer and its long-term viability knows, the current team also obscures a bitter truth.Beyond the elite...

SAN DIEGO — A glittering class of free-agent shortstops awaits baseball’s highest bidders as, for the first time since 2019, the league will gather for the winter meetings, which begin on Sunday.The...

AL RAYYAN, Qatar — After the final whistle of a scoreless draw between the golden generations of two small European nations’ soccer teams, the end came for one of them. Eras in...

AL RAYYAN, Qatar — The 11 Japanese players on the field were fighting back every Spanish threat and counting every tick of the clock. The substitutes stood on the sideline, arms locked,...

DOHA, Qatar — Christian Pulisic was happy to talk about what happened leading up to the goal he scored on Tuesday that carried the United States into the round of 16 at...

DOHA, Qatar — If you’re watching the World Cup from home, you can become numb to the brilliance of athletic feats that drive the world’s fascination. But away from the stadiums, the...

DOHA, Qatar — It was an odd and unprecedented scene.After a 2-0 victory over Poland at Stadium 974 in Doha on Wednesday, Argentina and its top star, Lionel Messi, celebrated having won...

Updated Nov. 30, 2022, 4:52 p.m. ETNov. 30, 2022, 4:52 p.m. ETJulián Álvarez, left, celebrated with Enzo Fernández after scoring Argentina’s second goal of the game on Wednesday.Credit...Amanda Perobelli/ReutersIt was the last group-stage...

Kylian Mbappé will eventually turn up for his interview in an oversized vehicle outfitted with tinted windows, and accompanied by his mother, two P.R. reps, two lawyers, a small documentary crew, a...