Soccer

First, they held Spain. Now, they've stunned Uruguay. Somebody pinch Cape Verde — this World Cup fairytale is starting to feel very real. The Blue Sharks drew 2-2 with the...

There's something poetic about a teenager scoring his first World Cup goal before most people have finished their breakfast. That's exactly what Lamine Yamal did on Sunday in Atlanta —...

Ninety-two years. That's how long Egypt had waited to win a game at a FIFA World Cup. Since their debut in 1934, the Pharaohs had shown up, competed, gone home...

Three months ago, Ayyoub Bouaddi was captaining France's Under-21 side. Today, he's the breakout star of Morocco's World Cup and the most talked-about transfer target in Europe. Few stories at...

Eighteen months ago, Yan Diomande was a relegation-bound substitute at Leganés with six La Liga appearances to his name. Today, he is a Player of the Match at the World...

For 67 gut-wrenching minutes, Ivory Coast believed. They really did. The Elephants had silenced a German side fresh off a seven-goal demolition in their opener, and for long stretches at...

If Sweden thought they were walking into a routine Group F fixture, Brian Brobbey had other plans. Five minutes. That's all it took. The Sunderland striker, somewhat surprisingly handed a...

Some World Cup nights are decided by brilliance. Others are decided by chaos. Türkiye 0-1 Paraguay had both — a blistering early goal, a goalkeeper standing on his head, a...

Brazil needed a response, and Brazil delivered one in the loudest possible way. At Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, the five-time world champions thumped Haiti 3-0 in a performance that...

Some football matches take an hour to find their story. This one needed barely more than a minute. Morocco beat Scotland 1-0 at Gillette Stadium on Friday night, and the...