Belgium coach Rudi Garcia says he was not criticizing African soccer when describing “those teams” who lose their tactical shape following his side’s improbable comeback victory over Senegal at the World Cup.
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts city home to one of the nation’s largest Cape Verdean communities will impose a nighttime curfew ahead of Cape Verde’s World Cup match Friday after police said recent postgame celebrations were marred by shootings, stabbings and other violence, prompting city officials to request National Guard assistance.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi’s goal-scoring streak lived on, and he made it look easy.
Argentina and Cape Verde are set to face off Friday in a Round of 32 match at the 2026 World Cup, with fans already gathering in South Florida hoping to catch a glimpse of one of soccer’s biggest stars.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief. His Argentina teammates did the same.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The fallout from Venezuela’s powerful twin quakes has evolved into a major test for acting President Delcy Rodríguez, sending her scrambling to prevent the humanitarian disaster from becoming a political one as her mandate as interim leader expires Friday.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Hossam Abdelmaguid scored the deciding goal in a shootout, and Egypt won its debut in the World Cup knockout round by beating Australia 4-2 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw Friday.
An 11-year-old girl who was shot in the head outside a Hallandale Beach McDonald’s last weekend is continuing her recovery, thanking first responders, doctors and her parents as she spoke publicly for the first time Friday.
Catholic group that defied pope and caused schism defends its actions and casts itself as the victim
ROME (AP) — The traditionalist Catholics who defied Pope Leo XIV and caused a schism defended their actions Friday, insisting they were merely saving souls and were victim of an unjust sanction by the Holy See.
LONDON (AP) — Three men were acquitted of murder Friday in the 2019 killing of Belfast journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot by a member of a dissident Irish Republican Army splinter group while covering a riot in Northern Ireland.