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History-making Frappart on Women's World Cup referees list

The six female match officials who worked at the men’s World Cup in Qatar have also been selected by FIFA for the 2023 Women’s World Cup

JANUARY 9, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ronaldo the latest star to end career in soccer outpost

Cristiano Ronaldo is not the first soccer superstar to head off to one of the world’s supposed minor leagues in the latter years of his career

JANUARY 6, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lynn Williams returns to US women's team after injury

Forward Lynn Williams and defender Emily Sonnett have returned to the U.S. women’s national soccer team for a training camp in New Zealand in preparation for this summer’s World Cu...

JANUARY 5, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bayern signs Daley Blind to cover for injured Hernandez

Bayern Munich has signed veteran Dutch defender Daley Blind to cover for the injured Lucas Hernandez

JANUARY 5, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Messi, Mbappé lead selections for AP's team of the World Cup

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé head the selections for the team of the tournament as chosen by writers covering the World Cup for The Associated Press

DECEMBER 18, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

FA to take 'strong action' after Melbourne fan violence

Football Australia has vowed to take strong and swift action with harsh punishments after an A-League soccer match between rivals Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory was abandoned...

DECEMBER 17, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

World Cup 2022: 5 most memorable upsets of the tourney

From Saudi Arabia's stunner to Germany's letdown, here are the five biggest upsets of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Analysis: Dominant Eagles' o-line worthy of MVP talk

If a unit could win the Most Valuable Player award, the Philadelphia Eagles’ offensive line would be the frontrunner

DECEMBER 9, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

How to watch the 2022 World Cup on FOX: Times, channels, full match schedule

Here's how to watch the 2022 FIFA World Cup live on FOX Sports.

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Olivier Giroud breaks Henry's French record with 52nd goal

Olivier Giroud has broken Thierry Henry’s French record with his 52nd goal for the national team

DECEMBER 4, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Messi's sidekick Julián Álvarez flourishing at the World Cup

This season has been quite an education for Julián Álvarez

DECEMBER 4, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

World Cup 2022 highlights: Messi, Argentina defeat Australia, 2-1

Lionel Messi and Argentina pulled off a dramatic win over Australia to advance to the quarterfinals. Here are the top plays!

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Lionel Messi rights a mind-boggling historical wrong in Argentina win

Lionel Messi scored his first-ever goal in the knockout round of the World Cup. Yes, you read that correctly. And Argentina advanced past Au...

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Australia defender Souttar takes on the greats at World Cup

Australia defender Harry Souttar overcame a World Cup-threatening knee injury and ended up marking Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe at soccer's biggest tournament

DECEMBER 3, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

World Cup Daily: USA's journey ends, while Messi's magic continues

With the U.S. failing to upset the Netherlands, Lionel Messi was the star of the day. Here's everything that happened in the World Cup on Sa...

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Messi scores, Argentina reaches World Cup quarterfinals

Lionel Messi marked his 1,000th professional game with his first goal in the knockout stage of a World Cup to lead into the quarterfinals with a Argentina to a 2-1 win over Austral...

DECEMBER 3, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

US knocked out of World Cup, loses to the Netherlands 3-1

Memphis Depay and Daley Blind scored in the first half and Denzel Dumfries added a late goal as the Netherlands eliminated the United States from the World Cup with a 3-1 victory t...

DECEMBER 3, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Messi, Mbappé and co: The AP's World Cup team of group stage

Writers covering the World Cup for The Associated Press have chosen their standout players at the tournament so far to form a best team of the group stage

DECEMBER 3, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS