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Soccer-Messi or Ronaldo? Football’s hottest debate rages on in Qatar
By Philip O'Connor DOHA (Reuters) - It may have been a rest day at the World Cup on Thursday but there was no stopping the football discussion that never ends - who is the better player, Lionel Messi ...
Dec 08, 2022
‘She is coming home’: WNBA players cheer Griner’s release
(Reuters) - Brittney Griner's Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team mates and fellow athletes cheered her release from Russian custody on Thursday, months after she was first detained in...
Dec 08, 2022
Boxing-World amateur body IBA accuses Olympic organisers of persecution
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Amateur boxing's Russian-led world governing body accused Olympic organisers of persecution on Thursday in a hard-hitting response to its continued suspension over g...
Dec 08, 2022
Soccer-World Cup 2022: schedule, teams, venues and final
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which is being held in Qatar: WHEN DID WORLD CUP 2022 START? * This year's World Cup began on Nov. 20 and will run through to De...
Dec 08, 2022
Soccer-Brazil game should be a final, but Croats hungry for more World Cup glory
By Karolos Grohmann AL RAYYAN (Reuters) - Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic wishes their World Cup last-eight clash against five-time world champions Brazil was instead a mouth-watering final but his side ar...
Dec 08, 2022
Soccer-Morocco changing face of football, says former ‘golden generation’ hero
By Ahmed Mostafa (Reuters) - Morocco midfielder Abderrazak Khairi wrote his name in the country's football history books by scoring twice against Portugal to lead the first 'golden generation' of the ...
Dec 08, 2022
U.S. basketball star Griner released from Russian custody in prisoner swap -U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been released in a prisoner swap with Russia and is now in U.S. custody, President Joe Biden said on Thursday. "She is safe. She is on a...
Dec 08, 2022
Soccer-Morocco defender Aguerd in race to get fit for Portugal clash
By Mark Gleeson AL RAYYAN, Qatar (Reuters) - Key Morocco defender Nayef Aguerd faces a race against time to be fit for Saturday's World Cup quarter-final against Portugal after he limped off in tears ...
Dec 08, 2022
Soccer-Ronaldo did not threaten to leave national team – Portugal FA
By Rohith Nair AL RAYYAN, Qatar (Reuters) - Portugal's Football Federation (FPF) has denied media reports that Cristiano Ronaldo threatened to leave the national team during the World Cup after coach ...
Dec 08, 2022
Soccer-Spain coach Luis Enrique fired, De la Fuente takes over
DOHA (Reuters) - Luis Enrique was sacked as Spain coach on Thursday after the team's elimination in the last-16 at the World Cup with the country's under-21 manager Luis de la Fuente named as his repl...
Dec 08, 2022
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